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Aprii 13, 1915~
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<br /> To make available the following amount to Fire Department, allowed in the Budget for 1915,
<br />Rebuilding Lines,
<br /> Employment of.a competent man at a sAla~ry of $60. per month for a period not to exceed 30
<br />days, total amount of.s~lary, material, &c., not to exceed $150.00, to r~nair wires of the tele-
<br />phone and telegraph system.~
<br /> · Awards made t.~t.he Eureka Fire Hose Mfg. Co. for 500 feet of "Red Cross" Branct: hoses at
<br />$~{~9 per foot; and the Fabric Fire Hose 0o. for 1,0~00 feet of "Chesapeake" Double Brand?~0se,
<br />at $1.00 per foo~.
<br /> Sinking Fund Commissioners to lend the City the amount in the Sinking Fund as represented
<br />by the City's note held by the said Board January let: 1914, with accrued interest thereon.
<br /> To allow Police bills and requisitions to amount of $113.15, subject to approval by the
<br />Board of Aldermen Chairman.
<br /> Treasurer autho~zed to renew notes to amoun~ of $30,000, falling due in April, 1915.
<br /> Refer to Public Property Committee~ with power to act, a request of Circle No. B, Monumen-
<br />tal M. E. Church, to use the Court House yard on the afternoon of April 5th, for an egg hunt.
<br /> To grant the Sixth Nard Board authority to lay a larger pipe across Sixth avenue in order
<br />to carry off the water.
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<br />Fourth. Reports of Officers and other unfinished business.
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<br /> The regular reports of Officers for the month of March, 1915, were presented and were order-
<br />ed to tak~ the usual course.
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<br /> The following opinion was read from the City Attorney as to rights of the S. A. L. Ry.
<br />at the southeast intersection of Water and County streets; and same was ordered to record.
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<br />"Portsmouth, ~¥a., April 1E, 1915.
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<br /> "To the Hon. City Council,
<br /> "Portsmouth, Virginia.
<br />"Gent lemon :--
<br /> "Replying to your request, received through the City Clerk, that I give you
<br /> my 'written opinion as to the rights of the S. A. L. Ry. Co. at the southeast intersection of
<br /> Water and County streets,' I beg to say:
<br /> "That by deed dated June l, 1880, recorded in the Clerk's office of the Court of Hustings
<br />for the City of Portsmouth in Deed Book 1E~ p.age 30~, the City of Portsmouth .conveyed this and
<br />other property to The Seaboard and Roanoke Ramlroad Company, in consideration of $30,000. But
<br />subsequently, by deed to W. & J. Parker, dated June E5, 1890, recorded in said Clerk's office
<br />in Deed Book El, page 46?, the Seaboard and Roanoke Railroad Company dedicated this property
<br />to the use of the public, using the following language:--
<br /> "~n~hletS' ' f°~rdth U~odae~e°°pd~ ~r°~ae~a~to~ ; ad ~;~ndgtwhae~tttho;tt ~e~'
<br />owned ~e~b ~d i ~n n of County .street
<br /> n Phs°r line of the right
<br />of way of said R&ilroad Company, extended north across said County'stre~et, is to be kept o~en
<br />and used as a public ~ee~, -~the said The Seaboard and Roanoke Railroaa Company reserving the
<br />· ight to lay tracks on the same Whenever it deems it desirable to do so; said tracks not to ob-
<br />struct the passage of vehicles on said street.·
<br /> "The City has accepted the same by improvement of County street to the fence line of said
<br />Coi~pany and also by improvement of Water s~reet to the south line thereof.
<br /> "Hence I conclude, and it is my opinion, that the platform on said street is in violation
<br />of the law and can be removed should the City deem i~ such an obstruction as to require such
<br />action.
<br /> "Respectfully submitted,
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<br />"Jno. W. Happer, City Attorney."
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<br /> A communication was read from the City Attorney in which
<br />taken to the Supreme Court of Appeals of Virginia in the suit
<br />of Portsmouth; and the City Attorney was authorized to appeal
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<br />he recommended that an appeal be
<br />of Ellis A. Jobson vs. the City
<br />said suit.
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<br /> The Clerk ~atied attention to the fact that the Clerk of Market in his report for ~ar~
<br />notified the body that he had been ~abie to collect from Wade H. Codd rent of stalls in the
<br />City Market for the month of April, 1915.
<br /> On motion, the proper 0fficere were authorized to take steps for such coileo~ipn.
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<br /> A communication was. read also from the President of the Seaboard Air Line Railway Co. in
<br />regard to the shifting of cars on Crawford street and to the smoke nuisance there.
<br /> He stated that said matters would be looked into and Council would hear from him again'as
<br />soon as practicable.
<br /> On motion of Mr. Herbert, the Clerk was instructed to write to the President of said
<br />Road and ask him to abate the nuisance complained of at once.
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<br /> The Keeper of Cemeteries made the following report of lots and graves sold in the Oak Grove
<br />Cemetery during the month of March, 1915:
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<br />March E, to R. P. Groom, child's grave, No. 955, Ave. J.
<br /> 8, Charles L. Bryant, N. H. No. 58~, Ave. G.
<br /> 15, Rufus L. Ivey, child's grave, No. 9E5~ Ave~ J.
<br /> 15, J.W.. Mitchell, No. 740, Ave. G.
<br /> 16, Mrs. Cora :Greenwood, child's'grave No. 9E5 Ave. J.
<br /> 17, E. E. Walker, adult's grave~ No. 9~9, Ave. ~.
<br /> 1S, Joseph Cola Smith, No. 571, Ave.~F.
<br /> 19, L. Ross, child's grave, No. 9E5, Ave. J.
<br /> 19, W.F. Ketchum, N. H. NO. 561, Ave. F.
<br /> Nioola DiDio, N. H. No. 573, Ave. F.
<br /> Miss Addle ~illiams, child's grave, No. 92-4, Ave. J.
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<br />NEW BUSINESS.
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<br /> A letter was received from the family o2 the late Thomas F~mme, City Auditor, extending to
<br />Council .their appreciation of sympathy, fiora~ design, &c., in connection With his death.
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