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A~gust ~2,
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<br />At a regular me,ting of the.City Council August 22nd there were present:
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<br /> Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, R. B. Esteeck. R.A. l~tchins,
<br /> J. Alden Omst, J. C. Smith, ~.E.B. Stewart,
<br /> L. G. White, 7.
<br /> Also the City Man,ger.
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<br /> The minutes of ~he red, lam meeting A~gust 8th amid special meetings August llth and 15th
<br />were read and were approved.
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<br /> Finance-- RE~°ORTS OF COMMIT_EEE
<br /> Re~erred August
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<br /> Communication from the City Manager, enclosing communication from the Superintendent of
<br />the Water Department, relative to amounts due the said Department from the City.
<br /> Progress as to same.
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<br /> Recommendation from the Manager that a special appropriation of $3,500. be allowed for
<br />the maintenance mhd operation of sewers for the balance of the Yeast.
<br /> , It is recommende~ Shat a special appropriation of $3,500. be allowed for the pur-
<br />pose. (Mr. Brooks voting
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<br /> Reports of the City Collector City Treasurer a~d City Clerk & Auditor for the month of
<br />July, t~2. ' '
<br /> We have examined said reports and it is recommended that they be filed.
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<br /> Petition from the Portsmouth Coat and Towel Supply, Inc., that it be refunded $~52.00, pai~
<br />fo2 the Yeszs 1921 and 1~2 as City License Tax in addition to $101. paid for ~ch of said Years
<br />as City License for Steam Laundry.
<br /> It is recommended that said refund be not allowe~
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<br /> Bill of S. T. Montague, Jr,, State G~me ~arden, to amoUnt of $230.00, for services ren-
<br />dered in d~e~t~oying ~2 t~gle~s dogs @ $2.50 each.
<br /> z~ ~s recommended ~hat the Treas~e~ be authorized ~o pay said bill, out o~ ~unds
<br />on hand from colSection of Dog Taxes.
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<br /> Order Of Cou~t exonerating Edulla S. Price from payment of City Taxes for Year
<br />amoun~of $30. and penalty ~o amount of $!o50~
<br /> ~ It is recommended that $~id Order of Court be complied with.
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<br />1~21 to
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<br /> Referred June 2?th
<br /> Recommendation of the Manager that a special appropriation of $1,000, be allowed to repair
<br />Engine No. 2; and an mdditional appropriation of $13,2OO. O0, if Finance Committee is of the
<br />opinion that the funds can be provided mt this time, for the purchase of a triple combination
<br />pumper of 1000 gallons per minute capacity.
<br /> It is recommended that an appropriation not to exceed $t,000. be allowed to repair
<br />E~ine No. 2. ~special).
<br /> (signed) L.G. White, Chairman.
<br /> T~e report having been read, Mr. Eslee~k~oved that the report be adopted, except the
<br />recommendation Ni~h regard to ~propriation of $3,500~ for the maintenance and operation of
<br />sewers ~or the ca,anco of the xea~r. '
<br /> The motion was adopted, and by' the following vote:
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<br /> Ayes-- ~ooks, Esleeck, Hutchins, Oast, Smith, Stewar~, White,' 7.
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<br /> Then N~ Esleeck moved that the r~commended appropriation of $3,500. for ihs maintenance
<br />and~ operation of sewers £or th~ balance of the Year be allowed, and ~he~otio~w~s~adopt~
<br />by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Esleeck, Hutchins, Oast, Smith, Stewmrt, White,
<br /> Nays-- B~ooks, 1.
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<br /> The following communications were read from the City Ma~uager:
<br /> let. "With reference to
<br />petition of W. B. Sykes that he be paid $$30.65 for services during'period of his injuries
<br />a~d hospital bill of $167.05, I beg to report as follows:
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<br /> On April 13th, Mr. Sykes responded to an alarm with apparatus of Engine ~o. No. 1 at
<br />~:0~ P. M., being immediately dispatched to Norfolk where he remained until 2~45' A.M.' At
<br /> ~.~ A. M. on morning of April l~th, the Department responded ~o an alarm from Station $321,
<br />a second alarm later automacticallM bringing No. 1 Engine Company to the scene of the fire.
<br />At this time, however, No. 1 Engine w~s out of service. Mr. Sykes and the other members of
<br />Engine Co. No. t came to this second fire in the automobile of Engineer Earl Bowen. This au-
<br />tomobile collided with Engine No. ~ a~ the co~ner of Washington and South Sts., result~ing
<br />in the serious injury of ~ykes and~minor injuries to other men.
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<br />h A~.the.time of the accident, Mr. Sykes was still on d~ty as a call-m~n, the Fire Chief
<br />aving a~reoted him ~o report to the quarters of Engine Co. No. 1 for a dry shift of clothing
<br />and then ~o Engine Co. No~. 5.
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<br /> The ¥ire C~ief states that during the War p~r~o.d, Mr. Sykes was a valuable adjunct to
<br />the Fir~ Dpt. an~ he feels that he should be re-imbursed for the injuries sustained by him
<br />in responding to-the a~larm,
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<br /> Mr. Sykes claims re-imbursemen~ for eighty seven days service at $4.~5 per day~ After
<br />his injuries he was pai~ for two days and w~s re-employed as a call-man on the llth of July,
<br />He is therefore entitled to re-lmbursement for not more th~n eighty five days. As he was
<br />carried as a call-man, his ra~e of pay is $4.00 per dmy.
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