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september 28, 1926 At a ~eg~Is~r meeting of the. City Co~ucil September 2Sth there were present: Messr~-- vernon B~ooks, J. C. D~uford, E.~. Ma~ipin, J~o,~ Arthur. N aye, J. Alden 0asr, J. R. Stewart, L. G. White, Also the City M~r~ger. The mi~ates of the regular meeting September l~th were read ~nd were approved. REPORTS OF COM~iTTEES. Fin~nee-~ Referred September Eesommendatlon of the M~uager that the Council name delegates to the annmal Convention of the League of Virginim N~ni®ipal!ties to be held in Farmville, Va., on 0etcher 5th and It is recommended that the City Manager elect, the City Clerk & Amditor, and a~y mem- ber of the Oomncil who m~y be able to attend, be sent as delegates to this Convention of the Les~ue of Mmnicipalities. Commmnieation from the Manager stating that the Atlantic Deeper Waterways Convention will be held in Rishmond September l~th to l?~h, and suggestimg that the Comn~il name a dele~c~ to attend ssme. No action rec~aired. Gommuni~ation from the Memager approving rsq~sst of Police Officer T. H. Revere to be re- imbarsed $106.$2 for 2~½ days lost from dmty on acccmnt of his m~hine turning over in prevenm- lng ~u aceldent with m~chine cf E. D. Wilkins. It is recommended tha~ T. H, Revere be paid $106.~ for the time lest from duty on aceom~t of said injmries and that the li~bility of E. ~. Wilkins be refer=ed to the Gi~Y Attorney~ 1926. Reports of the City Treasurer, City Collector, ~ City Auditor for the month of A~gus~, We h~ve examined sadd reports a~d it is recommended that they be filed. ~Request of Jo Shirley Hope, State Game Warden, that a dog pommd be b~ilt at the Incinerator, as the po~d he had bmiit w~s torn down by the City when the new Incinerator was mnder eon- str~¢tion. I~ is recommended that the oomm~uication be ret~rned to ~M~r. Hope, State Game Warden, for a bill of cost in deteAl for the po~ud destroyed by thc City. School Bmdget for the Year 192~, as adopted by the School Board at its meeting September 1R26. This will be considered with the i921 B~dget. Term and salary for the newly elected Oity M~nager. Progress as to same. Referred Amgust 2$th Recommendation of the Manager, concm~ring in recommendation of the Director of P~bli¢ We±- fare, that sm emergency appropriation of $25.00 be allowed to pay for travellimg expenses of the Mi~ luspec~o~ to Palmyra, N~ G., from which poinm a satisfactory dai~y is deeiroms of shipping milk regmlarly to l~r~smo~th. It is recommended that this appropriation be not allowed. (Signed) Arthur Mayo, Ohairms~u. On motion of Mr. Omst~ the repor~ of the Committee was adopted, n~ by the following vote: Ayes-- B~ooks, Dmnford, Maupin, E~Yo, 0~st, Stews~vt, White, y. The following add~ess was delivered by General J. P. Jervey, 0ity N~ar~age=: "In reviewing the work of the last six years, it is not intended to create the impression that any par~ie~alar credit is due myself other tha~ the confidence on my ps~v~ that the work authorized through the vision and wiAdom of the Council has, with the ass~stance~ef the various departments been economically ~n~ well constructed or performed. In 1~20, the 0ity of Portsmouth had eighteen miles of paved streets and twenty miles of sews=s; i~dequatc water ma&~s were fom~d in ~any parts of the City, there was a lack of fire hYdra,ts ~ud ~ serious deficiency in street l~ghting. The Oity was without~ks a~d h~d a single ~udeveloped playground. Xts ~ail was in bad shape and was the s~.b~eCt of frequent ~n- favorable comment ~y the Court. ~y of the paved streets were almost impassable on account of holes'~ud lack of repair. Its m~rket was s~utiqmated ~ud ~sanitary; its milk supply was not properly ss~fe~rded ~or w~s the inspection of foods sufficiently ~horough to g~u~ant®e our citizens against illness and disease caused by impure or improper food. Ou~ citizens were practically ~t the mercy, fort-anately few ~u n'amber, of thos~ who sold merchandise with short weights and Short measures. In the six ~yee~rs of the administration just closed, the mile~e of paved streets has been increased to fortyrfive, the miles of sewers to fifty-eight. A splendid sye~em of s~ormdr~ins h~s been installed in Port Norfolk, Pinners Point and west High St. and on High st. between 0hestn~ St. and Second Ave~. with minor e~tensio~ and improvements in otherpar~ of the City. Many miles of curbs and g~tters have been eenstr~eted in ~l~parts of the Oity, rcnderin~ s~its~vy and healthik~l areas which previously had been quite otherwise. The transportation mol ~the Er~ineezing Department has been largely motorized; the collection of trash and garbage m~ch improved; streets have~ beau swept more £requentlyand kept cleaner. A new incinerator