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February 17, I~14~. Of Nay:and to be exempted from paymen.t of a license tax on same. On motion, the petition was allowed, with provision that the right be the City should need the playground befQre the carnival ~s ko be held. surrendered if Nr. Langhorne moved that the Oity Engineer be instructe~ to ascertain t'he number of elec- tric light and telegraph poles on the streets which could be dispensed wit.h,-and to report as to same. The motion was adopted. 0~ motion..of N~..~ar~J~m~ the Ordinance Cg~mi~tee was i~etr~cted ko ~ro~ide an ordinance for t~e sweeping of sidewalks at a suitable time in the' morning. Mr. Langhorne called attention to insufficient water pressure for buildings three or fou~ stories high, and the Clerk wa~ instructed to write to the Portsmouth, Ber~ley & Suffolk Water ~Cempany amd ~ay ~that the ~Council expects and requmres it to fully exebute its contract with the City. Nm.:~:E~kham£~e~ed:.lhA~_the Virginia Railway & Power Cc. '.be directed to remove from 'the streets all railroad crossings not allowed by contract with the Oityand to put in the new ? in. crossings instead. Nr. Davis moved to amend that the Virginia R~ilway & Power CO~ be instructed to hurry u~ with the new street crossings. The amendment was adopted. And on motions, the following othe~ matters were referred of J. N. Whittaker to amount of $6~.10, for takmno evidence in the Oity and Virginia Railway & Power Co. Finance C6mmittee-- A bill case of E. F. ~Barbou~ against A bill of Virginia ~aper & Art Co. to amount of $1.?~, for 'tablets and pencils '~n connec- tion with c~emsus for se~egation. A petition of Geo. . N. Spentz to be refunded $1.~0 paid in error for opening-sidewalk. A petition of the Sealer of Weights and ~easures for certain apparatus to be used in con- nection With his business. (With City Attorney). A communication from Police Justice wishing to know out of What fund the premium of his bond for $~,000.00 is to be paid. A :equest of the Seventh Ward Boa~d~or an appropriation of $800.00 to continue am 1~ inch pipe lin~on Lincoln street, between Effingham and Washington. ~ree~-Committee-- A rsc~nest-of the Bell Motor Co. to be allowed to install on the side- ~aik in front of' premises l~os. 6~1-81~ High street a gasoline delivery and storage tank. A rec~uest of the Virginia Railway & Power Co. that it be given a franchise to occupy cer- tain streets of ~the City, as shown by accompanyingplat, and also to be allowed to abandon tracks ma~ed on the plat. A c~lcation from C. E. Enox and L. N. Harrell calling attentioh to dangerous condition of granoIithic pavement at northwest cor~er of Chestnut and Holladay streets. A bill of P. J~ Gallagher to amount of $B50.00~ for use of his lots, corner of Lincoln and Virginia streets, fromNovembe~ 1, 1911, tc September 1, l~13, for storing ~y s~one thereon. ~ request ~-Postal Telegraph Co. for permission to erect fou~ 40-ft. poles on the north side of First street, between Seaboard Storage Oompany'-s ~u~'lding and a point abon~ SG~ieett ~ast of the S. A. Lj Ry. tracks~ Ordinance Committee-- A request of the Police Commissioners fo~ ~n ordinance to prohibit public v~hicles from standing on the.nQrth side of High street, between Orawford and Water. Sewerage Committee-- A petition of ~John W. H. Porter and sundry others for an extension of the sewerage system through Hunters and Eastwoods Lanes. Ferry Committee-- A request of The iron canopy over entrance .to .ferry house of said canopy. Ferries Go. for permissio~ to_erect a corrugated sheet on Water street, Portsmouth, accompanied by .a diagram - School Board-- A communication 'from the Home & School Ledges of Green Street School call-~ lng attention to orow~ed condition of said school, and asking relief therefor. motion, adjourned.