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April 28, 1925 5~h. #Ism in_receipt of a letter from the Department of 0ommerce, Bureau of S ~t~ndards, in which request is made that the City send a representative t_o the 18th A~u:_~jal Oonvention on Weights and Measur~es. The Director of l~blic Welfare has recommended that Mr. Ho H. Matthews be sent to represent the Oity and an~appropriation of $50.00 to pay for the necessary expenses at this session be made. ~X realize that much benefit will probably result from Mr. Matthews attending a convention of this kin~ but at the same. time it seems best to me for the present at least that attendance on conventions be limited to department heads and not extended to assistants in various bureaus of the several departments. I therefore regretfully reconm~end disapproval of this appropriation." On motion of Mr. Oas% the Manager's recommendation was concurred in. 6th. #I am forwarding herewith petition from cer%ain'm~rchants in %he City Market asking that Middle St. be opened, into Second St. . While this would be desirable for mauy reasons, the Cit~ is not in position fi- nancially at present to undertake it and I am therefore compelled to make an adverse recommenda- tion in regard to it." adverse On motio~ of Mm. Brooks, the/~ecom~endation of the ~nager was concurred in. 7th, Presented the following report of lot sold inOak Grove 0eme`tery during the month of Na~ch, 1925: March 9th, W. J. Bohannon, E~tensicn Ave. J., 18-20. f.t., these lo.ts have never been platted. On motion of Mr. OuSt, ~he Oity Attorney was instructed to draft deed for the lot, smd the ~oper Oity Official~ to execuSe same. 8th. "! am inclosing herewith, dmawing showing layout of power lines for. f~_vnishing light to the Keeper's residence, and to the golf club house at the C~ty Park. As indicated a~ underground 2300 volt cable will be required from the southeast corner of the park '.to the keeper' s house and a pole line- from the comfort station on the wes.t side of Shoe park to the golf house. -These lin~s are essential amd it is recommended that am appropriation of $952.00 be made for the purpose." On motion, the recommendation was referred to Finance Oommtttee. 9th. "T~e Southern Brass Works has offered to co-operate with the ~ity in establishing a fire alarm box near its property which will also be available for the public. The C0mpamy offers to purchase the box costing $15Q. O0 provided the Oi~ty will bear the cost of the in- stallation which is $?5.00. A special appropriation of $~5.00 for this purpose is recommended." On motion, the recommendation was referred to Finance Committee. loth. "In ~o~_uection with the ¢ont~ac~ of Messrs. Duke and Smith for the'erection of the City Market, a difference of opinio$ has arisen between the contractor and the Building Inspector as to the cause of certain de~ects in the walls of the building which have resulted in leaksge through the walls during driving rain storms. The contractor claims that the leakage is due to defective plans and specifications, On the other hand the Building Inspector takes the positLon that it is caused by defective workmanship. The contracto~ is also~aiming &'~onmm for twenty-eight days at $25.00 per day and $85~.00 for ~m~ges amd delays caused by overflowing of the storm sewer amo~tn~ting in all to $1,550.00. I am persomally inclined to the view of the Building Inspector hut as the con- tractor h~s'some arguments in his favor, l~'seems to me that the best way to settle.i$, with the authority of the Oeuncil, will be to submit the questions involved to arDitration. The contractor sta~es that he is willing to proceed to apply waterproofing to the walls provided the Oity will first agree that the ~uestion whether this work is required under ~he contract without extra compensation shall be submitted for final decision tc three disinterested ar~....m~ers, one to be sele,$ed by theOiiy, one by the cont=actor amd. these two ~ Belec~a~l~itd, t~hc shall be a duly licensed architect, of the0ity'of No~folk; the decision of the majority of these three to be final and binding on the contractor a~d the Oity. If the finding is for the.contractor he is to be paid~ the City as considerat$cn for extra work umder the contract and in addition to the contract price the actual cost of the extra work plus 10~, the total cost being guaranteed not to exceed $900.00. If the finding Ss in favor of the 0ity the contractor is to pay the cost of the work which then would not be o~n- sidered as extra w~rkundsr the contract. In addition, I am of the opinion that the other claims of the contmactor amo~mting ~o $1,550.00 as explained above should be settled by the same arbitration board. I could executively authorize ~his e~vbitration were i~ands available to settle a possible adverse decision age,inet the O[ty. Since, however, an adverse opinion will quire an additiomal appropriation Dy the 0cu$~ci~, I mmreferr~r~g~ the questio$ to it With the recommendation that I be a~thorized to go into the arbitration and thereby possihty incur a liability not exceeding $2,450.00."