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August llth, 1931. At a regular meeting ef there were present: the Oity Council held Aug~st llth, 1931, at 8:00 P.M. Vernon A. Brooks, ~. R. Hutchins, E. Wi Maupin, Jr., 0ast, A~chiba~d Ogg, J. R. Stewart - ?. Also the a~y Manager. Arthur N~yo, J. Alden Minutes of regular meeting held ~uiy 28th were read and ~oproved. The following communications were read from the Oity Manager: 1st - 'According to instructions given me when the matter was presented%o the City Oouncil a short while ago by JudgeOutn~elI,· ' I am submitting a bill for $58.50 from ~. Elizabeth Skutt, for the care of the three Kiser children for nineteen days, and ~a bill from the Children, s Home Society for $31.44 for board of Walter Wi!liam~ for six weeks and two days. Explanatory letters are attached.. I recommend that an appropriation of $89.94 be made to cover th~se bi!ls.~ On motion of Mr. Ogg, $89.94 was appropriated to pay said bills. ~ ~ ~.tnd - '~n~ans~wer to the inGuiry made at the last Council meetihg in regard to the ~rawmo~a and Occupy ct. lighting, ~ respectl~lly submit the following report: I have gone over this matter wi~4 the Virginia Electric & Power Oompany and they have submitted a sketch which shows a somewhat inexpensive o~tlay. Since that time, I have had Oity Electrioiau, George ~. Mathews, go over the entire matter himself, and also go thoroughly into the plan as outlimd by the Virginia Electric & Power Comnanv. At~.~ach.ed~ .is M~..?athews' repgr~ in detail. You will note, as outline~ by Mr. Mathews~ t~+~ g $ 1.00 reduotmon effected by a change in the Mmddle St. light- lngz $3.12.00?o_uld~be reguired to cs~ry o.ut the street lighting clan as outlined by him on- ~ou~y aha ~aw~'ord Sts., which would ~nclude lights on O~awf~rd from Nigh to 0ounty and on Ooun'~y St. £rom Oourt to Orawford. There is no o~estion in my mind but that this expenditure would g~eatlU improve lighting condi$ions in that section, ~.~ at a small cost. I might add also that the traffic on County St. is g~eatly increased and also on Crawford St. and i~ would be a wonderful help to traffic conditions and would possibly be reflected in stimulated business;', The City Electrician' s recommendation follows: ~In consideration of additional street lighting for 0o~-uty and Crawford Streets, the attached blue . print showing proposed lighting u~its as recommended by the V.E.P. Co. represents a very l~m~ed outlay for white way lZohtmng,'m ' although about as economical as could be had. In general, white way lighting is laid out with lights at fre,uent in- tervals and unifox~mly/spaced, this however runs into considerable cost and it is ~e~t ex- pected that the city at this time could mndertake such an expenditure. I have noted on attached sketch an alternate to the outlay as recom- mended by the V.E.P.- Co. which gives a better distribution of light in conside~tlon of existing conditions. Du~ing conversation with Mr. Dolbeare, V.E.P. Co. Lighting Specialist this mo~ning, he favors my sketch in preference to that submitted. ~_in order to keep the cost for County and Crawfcrd Sts. as low as pos- sible and still furnish a reasonable amount of light for this section which I believe will be suf.ficient, Mr. Dolbea~e today submitted a plan to remove eight of the present~ lights from Middle $t. and to utilize t~em on County and Crawford St. This would leave eleven lights on Middle St., five to erate all night and six to midnight. The size these lamps would be increased from ~,Po00 lumens a s agreed in ~hite Way Proposal to of y, 200 lumens each. This would compensate greatly for the lights removed. Under the modernization plan as agreed to by City Council the Middle St. section was to cost $690.B0 per ye~. By rearranging the c.ontrol and removing eight units ~s mentioned above the cost will be $~97.00 per year, which represents a reduction of $193.00; If the sketch which I h~ve submitted is approved a i%~rther reduction would be effected by the removal of one 400 C.P, gen.eral street light at the corner of Oo~ and County Sis. This would make a total reduction of $2~1.00 per yes~. The rates applied to 0ounty and Grawford St~' lighting are the same as those applied in the V.E.P. Co. white way proposal which is now underway. No direct charges a~e made for installation cost. Ornamental Brackets of the same type and design will be employed and mounted on existing wood and concrete poles. As shown on my sketch I have recommended one more light than the V.E.P. Co. shows, this is located at the co,er of County en Court St. this I believe to be very necessary as this is an important intersection. ~he total cost of which wcu!d~ be $553.00 per yea~, as follows: 0oumty St. six lights $ Court St. one light 55.00 0raw, etd ~t. six lights Deducting the $251.00 reduction effected by the Middle St. change, from the totaI cost of County and Crawford St. lighting, $312.00 would be recMired to ca~ry out the street lighting plan in this seo~ion.~ On motion, the privi~ege of the floor was granted auy one present who was in- terested in said report. Mr. J.M. 0verto~ spoke in ~avor of same and on motion of Mr. ~tewa~, the matter was laid on the table m~til next meeting. - ~N~INISHED B~INES$-