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Home My WebLink About00157302 i n COM.:UHICATIOUS From Eril E. Palmquiet, to -±'tit: r` I 1 ill!!! September 22, 1942 Carl Christian, City C1 sk City ]fall, Port; Tor:ns.na, l,,ashington Dear :•:r•. Christian: It tins boon called to my attention that you wish some statement from me re- garding the Public Health portion of the Cityts Budget for the calendar yenr of 19, 3. As you will recall I met with the City Council of Port Townsend the latter % part of July, 1942 when I explained to them the purpose of the formation of the Olympic Health District, combining Public Health resources of Jefferson and Clallam Counties. At this time it was decided by the City Council that they would continue to pay t:he $400 annually as they had been doing in the past. Accordingly, I would believe that the budget should be made out for the amount of :400. Thin amount would be paid to the Jefferson County Auditor Public Health Fund pool in the same manner that it has been by the city for the past year or two. If, however, the City Council should be willing to appropriate more than $400 you may be assured that I shall use it to good -advantage to further the best Public Health interests for the City of Fort Townsend. Yours truly,, E11:IL E. M LMQUIST, I.;. D. District Ifealth Officer Olympic Health District .zEP/nl This communication visa ordered filed. From E. J. L'ccall, to -wit: Sept. 22, 1942 Dear Mr. Daly In reference to yours of yesterday:- l'le require all customers to pay at least one month in advance when application for garbage service is made after that we render bills in advance and if not raid on or before the 20th of the month. Cus- tomer is notified and Service is stopped, our ordinance provides that no one may have garbage over City Streets. And if garbage is allowed to accumulate and be- comes offCnsive the Forman notifies the health officer and he attends to ti,e matter. Some time tra:sients get a little the best of it, but not very often. Our best citizens sometimes costs us more trouble. Yours sincerely, II� E. J. L:cCall This coma:iunieation %,Ms ordered filed. From E. H. Alexander, to -grit: September 9, 1942 Mr.. Harry Anderson Port Tow:.c:nr., '3adrington Dear Harry: Re: City of Port Townsend ' You will recall that last Friday ,,.a discussed the possibility of the City of Port Townsend accepting a comprehensive liability and Property damage policy. This contract vrould agree to pay on the behalf of the City all sums which the City should be obligated to p,-• as a result of personal injury or death to members of the public or damage to their properties as n result: of the oneration of automotive equipment ov;nod or• non -owned by the City; the existence of all streets and sidewalks; all de- partmental o;n rations and The Olympic Gravity i7ater System operations. This policy also would cover buildings and properties vr'Icich. the City or;na or is using. The advantages of thin type of policy over individually written contracts are numerous. The bi ,nest advantage is that the conti•uct is automatic in form and pro- I IL� tects the City in the event it assumes or acquires additional exposures during; the course of the policy period without notifying the agent on tiro business or the comp- any carrying the risk. 1,t the end of the policy period the contract is audited and exposures acquired are rated and charged for according to the exact number of days in existence. I would appreciate your suer-estion to the City Council that thin contract be - considered. The annual premium based upon public liability limits of $5000/$10000, automotive property damage limits of $5000 and miscellaneous property damage limits of $1000, is $1,293.44. I vrould suggest -that the Council• consider limits in excess of those mentioned above. For your information, the annual premium, based upon $10000AM000 public liability limits and $5000 property damage limits throughout, is $1,502.3B. If I may be of any assistance to you or the Council as a whole, kindly advise and I will be only too glad to join you in one of your meetings, Best personal regards, E. H. Alexander ® Special Agent This communication c;as ordered filed. From Assoc. of dash. Cities. ® Receipt of an A.LI.A. ',rlashington :dews Letter was ac..noviledged and same vras ordered plgced on file in the office of the City Clerk. From Leon H. Spaulding, to -wit: Sept. 21, 1942 0 L - ^•mom+'.,' �lyA r`� +c 1rs. „y s v,"rt•pl?""r y1^a k vx ��y_,�, , a r N i\ pN i •x„t .1fufr" fi' �._.. ;"k 'i v , u r �xl y x id y .err! s�+nim ,, � iv rr ,�:r t f.4r, . i rz�tY"�� Jeri r �.r • � �3' � � rr- ^ Mr. S. Lockhart ,,,rater Sunerintendent Port Townsend, "fashington Dear Sir: In response to your letter of September llth the writer cane up to Port Townsend last Thursday afternoon, and the next morning, accotapanied by L'. Earl Balser, Engineor for the Crown-Zellerbach Corporation, vie inspected a section of your water supply line. That port of the line inspected consists of approximately 6000 linear feet of 39-inch untreated continuous stave pipe, which may be identified as that portion of tine line located irunediately downstream from a stretch of 20-inch wood pipe. This 30-inch wood pipe is buried in the ground and our ry.umi.na_tion was limited to the t•,co points where the backfill has been entirely removed for a length of 25 feet or more for the purpose of making repairs, and a few other points where the pipe has been partially exposed for lengths of a fear feet. The amount of pipe examined is obviously ver- smell in relation to the 6000 feet under consideration, but I believe sufficient: to give a reasonably accurate basis for the probable condition of the Yrnole. An examination of the pipe aloez the line indicates that much of it Is in about the same condition, or approaching the condition '.''irh has made it necessary to make the two major repairs. In my opinion, it is certainly reasonable to anticinat.e the necessity of making other similar repairs over the next sevoral 'rears. Considered, however, from the point of view of a pipe line supplying water for many common pur- poses, I can say quite definitely that a line in this condition vrould as a rule be kept in service for at least the next five years, and at a cost for repairs vr'r-ch would shorn an economic advartage over thr, cost of :•cplacement. It would not be st all difficult to cite instances of city supply lines, irrigation lines, water power lines, and others which have -\:rated for a number of years after reaching a con- dition equal to that of this 30-inch pipe. Baker has pointed out that the pulp company must have continuous service, at least; to the extent of not being faced .,;ith shutdowns vrhich may not be anticipated. He also mentioned the possibility of serious damer,•e - perhaps even damage ::hich would be irreparable under present conditions - in the event of an abrupt interruption of water supply to the mill. Yost anyone stay have a general understand_ng of this situation, but undoubtedly the consequences of water supply failure aould be fully appreciated only by iar,.Baker and oth:.rs who hove responsibility in the matter. At any rate, if his point of vier; is --ranted the pipe 11ne is removed from the category of those "supplying water for many normal purposes". I con say very sincerely that I consider that it is most unlikely that there will be a sudden complete failure within this stretch of 30-inch Pipe. The contour- of the ground, the nature of the soil, and the undergrowth alonC and adjacent to the line seem to me to practically eliminate the prol:cbility of a serious washout which would cause the pipe to collapse, even in case of the most serious leakage which may be er.nected to develop. If this supply line consisted of cast iron pipe it v;ouin very likely be generally accented as a very dependable line; but sudden, complete failure v;ould�be far more likely than for this vood.. stave line any time during the period when it may be continued in service. Any progran of partial reconstruction does not appear to be logical. No doubt mater- isls qre on hand for replacements, and the pipe should be ±:.aintained by repairing points where trouble develops, or the entire line should be re -built using all nev; staves. All of the above is in the nature of a discussion, without any attempt to arrive at a conclusion with respect to replacement or repair. Such a conclusion, it seems to me, misfit be basedprimarily on the necessity of uninterrupted water supT-Iy as may be agreed upon between the Crown-Zeller"hach Corporation and the City of Port Tovnsend. Considerable might be said relative to the difficulty of obtslning materials needed for the replacement program •shish may be undertaken at this time. It, would be ex- tremely difficult, but t'".ic should not, enter into a considernt.ion of what should be • attempted. yo:u., very truly, r^ }t 1 T P �r:'�i't iI' S�±auldSHg,"Ci±i•.: a