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a~opted. Motion o f Nr. Grimes to refer to the M~nager and Attorney, was The following commo~ications frc~ the City~ · aanager were read: ist "Tou have on record ~ecommendation t hat the Plumbing and Electrical ordinances be amended, as I fel~ the ord~nauces adopted in 19~8 were outmoded~. Both the plumbers and electribians feel that the law should remain in status quo until the beginning of next year, aud to that end, I am recom~ending that the fees be raised at the beginning of the next license year." ~otion of ~r. Howard ttmt we do not he ~uager's reco~~enda- rich, was adopted~ Bud - "At the Council meeting on Eugust !2th, at the request of George T. NcLesn, you accepted the~portion of two lots r~ming between Co~u~_ty St. and the ~est- ez~_ Brauch Road, with the proviso tb~t the Cfty would curb and gutter the area~ It wo~d appea~ impractical to curb ~d gutter only that pot tion without extending it to HIE h St,, ~ud since the Council has committed itself to accepting this propePty on that condition, it would necesaitate an appropriation of $1,800~00 for curbs and gutters. This does not allow for surface treatment of the s treat." Notion of Nr. Ho~ard that an approprma~_on of $!,800~00 be placed Chi its first reading, was adopted. 8~d ~ The attached letter has been received from the City Engineer; relative to sewers in the North T~xton and ~est Tz~uxton areas. These houses were transferred from the Alexande~ Park area and a portion Of the barrgcks from the Norfolk Navy Yard. They have all been committed to the use of colored veterans and you have previously madekppropria- tion for sewer core-action to other houses on a comparable ~ asis. If an appropriation of ~9,900.00 is made, it must be earmark- ed that improvement bonds will be issued b afore the end of the year in order that the general £~u~ds might be repaid from the bond issue." priate Attached - this amount "In order to provide sewers for all the houses that have been con- structed in North Truxton ~d West Truxton, it will require ~72 lin~ feet of additional 8~ sewer lines with appurtenances. The cost for ~his additional will be as follows~ ~72 lin. ft. 8" T.C. sewer including appurtenances, ~ 2.25 $9,8~7.00 If this w~k is to be done the Council will have to appro to cover the cost." On motion, an appropriation of $9,900°00 fo~ said purpose, was placed on its first reading, and by the following vote: Ayes: Fox, B~rcls~, Grimes, Henderson, ~arren, Weiseman, ~i!son Nays: None Howard, Sturtevant, ~th - "The City of Portsmouth is vastly interested in the comple- tion of the Churchland Bridge, an~ I wrote to t~e Department of Hmghways on August 28th, wmth reference to ~hen they would start on th? bridge'~ . . I am zn receipt of the attached letter which i would lmke to ente~ into the records." Attached - "At the time you aud your committee were ih this office discussing needs of Portsmouth~ it was thought that the plans for the Church- land Bridge were p~actically complete. Since estimating on the cost, for ~he plans available at that time, it has been found that we do~ not have anywhere near enough money allocaSed to build the bridge on those plans. This has necessitated further stu~dies to detez~aine v~nat economies c~ be e£fec~ed in the d esigno f t~e bridge, and this will of nec- essity defer the date when the bridge can actually be put under construction. I will keep you advised of the developments. Sincerely, C. S. L~llen, Chief Engineer. On. motion o~dered filede 85h - "I am inclosing de~ailed reports from the various departments, as follows: 1. Water ~epartment 2. Electrical Department ~. Public Service Depar~t~ent ~. Police ~epartment ~. Fire Department 6. Safety Department 7. Public Health Dept. 8. Cindy Collector 9. City ~uditor 10. Jail report 1i. License Inspector 10. Dog Warden i4. Parking ~eters 15. Public Melfare Dept~ 16. Juvenile ~ourt." On motion ordered filed.