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~ece~oer 21, lC0e.~ j To _epcot on the oropos~ increase of pay for street pavers. We have consz~ered the matter and recommend that the pay of street ~avers b'emade $~. per d~y from January l, An appropriation of ~350~ to install night s~hools. Progress. (~ith Fire Co~ttee) pro.~e funds for purchase of houses for the combination chemical hose wagons to be u~ed in the Sixth and Seventh wards. We shall report on this matter with the Fire Committee. Referred by ~m increase of sala~.%~ for the Oi~Attorney. It is recommended that the salary of Oit~ttorney, Jno. W. Happer, be made $2.500~ per ~anuary~. , 1910, and that the Joint 0rdi~,~anoe n~, payable in eq~l installments monthly headlining ~ Committee be inst~cted to draft an ordinance to cover this reoommendation~ if adooted, eze_~ea by Common Coo=~cil July 13th. leave of absence of 10 days for the paid men of tko Fire Department. ~e shall report on this-matterwith the Fire 0o'~nittee. Referred. by Oommon Ootu~oil ~ ~ = & petition of ,~N~$. Fre~dze O1 Co&d to have ref~de~ her $7- beoey~se of taxes oaid her Green street property. Zt is recommended that the petition be granted. in error on It is f~he? recommended that an appropriation of $~,09%. be made to Day for $~o combination chemical hose wagons contracted for in ~ay, l~O~, ~'~* Robinson Fire Apparatus Company. (Signed) Jones Wiiiis~s, Cna~rm~, B. of On motions, the several recommendations of the Co~nittee were adopted by the foiieczng vote, ~ne vote being the same for each, except that Resets. Murray ~d Stroud voted on no ~pprop~&tions of Oity ~ye~--Lm~o~e~ ~ker, Ballentine. A~me, Goo&son, ~o~tg~e,' ~z&&z~ms, Pal~er, ~urray~ Stroud, i0. Streets-~ Hon. Board of Gentlemen:--Your Street Oommi~tee respectfully reports herein' '2 as to the several ma~tters referred to the ¢om~ ~,tree~ 0ommittee ~evember ~-16, Oc.tober z rl~, Sep- tember 2tst and previously: Referred by Common .Council Novemoe and Re~a~l Eer~hants To act '+~ ' wz~n co~ttees of the Portsmouth Business Men~s Association oiation in the endeavor to establish a public wharf. Progress asto same. To Dave the south side of Randolph and the ~est side of Firs% streets. We report that ~his matter is in the hanis of the Joint Fir~noe 0ommittee. To fu~nish an estimate for ~improvi~" First street. We sh~ll report concerni:agFirst street furthek~ on. To look into the matter of en~orcing ~transfers~ from .the street rail~ay ~ompany. As far as the Committee can ascertain transfers are now given regularl~ by the company. To examine and report the ~ct sta~s afl the refusal of General Ea~ger~Ea~way of the Trac- tion Oomp~uy to ~rr~sh sehooi chil~en wi thhalff fare street ear tickets. ~ogress. Referred by Boar& of ~ide~en Norther 16th. deco. tied for ~ur~er co~ideration, a proposed contract by E~bert & Du~ fo~ removal of street sweepinEs. The Go--tree have asked ~or bids to suppI~ ho~ses, harness an~ drivers to be~ed wi~n the s~reet sweeoe~s ~d spri~lers, also for c~s~ horses, ~ess~ dr~vers~ &e.~ to be fu~ished for sweeping t~ streets; ~d they recc~end ~that ~ou ~ecept the fo~lo~ng b~ds therefor from Huybert & Durham: For horse~ to be used~th spri~le~s'or sweepers, ~l,~G per p~r a day of eight hours. Will r~ove sweepi~s from the p~ve~treets free.of oh~ge. . ~ . Will t~e up ~d remove all t~ash from the streets for ~1.~2-1/2 ~er norse, cart and driver per day of eight hours. ~iit ~rnish horses ~d drivers for the large Cit[ trash oarts, at $1~37k~/2 per day of eight hours for each cart. (For proposals in full see minutes of Zh~ 0oFten Council, p~ge 821}. To so~ider the advisability of co~ecting .Dinwiddie ~d ~ifth 8~eets across tho interregna n~r~ by filling in ~e space be~een. Pro.ess. (Nith City Atto~ey).. To construe the cent=act conce~ the bulling of West Pa~k Vie~ briSfge, ~d to dete;~ine how repairs are to be made to the s~me. Progress. To consider the paving of Chestnut street ,~th vitriz~ed bri~ks on a san& base. We shall report concer~ng Ohes~ut street further on.