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R. C. P. April iS, 1915. A: petition of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to construct a man hole at the corner of Court and High streets; and to lay a conduit north and south. 0 ~side A petition of the Chesapeake & Potomac Telephone Co. to erect two 3 ft. poles o~ the north of Boulevard street. A A petition of' Mrs. W. V. H. Williams for an outlet to a sewer from her premises eastward to the creek. A ~ecluest of the Sixth Ward Board that Council take up with the Seaboard Air Line Ry. Co. matter of removing aban~doned tracks across~ High street leading i~to property of the Portsmouth Retail Lumber Corporation; also to take up with the Virginia Ry. & Power Co. the matter of com- pleting double tracks of said Coml0any at this point on High street at the same time this cross- ing is being taken ~ut ~,by thewS. A. L. Ry. A petition of the taxpayers on Stonewall street, Fifth Ward, that said street be cnrbed, from Chestnut street to Green. Fire Committee-- A petition of E. C. Stafford, fireman, to'be paid for six days lost from duty on account of injuries received by him. A petition of the Chief of l~.ire Department that the following appropriations allowed in the Budget for 1915 be made available. $600. for a pair of horses for Independent Engine; and $90. for collars and harness. Water & Sewerage Committee-- Bills of the Portsmouth, Berkley & Suffolk Water Co. for hy- drant rental in the Sixth and Seventh Wards for quarter ending March ~1, 1915. A communication from the Chief of Fire Department calling attention to condition of fire plugs at the following corners: High and Middle streets; South and Pine streets; Sixth avenue and High street; and Second avenue and County street. Police Committee~- A petition of the Chief of Police for two more men for the Police force, one for traffic duty at the corner of Court and High streets and one for duty on a motorcycle. Seventh Ward Board-- A communication from the American Products Corporation to the Mayor, in regard to condition of the road bed of South~street, between Chestnut street and Des Moines avenue, but more particularly between Chestnut street and Elm avenue. On motion, adjourned. 373