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October 25, 1R27 At a regular meeting of the 0ity Oou~cii October 25th there were present: Mesers-- Vernon Brooks, j..O. D~nford, E. W. Maupin, Jr., Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Cast, J. R. Stewa~rt, L. G. White, ?. Also the City N~nager. On motion, the CoUncil adjourned to meet Tuesday~ November 1st, at $ o'clock p.m. November .1, 1~27 A~ an adjourned regular meeting of the Cit~Oounci! November 1st, at 8 o'clock p. m., there were present: ~essrs-- Vernon Brooks, E.W. Maupin, Jr., J. Alden Oust, L. G. White, 4. Also the City Manager.. The minutes of the rec~,lar meeting October llth, joint meeti~$with Su.oervisors of Norfol~ County.October 15t~andOctober 25th, and regular meeting October 25th were read and were approved. The following communication was read ~rom the City Man,get: Honorable Oit~ Cquncil, Portsmouth, Va., ~Ootober 21, 1927. Gentlemen: ! beg to make the following report on matters which were referred to me at the council meeting on October 'llth: 1. Relative to the appropriation for gasoline, if I remember correctly, when the budget for ~th~s year~ was m~de up we did not e~pect thewS5,00~. appropriated to be sufficient. In 1~26 $6,~86.73 was ~pproprimted fo~ gasoline amd in 1~27 $5,000 was appropriated. We D~ve a b~lance ~f $37.?~ and September's bmlls have not been paid. I have watched the consumption of gasoline very closely and have put limits on most of the cars, but with our motor equipmen$- in the various departments constantly rendering service to the citizens, it is n~ura-lly a hard matter to keep the appropriation for gasoline down very low. However, I will continue to check up on its use. We will have a ~ebate of approximately $1,200. from the State which will go into the Treasury. [ recommend that an appropriation of $1500.0G be made to care for the remainder of the year. Even with additional cars and increased service, the gas bill will not be larger this year than in 1~26. 2. With reference to an appropriation of _/~00. f~r 0oroner's Inquests for the r~mG~nder of the year, I have looked into this matter and find we now have on hand approximately $230.00 in bills and this money will appaLrently De needed ~o csme for the remalnder~of the year. recommend that the necessary ~opropriation bf '$400. be made. 3. I have investigated complaint of Mrs. Chas. A. Foster calling attention to condition of a d~ainbetween the properties of E. L. Price and S. Foster, located near the corne~ of H~rrison and Washington Sts. I find there are many places tb_roughou~ the city in simila~ con- dition. The 0ity Engineer and I have gone over ~hese matters and when we consider the budge~ ! will submit some data which is being prepared now. This will give us more light not only on this par~icu£ar situation but on the others as well. ~. I have taken ~p with the Virginia Electric & Power Oompany the mat~er referred ~o me relative to the petition of the merchants of Crawford~St.~that some actio~ be taken to create a 'White Way' lighting system on Orawford St. south o~ High S~. An estimate will be prepared by the Po~er Compan2 ~nd upon receip~ cf same, I will report further to your body. 5- Relative to petition of certain property owners a.nd business men on C~awford St. to have Crawford St. south of High St. (west side) smooth surxaced, I have requested the Engineer- lng Department to prepare an estimate on this work. which I will have in a few days and ? re-