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D~cember 81, 1915, est bidder for same;, and .that the City Attorney be instructed to draft a contract between him and the City for. this wor~. Matter of opening up Cooke street, from Columbia to South. We report that we have instructed the Clerk to write to J. C. V. Cooke, owner of pro- perty through which this street would have to be opened, and ask him to give the lowest price he would take £or his property. To take up the question of the Virginia Railway & Power Co. extending its track~ to select- ed cemetery and furnishing funeral cars for service. Progress as to same. Authorized to advertise for bids ~.o pave Washington street. (Not concurred in by the Board of Aldermen). Progress. Advisability of paving Fayette and Jefferson streets, between Fottrth and Fifth. Progress. Advisability of paving Effingham street from present ~e~rminus of paving to South street. Progress. Referred by Beaird of Aldermen November 16th. A communication from the Retail Merchants Association calling attention to condition of Hi Eh street, especially i~ the business section, on S-endays. We have looked into this matter an~ report that High street is swept regularly Satur- day night, and if some of the complainants would put their refuse into receptacles for them, after the street has been swept~, High street would appear more cleanly Sunday morning. Attention called to low places in the sidew~k at the southwest corner of High and ~ashing- ton streets. We report that this matter has been attended to. To consider the advisability of an ordinance instrncting t~he City Engineer when defining lines for the improvement of prope.~ty, if the owner of same~ ~dessres. te ha~e .the.l~nes. lot, to give him such Sines, provlaed he shall pay to the ~i~y $1.00 for each sma~e a~mven the lot. We report that we do~not think the ordinance advisable at this time because of the small force in the office of the City Engineer. There is now an ordinance which covers his duties. Advisability. of ~ City paying one-h~lf of cost for putting down new sidewalks, and the property owner the It is recommended that, in the discretion o.f the Council, unpaved sidewalks may be ~aved the property owner for whose benefit the work is to be done to pay one half the prescribed cost of-same, an~ the Csty, the other half. And it is further recommended that the following Street Paving Program be adopted for the Year 19!6: 1. That ?ashington street be paved, from North to H~rrison, with a 16 ft. driveway on each side an~ a parked center of E? feet. That Queen street be paved one block from Water to Crawford. 3. That Craw~erd st=eet, ba paved two blocks from Hdgh to London, with a ~0 ft. driveway on each side of the S. A. L. tracks. 4. That Lincoln street be paved~one block from Sixth to Seventh. 5. That Hampton Place be paved one.block from Dinwiddie to Washington. h 6,, That Cou~t Street Causeway be paved from Clifford mo Wyt e. That Armstrong street be paved one block from Bay to Villa. 8. That Cooke street be paved'four blocks from Ann to Glasgow. 9. And that Effingham street be paved two blocks from County to South, with a 18 ft. drive- way on each side and parked'center. These streets to be pavedwith a smooth pavement, such as asphalt, hithulithio, or some- thing simila~; and that they be paved i~he order named above, as far as the money will permit. It is further recommended that the Committee be authorized to advertise fo= bids to do said paving. It is fturther recommended that the property owners on ~ashington, Q~$n, Crawford, Lincoln, Hampton Place, and Court Street Oauseway be notified that it is necessary to put in lead pipe connections between now and April 1st of next yeem, on which date we expect to start ~he work of paving; the residents of the other streets in the "Program" to be notified later, giving them time in which to make their connections. And it is furthe~ recommended that if the bids fez the pavement pe~ yard a~e low enough to permit it, Orawford street be paved from London to North. ( si sod) S. Cleburne B~owne~ Chairman. (Signed) Jos. S, Moo=e~ Vice-Chairman.