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December 14, 19~5~ cost of same, and the City, the other half. And it is further recommended, that th~ foilowing~8tteet~Pavi~g P~ogram ~be adopted for the year 1918: 1. That Washington street be~p$~ed~ from~North, to~Harrison~ with a !8 ft. driveway on each side and a parked center of Z7 feet. B. That Queen street be paved one block from Water to Cra~ford. 3. That Crawford street be paved two blocks from High to London, with a ZO ft. driveway on each side of the S. A. L. tracks. That Lincoln street be paved one block from Sixth to Seventh. 5. That Hamioton Place be paved one block from Dinwiddie to Washington. S. That Court Street Causeway be paved from Clifford to Wythe. ?. That Armstrong street be paved one block from Bay to Villa. That Cooke street be paved four blocks from Ann Zo Glasgow. 9. And that Effingham street be paved two blocks from Ctunty to South, with a 18 ft. drive- way on each side and parked center. These streets to be paved ~ith a smooth pavement, such as asphalt, bithu!ithic, or some- thing similar; and that they be paved in the order named above, as far as the money will permit. It is further recommended that the Committee be authorized to advertise for bids to do said paving. ~ It is further recommended that the property owners on Washington, Queen, Crawfor~, Lincoln, Hampt*nPlace, ~ud Court Street 9auseway be notmfied that it is necessary to put ~n lead pipe connections between now and April let of next year,, on which date we expect to szart the work of paving;~the residents of ~he other streets in-the "Program"t~o be notified later, giving them time in which to make their connections. And it is further recommended that if. the bids for the pavement per yard are low enough to permit it, Crawford street be paved from London to North. (Signed) S. Ctebuzna Browne, Chairman. (Signed) Jos. S. Moore, Vice-Chairman. The top, crt having been rea~d, Nr. Bur&ess moved that the "Street Paving Program" be amended, to pave Crawford s~reet, from High to North. M~. Moore (Jos. S.), of the Street Committee, gave several reasons for not including Craw- ford, from London to North. Th~ amendment by Mr. Burgess was lost. ~. Hutchins moved to amend, ~O pav~ Washington street, from south side of South to Harri- son, all the way across, an.dg~e~.his~ ~easo.ns therefor. Mr. Noore (Jos. S.) explained why his Committee c0ulm~not allow the pavi~g as desired by Mr. Hutchins. The amendment by Mr. Hutchins was then lost. ~ VO e. The report of the Street Committee was adopted, as presented, and by the following t · Ayes--Corbitt, Herbert, Branch~ Burgess, Cain, Hanvey, Hutchins, Leawitt, Snellmngs, Flemming, Laylor, Nontague, Reynolds, ~ Wrigh~ (Earl H.), ~organ, Wright (Grove~ C.), 17. Public Property & Schools-- Hon. Common Council--Board of Aldermem. Gentlemen:-- Your Pub- !ic Property & Schools Committee respectfully reports herein concez~ing the following matters referred to the Joint Public Property & Schools Committee November 9, 1915: Referred by Common Council November 9th. A petition of the School Board for permission to erect two temporary structures for school houses on the Old Jail Lot, because of the large -anticipated increase in the High School enroll- ment on February let. No recommendation. Advisability of selling the playground. We report that we do not deem it mdvisable to sell the playground. Advisability of building an annex to the High School on King street. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Finance Committee and the School Board. plant at It is further recommended that the Auditor be authorized to pay for work on the heat%rig the City Jail, when bills for same are approved by the Public Prop~r~y Committee. We report further that we have made the us%al advertisement to furnish the Public Buildings~f the City with coal and the City Jail with wood for the year !~18; and have received the following bids therefor: