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December 20, 1910. Public Property-- Hon. Board of Alder_m_en. G~ntlemen:--Your Public Property Committee respectful- ly r~ports concerning the followlng.~matters referred to the Joint P~blie Property Come, tree November 15th and September l~-20th, 1910. Referred'by Board of Aldermen Novembe~ 15th. The advisability of som~ o~her method of heating the jail and an improvement i~ its sewer con- neotions. Progress &s to ssme. Advis~bility of fitting up offices on ~t~he north side of the City Hmll for the Auditor and the City E~gineer, ~nd of t~rning over the rooms now occupied by these officers into sleepin~ quarters for pa~d men of the Chambers ~ire 0ompar~. It is recommended t~&t' office room be provided etse~here for all officers i~ the City Hall, as a means to obtain room for the said firemen. To l~y a concrete floor in'the Sewer_Power House. It is recommended that She floor be laid and that A~th~ Flyzm be employed to do. the work at a cost of $96.82.' .Refer~ed by Common Council Sep~$mber l~th. To see about rent for the house o~ed by theOity 0~Washingtoms%~eet, extended. We have directed the Clerk to write tot he former, agent for rent of gaid house grid inst~St him to turn over the.rent of it hereafter to t~e 0ity~ a~d ~e?~ender an account of smeh rent since the house has'become the property of the City. Referred by Board of Aldermen ~eptember 20th. A proposition of the SouthexniBell Telephone Comp~ to have the City con~ect its free phones fur~ished by the Company, with the telephone exehauge.' Weh~ve conferred ~ith the agent of the Bell Telephone Compgn~, cud recommender ~e fol- lowing disposition.Se mmde of such phones: one phone in the Mayor's office; two lnthe 0i~y Hall, with four extension; on~ a~ the Alms. house; one at the Oak Grove cemetery; one at the SeWermge powe~ House; one at ~he 'Chambers' engine. house; one at the Independent engine ho~se; one at the P~rk View e~ine house; one at the Annex en- gine house; and one at the Union engine~:house~,a total of 1! phones and 4 extensions. (Signed).. L. Privett, C°nairm~n, B. of A. On motion, the action of the Common 0o~eil in regard to this report was concurred in. (See minutes of the Common Council, December l~th, p. ~27 ). Fire-- Hon. Board of Aldermen. Gentl each:--Your ~ire 0ommittee respeetfuily repo~s herein corning the following m~tters referred to the Joint Fire committee November 15th, SoRt_ember l~th, 1910: Referred by ~ommon Council November 15th. Oetober llth and A petition of L. Skeeter, Firem~n of the Annex ~ire Company, to be paid for duty in July, 1910, on account of inJur~e~ received in th~ line of duty. It is recem~nded ~h~t the petition be granted. 14 days lost from .Referred by Common Co~ancil October llth. A petition of the Union Fire 0omparw to have its bell connected with the 0ity fire-alarm-syste~ ~t i~ recommended that the petition be granted, at a cost of $400.00. Advisability of using the appropriation of $22~. Heretofore allowed for a Hart Deluge Nozzle, ~o purchase a Browder ~Life Saving Apparatwa~, a~.~a cost of$120. ~nd a H~r% Pip~ L~dder, &e., to cost $147.00 It is recommended that the change be m mdc mhd the appropriation for same be allowed. To eonside~ the purchase of five sou~ horses for ~he Fire Department,ftO~t~ke unsound horses in'same. If five sonnd~horses are needed for the Fire Department in ptmee of five horses u~fit for 'service .there, a~d no' exohs~mge of horses is m~de~ $t~500. will be reguired for their purehmse; but if the five unsound horses are sold o~3~V $900. will '~e needed, it is estimated, to ob~ain~suitahle horses. Referred by Common Oouncil September l~th. · the A petitio~ Of the Rescue Fire Company fo~ a%taehment of ~he fire-alarm-system to its house, employment of ~wo paid men fo~ the It is recovered t~t the peti~i~be not ~nted. and Y~x~ther, as the Chief of the Fire Depmrtme~t states ~at ~e ~ire Board, Which and the several Assistmnt 0biers of the Fire Department, hms disbanded because of failure of