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A~.?.t~t !9th, 1919 A co~nhunication ~was read from certain ~e~§idents and property owners in the vicinity of Dinwid~e and North streets calling the Council's attention to the fact that the pole and wires of the Va. Ey. & Power Co. at the southwest corner o£ Dinwiddie and North streets h~e' be~n struck by lightni~g a n~ber of times and is, unless somethim~ is done to remedy it,-a serious menace to the property and lives of the Dersons in that vicinity. The privilege of the floor was granted to ~[essrso F. L. Crocker and Jno. C. N2~meyen, who asked the Co~ucil to require the Va. Ry. & Power Co. to remedy the condition at said corner. Whereupon, the City ~anager and City Attorney were instructed to i~_ave remedied at once the condition complained of. ~. ~right offered the following resolution, which was adopted: ~'W~REAS, The Co~cil of the City of Portsmouth by resolution leased and turned over to the Unite~d States Government during the period of the late war the east ends of Lincoln and Henry streets, and ~REAS, The war has terminated and the necessity for the ~e of said street ends by the Goverr~.ent has ceased, ~t~RE~0PJ~,. BE ~SOL'v~D by ~ne Co~ncil of the City of Portmuouth, That the salad lease be and the same is hereby terminated, and the ~a~d street ends be declared' open to the oublic." ~. Herbert stated tb~t copies of the land books for the Eighth and Ninth ~ards would be- delivered to the CoF~issione~ of the Reven~e in the next, few days; and it was moved that the City Attomney be ~instructed to demand said books from the Clerk of NorfolkCoufl~y if same a~e not delivered to the City by August ~Sth. 'The motion was adopted. At this point, Nh~· Herbert, Cb~ir~n of tb, e Finance Det~artment, ~recormm~mxled ghat.a~.-appro-, priatioh o~ ~l,~61.~V be allowed t~ pave sidewalks aro~n~d the New High Sehoo~l Building; and ss~me was allowed by the following vote: Ayes-- B'unting, Claud, Culpepper~ Deans, ~nvey, Herbert, Wright, 7. Mr. Cutpepper moved that the City ~,~anager be instructed to have filled hole on Green street, near the Souther~nBnass Works. ~ne motion was adopted. ~. Dea~s e~tled attention to the examination to be. prDvided for the Police and Fire De- partments, statimg that the men did not think it fair that t~ me, who had been i~ the Depart- ment for some years should be requ_red to take the examination. Mr. Herbert offered the following resolution, which was adopted: "BE IT RESOL%~D! by the City Council of Portsmouth, That the construction of a new concrete road from Sixth A~e. on Co~ty street to the Norfolk County line to cormect with the New State Roadway (~t:~is, necessary that we connect this r~ad with the Cotu~ty), we therefor~ reCO-m~mend tl~t said ~0ad,be construct- ed and the City ~,~ger enter into agreements similar to the two roads now being constructed; and that the matter of Finance be meferred to the Department of Finance." Nm. ~ight s%a.ted that the Co~cil should endorse the efforts now beir~ put forth to duce the ~mgh Cost o£ Living. mo~lon, adjourned o