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May 14th, 1946. in use at I would like authority to the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Company.,~ 5th - ~The Effingham St. Fire Station and the former C~t'y garage are not the present time, due to more modern facilities having been constructed. to dispose of this property by renting it Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adoptS. L. Host, Chief, Fire Prevention Bureau, was sent to the Univer- Indiana, on Aprii 10th, for a specialized course in arson inves- 6th - "K~ sity of Purdue at Lafayette, tigation.'~ On motion ordered filed. the City 7th ~'The following letter has been received~from E.J. Harlow, making an offer for the old South St. Fire Station lot. It is my recommendation that it be sold at public auction: '! respectfully make you an offer fo~ the lot on South St. which was the old Fire Department lot, for~250.O0. I~ have made inquiry about the same and have been informed that $~50.O0 is a fair p~ic~, as the lot is small. Please let me know the earliest date. Yours respectfully, E. J. Harlowe.'" adopted. Motion of Mr. Howard to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was 8th - the past thirty five years, effective June 1st, 19~67 "William Wood, who has been employed by the City of Portsmouth for has been recommended for retirement by the Examining Board. I am therefore recommending that he be retired at the usual amount adopted. Motion of Mr. S~urtevant ~o concur in the Manager's recommendation, was 'gth - ~Our receipts for 'Revenue fro~ Transportation from the Portsmouth Transit Company' are about seven per cen~ less for the first four months of this year in eom - parison with the last four in 1945.~ On motion ordered filed. ~ 10th - ~In accordance ~ith Section 20?7 of the Code of Virginia, which requires the City of Portsmouth to pay $1.O0 per day for prisoners assigned to State road camps, I find it necessary to request a special appropriation to take care of this cost. The cost is incurred when prisoners are sent either to the State Farm or State Road Camps, at the direction of the Judge. We have Just recently received.from the State Department of Public Corrections a statement ~r prisoners assigned to the Farm. Since we have ha~ no experience in what this will cost, I am re - questing a special appropriation of $500.00 for the remainder of the year, hoping thi~ will take care of the cost." Motion of Mr. Lawrence to place an appropriation of $500.00 for said pur- pose, on its first reading, was adopted. llth - "We installed two water coolers in the fire station~ which were on order prior to our moving intO the station. The cost of the two coolers was $380.00 and in order to Close out the Fire Department account, this amount will be necessary." Motion of Mr, Weiseman to place an appropriation of $380.00 for said put pose, on its-first reading, was adopted. 12th - ~Last December, I wrote R. E. Ha~e of Welton, Duke and Hawks Com- pany, asking that a survey be made of the insurance on city buildings. On May 7th, two ~epresentatives arrived in the City and at the present time are making a survey of public buildings. Their report will be presented to you at! a later date,~ Notion of Mr. Howard that if~he representatives from the InsUrance Company who are making a survey on ~ins~r~ on.o~u~ builmings, increase She amoUUt of insurance, the Ci~ ty ~anager be authoriz~ ~o ~ii~rea~ ~he~ i~urance on our buildings in like manne~?as ado~ed~ 13th - ~You authorized the sale of a trae~ of land on thelSuffolk~Holland Highway ~ud we have received a bid of $1,000.00 from Messrs. W.E. Cahoon and 0.0. Lancaster. I am rebommsnding the confirmation of the sale.~ Motion of Mr. Lawrence to concur in the Manager:s recommendation, was adopted. l~th - "I am in receipt of the attached letter from Greeley and Hansen, the EngineerS, recommending the acceptance of the Drano Corooration combination bid in the ~moun~ of $55,832.00. ~ The Dravo Corporation is the low bidder and I am recommehding that the attached resolution be adopted awarding the contract to the~Dravo Corporation.~ Letter - '~We have examined the bids received April 16th, 1946, covering work and i