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November lOth, 1942. ~t~er Fa¢i!lties,-ln.~he amountlof ~$1,~50., or amou~apprevea.bY F,W.A. NO~, THEHEFORE,-Be it Resolved by themOtt~ 0ouncil of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, ~hat the City Manager is hereby ~mthorized to sign and execute said contract." Motion ~£ Mr. Hutehins to approve saidresolution and in the Man-germs recommendation, was adopted, and by t~e following vote: concur Ayes: Leigh, Fox, Grimes, Hall, Howard, Hutchins, Lawrence, Warren, Wilson Nays: None loth- The City ~anager read the following letter from theOity Electri- ~The situation relative to .he installation of ns -~ree~ lights is unchanged, Orders placed by the 0ity ~his year involving eight new lights are still pending with the V E P Company. According to information from Zhe V E P Oompamy, no new lights have been installed either for ~he City of Portsmouth or Norfolk County during the cur- rent year. Mr. J.A. Krug,Chief of the Power ~ranehof the War-.Production Board has reques~sdthat no applications for priority-assistance be made for street lighting exten- sions for ~he duration of the War. Following are locations of new street lights now under order for the City. These orders will be hel~ by the V~E.P. Company for installation at such time in the future as conditions will permit, unless they are canceled by the 0ity~ EighthAve & McDaniei St. Effingh~m & Griffin EighTa Ave. & Shore Drive McDaniel & FifthAve. King St. between Middle and Orawford Eighth Ave. & SouthSt. ~ " ~ ~ SeventhAve. & North On motion ordered filed. llth - _The ~anager read ~he following letter from Baird Snyder, Assis tant Administrator~ FederalWorks Agency: This will acknowledge receipt of your lettGr of October relaltve to Tae progress in securing the aerial ladder Stuck and fire station un,er project No. VA4~.-l~3. TheWar Pro,motion Board informed this office that the certificate for preference ratine covering the aerial ladder ~ruck has been forwarded to you. The application covering materials for the fire station is now ~eing processed. Sincerely yours, Baird ~nyder, ASsistant Admlnistrator,~.~.Ao" On motion ordered filed. 12th ~ "The FPHA agrees that the garbage, trash and ash will be put in suitable containers and placed along the ou~er edge of sidewalks adjoining the driveways, fromwhich points collections s~hall be made, and further tha~ ~e driveways will be kept in a suitable an~lpassable condition for use of motor vehicles.~ On motion ordered filed. On motion of Mr. Hu~chins, ~he 0ouncil wen~ into recess and thirty minmtes later resumed session. 13~h Day, November llth. adopted. - The City ~anager recommended that ~he offices~be closed on Armistice Motion of Mt. Fox to concur in the Nanager~s recommendation, was l~h - "At your meeting on September 8th, I repormed t~at we had inaugurated a drive~o reduce crime of all types and improve ~he moral conditions of the City, and you were in f~ll accord with my program and gave me authority to proceed with ~he same. Following ~hi.a on Sep~ember-15th, i camsed investigation ~o be made, emp!6ying botch men and women under cover agents. I wa~ also given assistance by L~eutenant Ingoldsby of the Shore Pat~rol and the A,B.C. agen~s under Mr. , On last Baturday, several places were raided and numerous arrests were made. The cases will ShoVtly come to t rial. I respectfully request that you approve my action."