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Home My WebLink About00016 MINUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION (2)MItr'UTES OF REGULAR SE:,SIOP' OF AUGUST 7, 1956. _ Port Townsend, Washington August 7q 1956 CouncilThe of II 7th day oflAugust 1956£at1i7:30tp.m. intheCouncil ChambersoOfmtheiCitygHall,sMayorn this George Bangerter presiding. ROES CALL Officers and members pr-sent were as follows: Mayor Bangerter, City Attorney Stevens, City Clerk Ryan and Councilmen (dueller, Avery, Siebenbaum and Sullivan - MINUTES OF PREVIOUS SESSION The minutes of the previous ses:;ion were read in full and it was :jovod by Councilman Mueller and seconded by Councilman Sullivan that the minutes be Approved as read and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to sign same. Upon roll call vote all four Council- men present voted in the affirmative and motion carried. APPROVED BILLS A1iD CLAIMS Approved bills and claims as audited by the Finance Committee for the Month of July, 1956, were presented and read. (See vouchers for the month of July,1956) Current Expense Fund $3,652.66 Olympic Gravity 'Hater Fund 2,048.33 15999 Library Fund 566308..28 York Fund 308.3737 i City Street Fund From the Port Townsend Water Works and Systen Construction Fund, r 3.44 Seattle Rubber Stamp Co. Daily Journal of Commerce . Rhodes Electric 14,85454.86 Cotton Engineering And Shipbuilding Corp. 17,402.99 Cotton Engineering And Shipbuilding Corp. B,272.6?, It was moved by Councilmen Siebenbsum and seconded by Councilman Avery that the bills be approved as read and that the Mayor and City Clerk be authorized to draw warrants ,upon the proper funds for payment of same. Upon roll call vote all four Councilmen present i voted in the affirmative and motion carried. j REPORT OF OFFICERS Clerk The City Clerk reported the regular salary warrants for the month of, July,1956 as follows: Current Expense Fund $4,379.36 01. Gravity Water Fund 1,2213 Library Fund 289.00 Park Fund 25.32 1,2 City Street Fund 562.1 Firemen's el. & 0 H Pen. Fund . Treasurer The Treasurer's report for the month of July, 1956 was read and was referred to the Finance Committee. BUILDING PERMITS The following building Permits were presented and reed: Robert Gow, Reshingle north side of roof,500 aq, ft.,Cedar Shingles,427 Benton,°50.00 L.D. Solomonson, Re -Roof Home,Cedar Shingles,401 X 30t, 227 Lincoln St.$300.00 Harold td. Gruver, ;addition to home and renod&l, 101 z 161, Frame, 810 Pierce,$800.00 It was moved by Councilman Avery and 7:^-onded by Councilman Sullivan that the build- ing permits be granted. Upon roll call vote all four Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and motion carried. TEAR DOWN PERIGITS Honorable idayoy & City Council, Port Townsend, Washington ii Gentlemen: Your permission is requested to tear down building located Wash-& Taylor St's and build new building, 553 X 523,Concrate,pWk & Brick Pront,$20,000.00. I will comply with all the provisions of ordinance No.'907. Respectfully, j Siebsnbaum Estate Co. Idaxine S. Brown Treasurer. Honorable Mayor & City Council Port Townsend, Wash. Gentlemen: Your permission is requested to tear down the Buildings at Peck's Auto Camp. I will abide by the provisions of ordinance No. 907. Melvin Kivley,yelts Second Hand Store, Hadlock, Wash. ' yq,19 MINUTES OF REGULAR SESSION OF AUGUST 7, 1956 CONTINUED. i�Y�k r h t N11.1 , din � rrt d: { r s Y wFi � 3 .4 I ii I ,1 • n U I It was moved by Councilman Sullivan and seconded by Councilman Avery that the Tear - Down permits be granted. Upon roll call vote all four Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and motion carried. PETITION PETITION FOR VACATION OF PORTION OF SEVENTEENTH STREET, HENDRICKS STREET, SHERMAN STREET, AND HANCOCK STREET OF THE EISENBEIS ADDITION OF THE CITY OF PORT TO17NSEND, JEFFERSON COUNTY, WASHINGTON ---------------------- , TO: THE HONORABLE MAYOR AND CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORT TOWNSEND, STATE OF WASHINGTON: The undersigned owners of real estate abutting upon the portion of the streets hereinafter described, do hereby petition the City Council of the City of Port, Townsend, State of Washington, to make vacation of and to vacate those portions of Seventeenth Street, Hendricks Street,Sherman Street, and Hancock Street in the Eisen- beis Addition, City of Port Townsend, County of Jefferson, State of Washington, described as follows, to -writ: That portion of Seventeenth Street lying between the easterly line of McClellan Street and the westerly line of Grant Street. That portion of Hendricks Street lying between the northerly line of 16th Street and the southerly line of 18th Street. That portion of Sherman Street lying between the northerly line of 16th Street and the southerly line of lath Street. That portion of Hancock Street lying between the northerly line of 16th Street and the southerly line of Discovery Road. Attached to this petition is a copy of a plat showing the streets to be vacated. This order of vacation is requested so that an uninterrupted tract of land may be obtained for the construction of an elementary school building and the estab- lishment of the necessary playground facilities. The cost of printing will be born by the applicant. Sincerely yours, Dorothy Wallace, Clerk Port Townsend School District No. 50 Port Townsend, Washington It was moved by Councilman ]dueller and seconded by Councilman Sullivan that the request for vacation be given a Public Hearing at the first Council meeting' in September, 1956.Upon roll call vote all four Councilmen present voted in the affirmative and motion carried. COMMUNICATIONS Alderbrook Farm R.R.2, From E.H. Peterson to -wit: Duncan, (V.I.) B.C. The Hohourable, the Lord Mayor, of the City of Port Tovrnsend, Wash. It is now 50 years since I left the torn of'my birth, and I have one serious grievance that I would like to air. About 55 years ago I was arrested by Officer Finn, one rainy spring evening, my bicycle was impounded, and I was charged with the henious crime of riding on the sidewalk. The event took place near the Court House, Just opposite Schantz Marble Works. It would really take quite a stretch of the imagination to call it a sidewalk, it bore a greater resemblance to a pile of old boards: The next day I had to go to the City Hall and pay Judge Oliver $5.00 and $2.00 costs, to redeem my bicycle. Thert, Era no charge laid against me, no oppor- tunity was given me to get legal counedl, no trial by a jury of my peers. Altogether, I think it was a very high-handed proceedure, and one that reflected no credit on your fair city. I believe the fine was exorbitant, the equivalent of three weeks pay in those days, or equal to about $300.00 today: I am now a respectable old stump -rancher, with one leg in the grave, a pen- sioner of the first war, and when one of my flock of large and rapidly increasing grand -children climb up on my knee and look me in the eye and say" you were a good boy, werent you grandpa", what can I say with this terrible crime on my sheet? I feel that in all justice to myself, and to the fair city of my birth, this case should be reviewed, and that it should be erased from the records and that I should have a full pardon, even if it i" necessary to go to Gov. Rogers or even President McKinley. For character reference, when I worked for the Western Union in the late 90's and at the turn of the century I would mention a few well known citizens, starting:', with Prof. Grant, Prof. Hitt, Prof.Aubert, Prof McClinton, Miss Bray, Old Maid Smith, Miss Anderson of the school staff; Among the business and professional people Z would refer you to Col. F.D. Huestis, Ed Huestis, Hy Blackwood, A.F. Learned, Col. Hill, Col. Landes, N.C. Strong, Judge McClinton, Judge Hatch, Judge Coleman, Judge S.A. Kuhn, Judge Lockhart, Dr. (diner, Dr. Williston, Dr. Tucker, Dr. Gleason, Dr. Seavey, Judge Bellinger, Dr. Foster, Dr. Gardiner, Billy Pfie'.'for, 14I.A. Fritz, Joe Steiner, 111.L. Clark, A.C. Hamilton, Clarence Wanamaker, Peter Vutty, Chas. Eisenbeis, Olberg & Lyle, Tom Jackmnn, O.N. Odegard, John Lilly, J,11, Schoonover, Emil Klinger, Herman Barz, Herman Trnpeur, my God -Father old Capt Morrison of the Crimean War, Henry Bayley Sam McGee, John Mehling, Like Baker, Mayor Bill, Mayor Katz, Mayor Gerson -wino when 1 •• was leaving town, gout 1905, called me into his office and congratulated me on having served my apprentice -ship and going forth into the world as a journey -man telegraphist and reached int6 his pocket and pulled out a t20.00 gold pdece and said "there my boy, that is for you If you will sign n paper NEVER to come back , I spurned Ei i t i r � i ,