The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-07-15


. BE IL remembered. that ON e.
o this 18th day If july. lgei the e.
= board ot public works Of the
. city Of Seattle met In special g
q session ia its office In the slU e
. hall. Superintendent haungH e
e presiding. and superintendent o.
e Walters present Il having e
. been reported II this board e
&, that certain contractors. With e
e the clty OF Seattle. afe ytolat- r.
9 the state law regarding the .
number ~ hours constituting e
e day work cu motion The sega e.
81 Rotary was directed tu request e.
= the city engineer u make In e
q yestigatiau as t. whether any {.
. contractor. eaEaKed on con e
. tract with the city OF Seattle =
e Is working more than eight .
hours a day. and If any such I.
. be found 10 notify him Ia 40 {.
. once desIst from So doing ~ f.
. any such contractor shall eou- e
o tnue % So work more than {.
= eight hours per daI after Iuly q
q Is taaf the EItE engineer shall
o rrpuft suHh fat fa the board q
q OF public works that lt may {.
/. take immediate action Tor the :.
o cancellation Of such contract
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The STATS exposition ~ the flag
rant manner In which lae5f eauirae-
tors are violating TIE state eight
hour law and the corporation couu-
sel and board q works lave been
winkinE az The practice. bas 81 last
borne fruit. II the board carries
out In Koed faith the foregoing res-
olution It passed at recent exceu
tive session contractors Who will
fully 8lsaueY orders hereafter vii
find their contracts cancelled Not
waiting for the corporation counsel
20 submit The legal opinion on the
matter asked Ct him more than a
month ago. the beard has taken the
matter into - avu hands
The members 81 the boards Of
works ana the corporation counsel
are avsrse 20 discussing the matter
IN any way. bat they nov realize
that n they ere Hat up and daiHE
something RHl ezuIaHe All that
city EnEiaeer Thomson would say
this morning about TIE matter vas
that Assistant Engineer Jeffrey vas
investigating If. as Instructed In the
boards resolution NJ Gillian is
still asleep and apparently as inuo-
cent 81 q lamb
Ma have rot yet presented my
opinion on the subject 20 the board
he said this morning aH be tried ta
sluae a reporter at his office Ia the
Halter building
Have you any idea Nhen Yeu wil
have Il ready be Vas asked
NO. have not he replied can-
/ didiy
Further than That Re would not
discuss The subject
q don't kuoN anything shout &C."
he said
NJ. Gillian aad NJ Thomson
were IA conference over TIE matter
yesterday Afternoon A. fhaf tire
they also discussed tn construction
q the Is miles II Sidewalk af Green
Lake an opinion on the isKal aspects
% which the board also desires from
the corporation counsel
The urocraafInafInK officials uera
ietfinE THE matter Glide along easily.
Swing Dc no concern whatever. when
The Star pointed out the irau-eiad
lass pFohlhtfinE the fa-haHr day on
public work Ean various reasons.
among whIeh vas TIE alleged fact
that TIE board Itself vas allowing
men % work far mere fhaH eight
hours a day on The municipal HIGHT
Ing plant. the board refused - take
up the matter. The members
claimed % have outside Legal as
vice % the effect that Il could not
enforce the statutes aHd aa s. HaH
veuieuf method u getting rid ~ an
unpiea SAINT duty turned the matter
over % The corporation counsel
The latter never tank the trouble
10 look int the natter but when
Ne officials read IN lat Mondays
issue ~ The star that state Labor
Commissioner H1aHkman and q conn
miftee Of the Western Central iH-
Dor Union appointed - watch prog
reaF ln the work HaH bout - begin
Impeachment proceedings against
them through state Attorney Gene
eral etrBttau. they commenced Co.
worry. n began - appear 70 them
az n perhaps the state law and fHa
city charter were explicit enough lu
the matter after all
The climax RaH reached when e.
W. Harmon. r. r Orchard ana ~
a. Hoffman. the committee repre-
HentinE the Western Central Labor
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