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September !4, 1909. A request of the Board of Health for authority to advertise for bids ~streets, accompanied by specifications for same. Progress as to same. A request of the-Board of Health to have the incinerator put under its charge. Referred by Board of Aldermen August l?th. To.consider the advisability of paving the west side Holladay, Progress. to;~move garbage from the Progress. of Armsstrong street, between Glasgow and It is recommended that the Joint Street Committee be authorized-to prepare specifications and advertise for bids for removal of garbage, trash, &c., from the streets; and that the Joint Ord/- nance and .Street committees be instructed to prepare an ordinance for regutating~the placing of gar~ b~ge,-trash, &c., on the streets. (Signed) E.B. Hawks, 0hairman, O, O. On motion, the report of the 0ommittee was adopted. Public Property-- Hon.- 0ommon Council. Gentlemen:--Your Public Property 0ommittee respectful- ly reports as to the following matters referred.to the Joint Public Property Committee by the Scm- mort 0ounci! ~ay !lth: To furnish the Joint Finance Co~m~!ttee with sm estimate of cost of the new bUilding needed the Almshouse. In accordance with the above insti~ction the 0ommittee have found that such a huil~- i ~ no would cost $16,398.94. It is further-recommended that the Committee be authorized to advertise for bids to supply the PUblic buildings ,with fuel for the winter. (Signed) S.B. Hutchins, Oh,airman, O. O. On motion, the report o~ the 0ommittee' was adopted,, and ~p~roprmat~on' ' of $16,398.94 to erect a new building at the Almshouse'was referred to the Joint Fin~nce 0o~m~ittee. Sewer~ge-~ Hon. Oorm~on 0ounsi!. Gentlemen:~- Yo~ Sewerage ~o~*ttee respectfully reports as to the following matter referred to the Joint Sewerage Committee by the Common Oouncil July 13th: A petition of Arthur C. Thompson and several others to have sewerage $onnections made With their property on Hampton Place, between Dinwiddie and ~ashing~on streets, We h~ve instructed the 0ityEngineer to estimate the cost of making ~he sewerage connec- tions and report the same to the 0ommittee. " ~e report further that Bry~n & Co., contractors for Fifth Uard Sewerage, have on hand twenty or twenty-five tons of soft coal which ~hey will sell to the 0!fy for $2.?5 per ton; and as this charge is less than. the price we ~re paying for soft coal at present, it is recommend that the said offer of Bryan& ~o. be accepted. (Signed~ E.B. For Committee, O. C. 0n motion, the Report of the 0ommittee was adopted, and the recommended approorimtion to our- chase twenty or twenty-five tons of soft coal at $2.75 per ton was referred to the~ Joint FinanCe 0ommittee, UNFINISHED BUSiNESS. First. ~tters adopted by the Common Oounoil August 12th and referred to the Board of Alder- for conc~rrense. To authorize the Joint Public Property 0ommittee to spend~ out of appropriation to the Public Property Department, $$6.40.fcr repair of the 0it~YEall roof, $~5.75 for jail roof, and $~7.85 tO build a storage room for ~he military in Armory Hall~ Not co~cur~ed in, but the approp~_ations were referred to the Joint Finance 0ommittee. To cut,all, and renewnotes in the seve~ml City bs~d~s to amount of $57,500., given for redemp- tion of Fifth ~ard Bonds, Oon~urred i~. To refer to the Joint Finance 0ommittee a request of the Treasurer to m~ke notes in the sev- City b~.~s to amount of $18,000, to meet current expenses of ~he City for SeptemBer, 190~. 0oncur~ed in. To direct the City Attorney to take Court proceedings again.st Oity delinquent tax p~yers, 0onourred in. To gi~e the Clerk a leave of absence for thirty days to begin after the meeting of %he Board