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195 December 14, 1920 ' '= ' $38~.~0 be m~de to pay for 60 Pyrene Fire Extingu~sh- 3rd._. Request that ~n ap~o~m~tz~ of ers p~c~sed.for~'t~ Schools ~o~ the Rob~tson ~dwa~e Co. ~ ~t~on;~ ~.e req~est was refe~ed to t~ ~e 4th. ~t~ t~ ~ ~ ~ recei~ of an application from the A~rican S~tless ~treeg ~stem f~ camel~tion of the~ co~ract wh~e~ t~ a~ee to p~ce on t~ streets of t~ City. of Port~o~h Forty g~bage receptacles a~ ~y to the .Ci~ t~ s~ of $~00. p~ ye~ f~ t~ ~ri~ of five ye~s. T~ Com~ ~o~ me .t~t it ~s been ~ble to eb+~in adv~tis~ ~tt~rs ~om local co~er~ a~ I do not deem i~ advisable to ~t advertisements from con- citrus s. c~ ~ ~i~ori~ ' He reopened t~t he be aut~r~ to c~oel ~ contract a~ ret~n bo~ on co~ition t~t t~ Oom~ gives up its ~itle to the old receptacles, s~re~ir~ all rig~s ~er the ~esent z~eeme~ a~ .re~ co~ of the contract ~operly cancelled. 0n motif, the rec~.er~ation ~ the ~ge~ ~ adopte~. ~. Ret~d petition fro~ E. G. Maup~_ f~ ~ re~ ~of $20.00 ~ t~xes or,paid ~ b~ to tb~ City Collector in 1919, 5tared t~at ~ ~d gone ~to t~ ~tt~ by the Co~issioner of t~ Rtve~e a~ ~ co~c~ with ~ reco~dation t~t t~ s~ o~ $20.00 be ~ m~ion, the ~tition ~s ~efe~ed ~o t~ ~nce 6th. Stated t~t ~ is in recei~ of a cogitation ~o~ ~he City ~ectrician, ~ the Direot~ of P~lic Safe~, ask~ fgr an appr. o~iation of $60..to replace the lamps broken s~ts of the C~is$~s ~ee Lig~ o~t wi~ which t~ Ci~ ~ec~ician is c~g~. T~ City }~ger recovered ~t t~ a~roDr~.tion be ~e. ~ m~i0~ t~ reco~en~tion ~as ~efe~ed to t~ F~nce De~r~nt. Vt~h. Eno!osing a letter fr~m J. Davis Reed, of The ~n's Club of T~inity Church, relative to Messenger & ~ws Boyst Club of the City. He stated that this o~ganization is a worthy one and is ~ueo-abtedly doing _much work among the ~messengers and news boys; ttm_t he is not able,' however, at ~esent to recommend an~ financial assistance by the ~il. Therefore, he will at~horize Mr. Reed to use the Armory under prope~.restrictions. On' motion, the action of the Manager was approved. 8th. Co~u~uication ~tat~ng t~t on June 7th t~he then City M~ger ~de City Co~c~ for an ap~opr~ation of~ ~9.~. ~o ~y for s~p!us ~terials p~c~.s~d ~om Ge~ge De~y Co~%~t~o~ Co. for b~ges ~ o~ver~s, b~ t~ Ce~cil took ~ action. ~ef~e, ~ ~o-o~d reco~me~ed t~t s~id ap~opr~mon be all~, a~ s~e is a legal obl~a- 0n m~io~ the reco~ed ap~o~tion was refe~ed to the ~e ~th. Reputed, with deco re.et, t~ de~th on Deco, tuber Bth,~ l~B0, of Police Offic~ I. B. o~mce of t~ Police De. truant since ~ch Vth, Br~n; 0~ic~ Brown ~d been in the ~ ' ~ m~ion, the oo~atmon was ordered to be filed+ lOth. Reco~mmendati~n that t~e payment of the salary of fo~msr Police Officer I. B. Brown be paid to his .widow fc~ the balance ~ the month of December. On ~ot_on, the recomuendation was adopted. llth. Reeo~ue~dation tD~t t~h?. following ordln~nce be adopted, same haying been pre.ed ~y' t~ Cm~ Attorney a~ been re~m~ed ~ ~ D~ecto~ of ~lfC We~e. An ~di~e ~o A- ~ a~ Re-orda~Section ? of an ~d~nce, ~o~idi~ ~f~ t~ Sanitation of Sla~ht~ ~ea?. Etc.~ Pr~id$~ f~ ~ iss'~e of Pe~ts to S~h Es~blis~ents, For t~ Ins~ction of Eeats~~ Etc.,~ Creati~ the 0ff~e of Neat I~ctor, Etc.~~ a~ DeFi~ vio~tio~ of t~ ~di~e m~ F~i~ Pea!ties ~ro~." On m~io~ t~ ~rd~nce was placed on its f~st ~ezdi~ a~ ~der~ to lie on the table ~il ~he next re~l~ me~ti~ of the b~y. 12th. Reported as follows on matters referred to him at the meeting of the C~umcit on Novon- be!~ 9th, 19~0: 1. A c!'~se will be i~erted in t~ new Traffic ~-di~e m~e_s~ slig~ly t~ r~tes f~ ~ck~ cars. 2. & 3. NO action requi~ed. 4. A permit bas been g~ar~ed to t~he Kiwanis Club to place signs as requested by them on telegraph poles provided they obtain permission ~om the ov~rs of the poles. 8. The School Budget has been exmained by me with ~Ir. Hunt a_~d recommendations thereto will be ~Jomitted to Com~cil in connection with the ann~l budget. 5. Co. nun!cation ih~! ~K. ~. Plarrel! and item 6, oonm~Iuic~tion i~om J. Thee. Hedges. will be h~iled exec-~tively and the complaints remedied as f~ as practicable. P ;~-aved9. 7~ith re~erence to certain cl~mz~ns~hresiding' on SLxth Street, that ,the said ~treet be it is my opinion t~t the paving of tl ms street ~hould be deferred until sewers have been nsta!!ed t ~'-ereon~ 0n motion, the eo~uunic~tion was ordered to be filed. . 1.~. Porws~.ded a'lf~..a~z~hi~s? proposed by the T~el~l ~i_~ne.e~ring Co. for a bridge or .tunne! or oo~a, across t~he Elmzaoe.h Rmv~ between the two oitiew oi Norfolk and ,Portsmouth,~ Va., to- gerber with reco~uendations from }~. Henry G. Ty~relt~ Engineer, showing why in his opinion a bridge is more des~able than ~ tunnel. According to ~. TyrelI,' a tunnel would~ cost. nearly twice as mUCh, and would d~aw le~s travel. He also states tDat no valid objection can be ~ntained against a bridge. I am satisfied, ~how- eve~' ~that a very stro,~-g objection will be made bV bobhthe ~ Department and the Navy DePart- merit,and until permit for s~ !m.s been ~obtai~ed fror~ the Wa~ ~+~=-~ ~ ...... .~. ~ ~ -~