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92 February 27, 1917. "! would call the attention of the City Councit~to the~fact that there are several signs~ in the City which extend more than three feet b~yond the building line, most.of these ~ig~.~s have been erected by special permission of the Past Council or 0fffi~ials, an~ I would ~sk a ruling on the matter by the present Council. "MATTER OF ROCKN~C PAVEMENT O~UEEN~D__EFFINGHAM STS, "I h~ve had mn interview with Er. Somerville of the Firm of Eacklin Bros., ho~ders of the U. S. rights ~Or~his~:2YPe of pavement and have been assured by him that the pavement laid will be put into first c2aes a~d serviceable condit[on. I-would again recommend that Er. Guire, the contractor who l~id this pavement, be paid' the amoun~ due him and his bondsman no- tified to place the p~vement.in acceptable condition, "EATTER OF MOTORIZING FIRE DEPARtmENT: "Bids were .received and opened on Feb..15th for NO~izing the Fire Department. These bids h~ve been tabulated, a~.d conferences h~ve been held between the members of the Dept.~of Finance, Dept. of Public Safety and the City Manager. The findings a~d recommendations will be submitted as a separate report bY the Chairman of the Dept. of Public Safety. "EATT~ OF-FIRE~ PO~IC~. AN~ CITY TELEPHONES AND "The City Electrical Inspector is m~king good progress in th® installation of the Fire Alarm tapper circuits to the Annex ~nd Union Fire Stations, and'is remodelings&Il cirouits so that they cmn be centralized at'~ the Court St. headquarters building. "The Polic~ Telegraph .~nd signal System has been overhauled, ~he circuits gon~ over, T~e ~st~ents cleaned and reLadjusted and the whole system put into first class order. "An arrangement has been made with the Telephone~ ~mpany ~nereby all of the City Telephones.will be put on two switch boardsl one ~ystem connecting the Fire stations and Chiefs' home is to have a switchboa~ at. theCourt~S~.~'-~H~adqU~rters~the other system e~oraeing .all of the City officies is to have a sw~tchbea~d io~at~d in the EunicipalBuildlng, the two s~iteh- boards are also to be connected with a tie line so ms to be interchangeable. E~ch sWitchboard is to have two trunk lines running to it. The new layout will give the~ City two more tele~ phone~instruments ~han it has now, an~ a net savmng o~ $18~.00 one hundred eighty, eight doila~ a yes~r will be made in the whole telephone bill. "MAT. T~R OF PUBLIC BUILDING: "It ,l~s not been possible ms yet to improv~ the conditions existing at Police Hes~iqu~rt- ers and the City Jail. "The physical conditions ~t the Jail were very bad s.ud d~ngerous; the building has been thoroughly inspected by a competent architect and ~ contract entered into with~Mr. T. G.' Parker, to ma~e the required repairs for-the sum of three hundred and thirty dollars ($330.00). "The alterations On the Armiste~ Building mrs under way so that within a short or casing for the kerosene oil cane kept at emeh of the five fire stations, that the storage omns can be taken out of the buildings and kept in the ya~d~, so removing cost of $$0. for the five bins, "The house of the Annex Fire Company is badly i~ need of repairs for which we h~ve received a bid of one huncLved s~ud sixty eight dollars ~$1'68.00), "Certain alterations and repairs are h~dly needed in the office of the City Collect- or, the estimates dost of which is three hunared and forty-seven aotis~vs ($3~7.00). "A coal bin for the storage of stove com~l to ~ used By the comm£ssione2f~Ee~e~me ~nd theSchoot Boa~d is badly needed in th~ rea~ of the Eunicipa~ Building ~t an~$sti,m~mted cost o~ nine dollars ($~00)~ "The Dept. of ~biic Buildings and the City Ean~ge~ advertised for i~lde on mll of the above items ~nd they were awarded to the lowest bidder~_,~ con~rmc~-f~r mount of four hundred forty-nine dollars and thirty cents (Q~.~O)~ noted above. Repairs to the amount of fiv~ hundred twenty-four ~ollmrs hut, in view of the fact that onl~ eight hundred dollars ($800.00) has been mllowsd ~or re- them out it was found that some of these were so badly b~oken that thel Cmty Eanmger ordere~ their replacement; several w~ter pipes burst during t~e ~ec~nt 9o~d s~ap and~d~o be r?pair- ed at once~ the totml cost of this~work has been one ~undre~ an~ ~we~Tseven ~oA~a~_s ~m thirty-three cents, which also included certain plumblng work at P~vk ~iew ~d Union E~ine Houses, which was left over'in an ,unfinished condition from lmst yemr. "Cleaning up, slight alterations and repairs mre ~lso needed mt the other five stations, the sewerage pumping station and City Home; these a~e not, however, imperative and ~ w~it until a later d~te for aiteration~ "MATTER O~F OAK G~t_O~,_~ O~ETER~Y: "The contrast~f~o= rebuilding the wall and ~ence is ma~ing good progress a~d will doubt- less complete his work within a ~ew days, On the judgment of the C~ty ~anmge~r, au entrance was left from First St. at the end of the old wall; At the request o~f the DeiSt. &f Welfmre, this entrance has~ however, been closed and one left on the lin~ of Sixth Ave. Several lo~ hmve been staked out smd sold in the recently opened extension &nd several interments _ms~le~ ~ "MATTER OF CItY HA~U~L~ING~': "Bids were received and opened during the month for doing the City h~u~ing mhd tea~ing.