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372, Ap~ii 1~, 1515. ~. C. P. A request was received from the City Treasurer to renew notes to amoun~ of $48,164.49, falling due in May~ 1915; s~ud~said request was granted by the following vote: Aye s--C orbi tt, Herbert Branch, Cain, Hanvey, Moore (Joe. Si), Hutchins. Whitehurst~ Flemming, Laytor~ 'Nontague, W~ zght (Earl H. ), l~right ( Grover C. ), ~oughton, Baldwin, Moore (Robt. L.), See, l?. A communication was read from the President of the Portsmouth, Berkley & Suffolk ~Vater Com- pany, requesting the appointment of a committee to meet with representatives of Said Company, looking to an amicable adjustment of all features of the .water question." On motion, the said matter was referred to a special committee of five, three from the Common Council and two from the Board of Aldermen. A petition of Friends Church to be allowed to use the playground on Wythe street to hold revival meetings:~for two weeks from May 18th was referred to the Park ~ommission. A communication was read from Major Commanding T. M. Wortham, First Battalion Field lery, Va. Vol., in regard to inadequate armory facilities afforded Grimes Battery of this City. At this point, Mr. Laylor~ noted that there were several representatives present from Grimes Battery and he moved a suspension of the rules in order that they might state the needs of the Battery. The motion was adopted. Several of the representatives then spoke and urged an immediate appropriation for the Battery, if the City desired to retain the guns and equipments here. l~hereupon, on motion of Mr. Burgess, it was resolved to appoint a special committee to consider a suitable appropriation fo~ enlarging and repairing ~he Gun Room and, on suggestion of the Chair, the Committee to make report at the next Joint Session of the two branches of Co,mci!. On suggest, io~ ~f Mr. Hutchins, the Committee was to ascertain the cost of improvements and report; and on suggestion of ~. Joe. S. Moore, to take into consideration also the cost of galvanized iron structure, in addition to the present building, instead of b~iok. Mr. F~uvey moved to refer to Street Committee and City Engineer the advisability of having a new topographical map of the City~ and to report cost of same. The motion was adopted. On motion of Mr. Baldwin, the attention of the Street Committee was called to condition of Scott Creek BridEs. Mr. Jos. s. Moo~e stated that the approach to the Hospital Bridge needed immediate atten- tion because of the ~late high tide washing aw.ay the ground to the appr_oach, &o_., and moved that an appropriation of $195. tc make needed ~repazrs there be referred to ~'inance ~ommittee. The motion was adopted. Mr. Hanvey called attention to th~= fact that lights had been changed in the City Market before the Finance Committee, to whom the matter of lights had been referred, ~uld make a de- finite report as to same; and he moved that the Public Property e~amine further into the matter of lighting said Market House. The motion was adopted. Mr. Herbert stated that the Union Fire Compa.ny is the only Fire Company in the City without a bath tub and he moved that an appropriation of $~0. to furnish such bath tub be referred to the Finance Committee. The motion was adopted. Mr. Joe. S. Moore stated that the Street Committee had received an offer of purchase of the City steam roller by a firm in Cincinnati, Ohio; and he moved that the Committee be autho- rized to fix a price for the steam roller and to sell-the same. The motion was a~opted. On motion cf Mr. Montague, the advisability of paying laborers in the City Cemeteries the same wages ~s are paid.street hands, was referred to the Cemetery Committee. Nv. F~nvey stated that the City banks hereafter wOuld require that proposed notes on them be ~ertified by the City Attorney as having been made legally, and he moved that the Finance Committee be authorized to arrange for obtaining necessary data to be furnished the City banks by the City.Attorney concerning said notes. The motion was adopted~ Committee was called ~o condition of On motion of Mr. Laylor~ the attention of the Street '~ ~ the Second street bridge. And the following other matters were ~referred to: Finance Committee-- A communication from H. A. Brinkley, attorney for Miss Elizabeth A. Lawless, concerning charges against her for delinquent City taxes. A petition of the Fire Board for the usual appropriation for music for the annual parade of the Fire Department. A request of the City Treasurer to borrow $i0,000. for Sehooi Pumposes for ~ay, 1915. A bill of J. W. Booth & Bro. to amount of~ $E5.00, for 500 gratis prescriptions furnished during the month of March, in ex~ess of the !YlB ~appropriation allowed in the Budget for "Drugs." A bill of the Board of Na~borTCommiesioners to amount of $Z75, covering payment on account of appropriation of $1EO0. ~for the fiscal year ending June ~0, 1915. A report, of the Audit.or of.following bii~s held.up by him: Sewerage, $~$.?~; Police, $61.5~ Contingent, $~.60; FlYs, $~6.1% ~ixth Ward, ~;586.05, Seventh ~ard, $P~08.$~. Street Committee~- Recommendation of th~ S~venth Ward Board that the Consolidated Invest- ment Co. be permitted to grade Green .st=est, between Randolph and Lincoln, with certain provis- ions~ A communication from the City Engineer to the Mayo~, in reply ~o a ~ommunioation from the Common Council March 9th, enclosing a communication from the Seventh ~ard Board concerning con- dition at the corner of Pearl and South streets. A petition of the Virginia Railway & Power CO. to s~t nine poles for lighting service on the south side of Phillips street, west side of Sixth avenue, as per blueprint attached.