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Referred June23=d Spec. CommuniCation from the Na~ager-enclosing.letter from. Mr. Harry L. Alexander relative to the 0ity purchasing property owned By him a~jacent tO the-Wy~he-St, playground. We do not deem it advisable to purchase +.his Droperty at the present time. Referred January Recommendation of the ~er that the fee of $25.00 charged the Veterans of Foreign Wars for the use of the ~_,~!oipal Auditorium for'a dance, be refunded, as the heating plant broke dawn amd as a result claim is made that the Veterans lost heavily by reason of the small tendanceo It is recommended that a special appropriation of $~5.00 be allowed to make s~id refund. It is farther recommended that the combined Oommuni~y Wall amd fire station in the Ninth Ward be tooated on the eas~ side of Des Noines Avenue. (Signed) Vernon Brooks, 0h~irma~. On motion of'Mr. Stew~x.t (R~E.B.), the report was adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes-- Brooks, .Naupin,~Smith, Stewa:~ (J,R,), Stewart (R.E.B.), .~ite, The following communications were read from the Oity Manager: let. #After ¢arefai s~udy of the ~nctne~to: problem, l.beg to report as follows: lsd- The new incinerator shout~ be installed in the present bmildi~gwith su&h modifica- tions of that building as are required for the new installatiom. 2~d- The new installation should be~a Pittsburgh Des Metrics Ste~l 0ompany incinerato~ of fifty tons cap~ity in eight hours. The cost of this installation including modifications of the Buildimg and supervision will be $2?,500.00. 3rd- The Pittsburg~ DesNo~ues-Steel OompS~y~.~s~the low bidder a~d they ~nish a satis- factory type of-~cinerater. $+.dm- In case the 0ouuo~l Seems it best to construct a new incinerator on a new site,'X would also recommend' the Pittsburgh Des Notnes Typ$. of farnaoe which, including new building and supervision, But exclusive of site, will cost Sq~,O00.O0. ~- 5th- It should be f~ankly real,zed and admitted.theft the Best. type of incin~ra~o~ mus~. in some respects be objectionable. In the ~Lvst.cas~, rega~dlees o~type ?f ~nexn~ra~or,.~here will always be m~ple&sant odors from the u~rne~gs~bage wnich hasoee~smano~mg mn Swo or three days. There m~st necessarily be some smoke and' some soot a~i of. course there till always be a slight odor of burnt material bath in the smoke and:i~ the slag or ref.~e %ake~ out of the fu~e. In my opini~u, however, the Pittsburgh Des Moines type of .far~ac~ will give as satisfactoryresults as~c~ube obtaine~frome~y ~ther type of pointed out the Pittsburgh Des Moinesep~pauy is the low bidder-in the bid's as submitted, whether we rebuild t~e present plant or b~zild an entirely new plant ~n a new site.# 0~ motion, the commas,to,rich was referred to the Fi~ce Oommittee. ~.~d. ! respectfully recommend that ! be authorized, to.acquire three~lo$~ on the east sict~ofDes Moines Avenue ~orth of LincolmSt,, for combined OommunityHall a~dFire ~t~tion for the Ninth Wsmd, at $250.00 each." On motion, the recommendation was referred to ~lna~oe Oommittee. UNFiNISEED~JSINES$ The following ordinance, which had bee~m~e~ on first reading-~?~.h, was takea up and read: An Ordinance 0losing that Portion of Romanesque Street Lying South of t~e OccuPy Str~etRoad. Mr. Stewar~ (R.E.B,) moved that the ordinanceBeadopted. On motion, the.privilege of the floor was.granted.to Mr. Jerow, of the. Ame~icau 0il who spoke in reference to their request that the portiom~of the s~eet lying south of Ooumty street road be closed. ~ Then Mr. Brooks moved ~hat ~hs ordinauce be laid on the ta~Ieunt~l the n~xt regular meel~- lng of the Council, iu order that the coUncil ~may be supplied with mere info=motion on-%he subject. The motion by Mr. Brooks was adopted. ' NEW BUSINESS Mr. Brooks offered the followi~gresolution,.whichm~asadopted: · ~E IT P~E~OLVED ~Y THE OOUNOIL OF THE 0IT¥ OF PORTSMOUTH, VA., That the 0ity of Portsmouth ~oin with the Oity of Roanoke and o+.her Oities of the State in couducting am info~mal investi- g~tlon of the l~rOposed increase in rates by The0hesaPeake &Potomac Telephone 0o? On motion,~a~ned.