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August ,£6 commu~cation with the Board of Stews~rcla of the Monumental Church relative to construction of g~ocery s~ore on Court St., I beg to cali,at~ention to copy of inclosed ordinance which was recommended to the Council some time ~go. If this orclin~nce is passed ~s ~ubn~ttect it will pr,e~ent trouble off ~the kind referred to in the c0mmu~lcation from the Board of Stew- I think a general ordinance of this kind should be passed rather tha~ to mtiem~t to pass ordina~ces covering pscc$icular cases. Legislation fo= thebenefit of in~d~la ia of doub~ ful expe~ency mud I think the m~e res~tm would be obtai~d in a more pref~able ~er p~ssi~ the gener~ o~nce p~oposed." The followl~ l~ ~he title of the An 0r~e Prohibiting the ~eotio~ of ~inesm Places, ~blic G~mges~nd Industrl~ EstaBlis~ents in Residential Sections. On motion of ~. Brooks, ~e offence was p~ced~ on i~s first remding. 5th. Notice of ~he probatio~l mppoin~ment for a period of sixty,~ys of Mr. L. 0J ms Tra~por~a~ion ~pervisor off the City of Portsmouth mt a sal~y of ~00.00 per month, ef~ fecttve ~zt let, 1~23. 0n motion, ~he notice was or,red to be filed.. ~th. .in co~ection with ~he erection off the Grimes B~ttery Stables, ~fforese~ ~iffi~l- ~ies with the foun~tions which had ~o be c~rie~ do~ to a great dept~ ~n~ much extended the southwest corner required ~dditionml expe~e of ~.~7. A ~eoi~l ~ppropriation of this ~e ~ave o~t~a~$~ ~ga~io~e.~gregating $110,000.00., The avai~ble Balance on the ~oo~.on.~uAy ~, ~3,~XncAu-~ ~pproved refunds ~e from the Eighth W~d ~nd Sewerage ~V~a~p r~_mj~rs_~,o0~O0. ~nle~a~ therefore ref~da ~r~ ~de aa conte~lated by w~ch ~y Be ali~y l~re~ed or ~niahed d~lng the course of co, lotion of the work. I ~ve been i~tructed by the 0o~cil to put ~ p~ving on Hi~ a~., u~er the he~d- i~ of work to be done in the Eigh~ ~nd ~ln~ W~da. The p~vl~ pro~ w~a l~id ~t on the ~as~tion that the~ coat of the Hi~ at. work w~a to be refun~d to the Oity 0o~or~te by the ' It ia t~e t~t I ~eco~ended and still ~ of the option that the o1~ 0ity a~ld be~ the ~Jor p~ of the expense. ~ia reco~en~tion w~s not to the best of my k~wle~e ~proved By the Oo~oil ~nd wither ~uch ~prov~ the coat of the work of course atmn~ thee Eighth ~d N~th W~. ~n deci~ ~w on a-prop~ ~alon, it seems o~y fair to con- sider the p~ssib~y mo~fyi~ fact t~t the $1.~0 t~ rate In these w~ ~s been conti~ed to FeB~.r~, .1~, involving ~- lo~s to ~he 01fy 0o~or~te of appro~mat~y $~0,000.00. A decision ~s to the~e f~d~ is requested ~t ~a e~iy ~ ~te ~a practicable the question of an ~d~tio~l ~ppropriation f~om 0ity ~un~ to mee~ the deficit depends on this decision. ~ On motion, the communi~ation w~s referred to the Fir~nce Committee. ~th. "~-'~ s~tisfied that at a~ early d~te, the au~o~u~ tran~or~ation, in ~he Oity ~ Portsmouth should be taken over by the Oity. I w~ld ~ggest that sometime duri,~ Au~st special executive session of the Co, oil be held to ~s~ss the ~tter in ~ prolixly ~nd if this preliml~y meeti~ in, cares that further co~ideration should be gi~n to the matte~, ~ series of public meeti~s could then Be held. We ~e ~r goi~ to get an altogether s~tisf~otory ~sys~em of tr~n~o~tation by ' Jitneys where d~ende~ce ~s~ be placed on the whims of individu~s and I ~till ad, ere to the opinion t~t there la no ~oom for two systems of tr~portation in the Ci~y. I believe the Oity sh~ld~be in a position to take up the whole prObl~ ~ ~ ~lsfied With proper ~n~i~ it ~be ~de profit~le to the 0ity." ~. Brooks moved t~t the reoe~en~tion-of the Ma~g~ be con--red in. ~. White moved t~t the co~cation be t~bled. ~e motion of Mr. ~ite was ~dopted, ~d by the followi~ vote: ~ Stev~t (R.E.B.), ~ite, 9~. ~"~e. Norfolk brl~e was $1~,000.00. At the time the e~tim~t~ wa~ ~de ~ w~$ asaume~ t~t the old right of way could be trade~ for the new-ri~t ox way xor ~e s~nern ~pro~cn of the bridge. A l~ter investigation revealed, however, that when the old right of'way w~s ~bandoned, it reverted wither cost to the o~gi~l owners. w~s t~efor?.nec~y to purchase ~ new right ~f w~y ~t a cost of $~,~0.00. ~n the bids were ~n, x~ was rO~d t~t~e lowest bid for the ~ppro~ch ~nd ~w ~n' ~nted to $I~,9~0.00~ ~is ~ed~ ~ t~t the' 0~ty undertoo~ t5 co~tmnot the bri~e With its o~ forces, ms f~ aG practicable. It n~ ~ppe~ that the re~lti~ cost including a concrete ~ppro~oh ~nd r~d way ~t the southern end which I authorized ~nd the cost of the ri~t of ~y will be ~pro~tely $13~,000.00 or $9,~O.~-less t~n the lowest b~d. It will therefore the origl~l ~nt of $62,~00.00 ~ppropri'~te~ bY the C~noil to be necess.ary tO increase $ ?,5oo.oo. I am not at the present time asking for this appropriation, but simply giv~ thio advance information so that the Council may be kept informed of the prog-~ess of the work.e On motion, the communication w~s referred to the Finance Committee.