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February 24th, !~44..
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<br />of lights,
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<br />and that the
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<br />at the following corners:
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<br />Florida Ave. and King St., B.W. corner
<br />Florida Ave; and Oakland St., N.W. corner
<br />Florida Ave. and Woodrow Bt., S.E. Corner
<br />Hamilton Ave. and Portland Bt.
<br />Hamilton Ava. and North St.
<br />Wool Ave., west side, midway between High and Willow Sts.
<br />Van Buren and ~nitson Sts., N.Y. corner
<br />Effingham and Maupin Gte., S.W. corner
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<br /> It is our hope that the War Production Board will grant th~s authority
<br />lights may be installed at an early date.n
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br />Chestnut ~ts.,
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<br /> ~th - ~We have installed a caution
<br />For the protection of the colored pupils."
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br />~ gnal at
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<br />the corner of South and
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<br /> 10th - %fhen appropriations were made for the paving of London St., my
<br />report to you at the time shows that I had included a Sufficiem. t amount of money for expendi
<br />tures for a two-way police radio.
<br /> Preliminary plans have been laid for *~he installation of this
<br />modern service and t would ~opreciate you~ trs~sferring $10,O00.00 from the London St. appro -
<br />priation to an account known as "Construction of Two-Way Police Radio~.
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<br />adopted.
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<br />tive.Earch 1st,
<br />ing his retirement."
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<br />adopted.
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<br />Motion of ~r. Hutchins to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was
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<br /> lith - "I am recommending that Jo~m Turner, colored, be retired, e ffec-
<br />194~, at a nension of $500.00 oer year., recommend-
<br /> ~ I would like t~ read'a letter from the City Engineer
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<br />Motion of Mr. Warren to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was
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<br /> t2th - "I would ~opreciate your appointing a committee of two members of
<br />the Council to work with the Superintendent of the Water DePartment and the Manager relative
<br />to the possibility of disposing of scrag material as well as the sale of some land not needed
<br />at this time.~
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<br /> Motion of-Mr.~ Hutchins to concur in the Eanager~s recommendation was
<br />adopted and ~he Chairman appointed Mr. Hall and Mr. Fox on said committee.~
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<br /> 13th = The Manager presented t~e. foll~wing resolution:
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<br /> "BE IT RESOLVED that thj bid proposal of the Westing-
<br /> house Electric & Manufacturing Company, Philadelphia,
<br /> Pa., dated D~cemGer lgth, 19~3, for items numbered 1,
<br /> 2 and 2-A be accepted, it being the lowest bid submit-
<br /> ted for these items as outlined in t he specifications
<br /> prepared by Rudolph, Cooke & Van Leeuwen~ Inc., ArcD~ -
<br /> feets.
<br /> THEREFORE, Be it-further resolved and recommended
<br /> that the contract be awarded to the WestZn~hO~Se Electric
<br /> Company of Philadelphia, Pa., for the furnishing, delivery
<br /> and installation of the hereinbefore-mentioned items, l,
<br /> 2 and 2-A on the building of the Portsmouth Health Center,
<br /> London and Green S2~., Portsmouth, Va., and designated as
<br /> F.WoA. Project VA'~-31?.
<br /> That the sum to be paid to the said Westinghouse Electric
<br /> Company shall be ($9,126,5~) Nine Thousand, One Hundred
<br /> and Twenty Six Dollars and Fifty F$~ Cents. This being
<br /> the total cost of _all the items aboFe-mentioned.
<br /> That the contract be subject to ~he approval of the Fed-
<br /> eral Works Agency."
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Fox to concur in the Manager's recommendation, was adopted~
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<br />chants Association,
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<br /> 14th -
<br />· ~th the request ~hat I bring it to your attention:
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<br /> ~At a meeting of the Board of Directors of the Retail
<br /> ~erchants Association, held cfi F~bruary 10th, the mat-
<br /> ter of hours in which parking'meters are operated in
<br /> ' Portsmouth came up for ddscussion. Several directors
<br /> stated their attention had been called to this by
<br /> strangers coming to our City, and that numerous local
<br /> citizens were also among ~he objectors to the long
<br /> hours in which zhe meters are in operation.
<br /> A recent survey has been made to ascertzin what other
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<br />"I am in receipt of the following letter from the Retail Mcr -
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