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R. C, P. M~y i$, 1914.- side of High stre~t,.purohased for its (the month of Aprml), when the Y..M.C. officials be so instructed, $t5.B0 paid for repairs to a water pipe opposite Nos. Sl~ and 8~4 Chestnut street. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Street Committee for examinmtion and report. Referred by Boar~ of Aldermen December 16th. A petition of the Young Men's Christiam Association to b~ refunded $1BO. paid for taxes on lots purchased for new building on High street, between Waahington and Dinwiddie. it is recommended that the taxes paid by the~Y. M. ~. A.~for~property on the south new building, be refunded,~ less the tax for one month A. received rent for said property; and that the proper (Signed) M.B. Langhorne, Chairman B. of A. On motion, the report of Ayes--Williams, Montague, Flournoy, Langhorne, Barlow, Privett, M~rkham, Davis, Nutty, Pile, the Committee was adopted and by the following vote: Ballentine, Adams, Streets-- Hon. Board of Aldermen. Gentlemen:-- Your Street Committee respectfully reports herein concerning the following matters referred to the Joint Street Committee April 1B-B1 and ~February l?, 1914: Referred by Common Council April 1Bth. A petition of E. P. Lindsay for permission to put underground pipe for gasoline on street near curb a~ No. 518 Middle street. It is recommended that the petition be granted, provided the work be done under super- vision mhd to approval of the City Engineer. For investigation and report. A communication from the Sixth Ward Board in regard to charg- ing the whole cost of improvement to Pearl street against the Sixth Ward. It is recommended that the former action of Council in imposing the whole cost of work on Pearl street on the Sixth Ward be rescinded a~d the cos~ of such work be divided equally be- tween the Sixth and Seventh Wards, (With Power to Act). A petition from the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to be permit- ted to build m~nholes on Crawford street, as provided for in blueprint submitted with applica- tion September We report that by authority of the Councils, ~the Committee hms already acted on such ma~ter. A petition cf Mrs. Jos. Barrett to have her husband' Jos. E. Barrett put on the pay roll of the ~ity. We report that the Committee feels sympathy for the situation of Mr. and Mrs. Barrett a~d regrets to report adversely as to said petition. To investigate bills to amount of $1,S45. for paving upper High street, said amount being in excess of the $~,000. allowed in October, l~l~, for .said work; and how and by whose authority t,~t~s were contracted for the excess amount. Of this amount of $1~845., which your Committee were instructed to investigate, we find that $745.B0 was spe~t fo= putting Sn a pipe line on said street wmth approximately $500. additional for labor, makmng a total of $1,B45,B0, expended by the Sixth Ward Board with the approval~ of its Chairm~.n W. E. Henry only. This expenditure was charged up to Bond Account. The City Engineer, in ~.~ing up his estimates for 1914, took no account of this ex- penditu_ve, as he knewnothing about it. In addition to this charge of $1,E45.E0, there is a charge also of $400, approximate- ly~ for gutSers put in, which expense is to be met by the Va. Ry. & Power Co. A petition of J. H. Sharp a~d sundry others for permission to run a private sewer pipe through High street, between First and Second avenues, to empty into the creek between Third and Fourth avenues. It is recommended that the petition be granted, provided no tunnelling is done under the permanent pavement and the work is done to the approval of the City Engineer and Board of Health. To look into conditions of contract between the City and the Va. Ry. & Power 0o. in regard to moving old stone ~rom High street. We report that the old stone referred to was put by the Va. Ry. & Power Co.~ between its tracks on upper High street and is being worked up and scattered by.wagons crossing the tracks. Therefore, it is ~ecommended that the Va. Ry. & Power Co. be requested to cover said stone with cinders or some other suitable binder. 'To consider the advisability of opening Cooke street~ from Glasgow to High. Progress as to same. Referred by Board of Aldermen April 21st. A communication from J. A. Johnston and sundry other property owners on Holladay street calling ~ttention to gutters bordering on said street. It is recommended that this matter be referred to the Sixth Wmrd Board. To consider the improvement of London street, from Effingham to Hatton; and Hatton street, from London to Glasgow. These imorovements~were reworted on by the Committee at a joint session April ZSrd.