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January 17, 1911. A petition of E. L. Lash to have opened as a thoroughfare Seott stree~t at t~e lnte~eeetion of Ohestnut. We~ have referred this matter, to ~he Street, In. speetor to aseertain ~he ~t ~f.:~ame. To take immediate aetion as~ to condition of I~est Park View bridge. It is reeommended that an app~opmi~ion of $800. be m~de to put new deekiug on'::the ~With '~ixth and Seventh Wa~d Leeal Boards an~ City Attorney). A propositiqn cfi said Koeal Boards to have County street included entirely in th e Sixth Ward. It is reeomme~ded that this matter be refermed 'to the City Attoz~ey to advise-the Council as to the mode of proeednre neeessary for carrying out the desi~.e of the Local BoaEds. (With Sixth Ward Loeal Board). To ascertain ~he right of the Norfolk & Portsmouth Traeticn Company to double track in the Sixth Ward. We have referred this matter to the City Attorney f~ his opinion thereo~. A petition of the Friedlin Company and others to havre, paved Effingham street, fr~m Glasgow to SoUth. Progress. (Siglued) S.T. Montague, Chairman, B~ of A. On motion, the report of the Committe~e was adopted and ~ae several reeommendations t~herein were referred to the Joint Finanee Committee.~ Public Property-- Hom. Board of Aldermen. Ge~tl~en:--Yov~PUblie Property Co~ittee~-~esl~eetful- ly reports as torte ~everal ~.tt~rs referred to the Joint Public Property Co~m%tt~e Deeemberl~r-20, 1910. Referred by Co, on Couneit Deeembe~r l~th. To report the eest qf fitting UP rooms in th:e 0ity Halt fo? 'offices. We hav~ ~ooked into the matter further ~d reeommend %hat two offiees be fitted up on the north side of the City Hall for the City Engineer a~M, the Auditor, at a cost ~f $400, a~ ~h~f~he present offices fo~ sazd effieers be lamed ovem to paid men of the Chambers Fire ir~ quarters. (With Commissioner or,he Revenue). To set a value on all publie lm~mpertynot n~v valued. Prog~esa~as, to Same. Referred by Board Of Aldermen~eeember 20th. A eo~nieation from~imes ~at%erya~cm~enlarging its A petition from the Hook and Ladder Company for e'e~tain first.floor.' Progress. gll~rO0~. Pro gr~sse improvements to tt~eir (~aarters m lhe The advisability of putting a telephone in the room of the ~ook and Ladder Company. It is reeommended thmt. a telephone be put in said room, at 'a eost of $5. t~r month. In aeeordanee with the adopted recommend_ed appropriations by the Finanee Comit~ee Deeember~- 20th, of $10~. to builda-feed room for tke Amnex Fire Company, $25. for a front door entrs~ee to its house, and'$C5, for a fenee adjoining the house, we have asked for.bids to do thejwo~k.~nd h~ve eeived ~he following therefor: 'l~rom~E; B. Wilkins, for $2~; S. B. Hutehins, Jr., $1E0; an~'.Sw~ & Austin, $195.00. S. B. Hutehins, Jr. being the lowest bidder for the work it is reeo~e~ded that award for the samebe mmde to him. Your Committee reports i~rther that in aeeordanee with the adopted reeonm~ded appropriation therefor 0etober ll-lEth, they asked for bids to supply the Jallwith five steel eells and 1~ put the same in position, and have received the following. To supply the~ eells. E. T. Barnum Iron WorkS, for $465.00. TO put the cells in position. Mutter & Miltier', for~57.50; J. D. GarretS, ~S.50; E. B. Powell, $144.75. A~ the bid ~f the E. T. B~rnum Iron Works to suppl~ the cells seems to be reaso~ble$ and ~s the bid of Mutter & Miltier is:the lowest to put said cells in position, it is reeommended t~hat a- wa~d for the work be made to these b%dde~s, respeetively. (Signed) L. Pr-ivett, 0~airman, B. of A.. The report having been read, ~J~. Montague moved to amend, that the ~mest%on of putting a tole-