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J~nu~ry 14~ 1908. Street Co~ittee-- A oetition of Jo A. Person for a sidewalk on north side of B street, between Cooke and Armstrong streets. Public Property-- To present to the Council completed plans for the Clerk's office. A petition of the Hook and Ladder Co~par~~ to be furnished with a dozen ehmire. Fire-- A request of the Norfolk ~oun~y At, ex Hose Compar~ for loan of a hose reel former~ used by the Cha~eers ~ire Comp~. Ordinances-- An ordinance to require street ears to come to a full stop ~t railroad crossings. An ordinance to prohibit roller skating on the sidewalks. Police Commissioners-- Attention c~lled to number of thefts from the Vegetable N~rket. ~y Attorney-- To frame an ordinance for armexir~ eonti~ous territory in Norfolk eounty~ To drmft m bill for issue of $70,000 of bonds to provide for the proposed territory to be an- hexed to the City. The following report of ~he 0ity Engineer-w~s presented: ~nd, after having been re~d, was or~ doted to record: "Portsmouth~ Va., January i0, 1908. "To the Sewerage Committee, Portsmouth, Va. "Gentlemen: -- "I beg to submit report of expenses, etc., for laying Disoh~rge~Pipe line through the g~ounds of the U. S. N~val Hospital in this City~ to be used ~s outlet for ~he discharge of ~1i sewage f~om the Pi~th ~srd. This line begins on deep ~%e~ mt Hospit~i Point~ thence by north d~ive- w~y ~nd westw~rd~v throu~ the woods~ in ~s direct a route ~s pD~sieat obstmeles would permit: into P~k Avenue~ near its north end. "The total distance lmid is 2138 lineal feet, with the followi~ kinds and sizes of Pipes:-- ~ feet of 30'' c~st iron pipe on oile foundation in river. ~6 feet of 24~ emst iron pipe. 1000 feet of 27" D. S. T. C. pipe. 1054 feet of 24" D. S. T. C. pipe. Five (5) ~oles. "~e entire pipe line wms lsid ~der o~ supervision by dmy lmbore~s, between October 7th mnd November 20th, 1907, excep%~g the 30" e~st i~on outlet pipe, which w~s eo~leted J~numry 5, 190S. "~e total cost of this work: includiD~ every item~ w~s $9:84%89. "~e h~ve on hmnd: p~id For end re~dy for furze use~ exe~vmting tools of mll kinds~ with ~uls: two h~nd pumps mud tool boxes: v~lued ~t ~100, ~nd ~bout $100 worth of shee~pilir~ and stringers oiled in Sewersg% Power house yard on ~ce Avenue. "Y~ will no doubt reemll th~ the lowest: or Rnffy & OompsrJ's ~id for this wo~k, when propo- smls were publicly msked for, amo~ted to ~ to~l of $!~.976.50 for sum of the items ~s stated in the specifications. In our e~ense for this work %here is an-item of $270: ~de up of the following: Hir'e of horse a~d bug~: Pipe Inspector's s~lmry: advertise~n~s for bids for lsy~ the pipe ~nd printing specification, that should be ~ded %o the ~ffy bid; fo~ these items Would h~ve to be D~id ~s well if the wo~k hsd been done by contrmot. Also, we l~id 28 lineal feet of 27" double str~h T. C. Pipe~ 20 lineal feet of "24 double s~rength T. C. pipe, ~nd one more ~ole then the qu~nti- · ~e o. bid: ~nd hsd the done the work by contract mud mt prices g0vern~g %y of work on which Du~y & C ~ ~ ~ Y ...... ~e ....... ~ their oont~me~ ~ we would hsve ~mid them_ ~x62.76 more for %h~se~ ex~s. Tnerero~e,~ . ~o Du_ry ~ ~o~o~ bid of $13,976.50 should be mdmed the am?~ts ~70 mum ~362.76, m~king m total of ~!n,609.26, if the work hmd been acne by eontr~et: or ~ savm~ of ~4,759.~ to ~he City when the Cou~eii ~llowed us %o do the work by dsy-l~bor r~ther th~n by the lowest bid submitted. "We D~ve nemtly cleaned up the Hospital greeds, ~nd b~ve restored the driwew~y~ disturbed by us, in ~s good condition ms it wms formerly; but we ~ow t~t the d~ivew~y will sttle mud will re- euire shells to be placed thereon ~om time to time. eYo~ City ~gineer, with the assistance mud eo-opermt~ion of Dr. Persons, ~[edieml Director ~t U. S. N~v~l Hospital: obtained permission from the U. S. N~vy Depmr~men% to l~y this pipe throu~ the Hospital gro~s for discharge outlet for the s~ewmge of the Fifth W~rd, the route be~ more di- rect to deep w~ter: less e~ermive to eormtruet by ~t le~s% ~20:000 th~n the next feasible route no~ ther~ me,ess the propert~ of A. C. L. ~. in prolor~stion ~f P~rk Avenue: ~nd very ~eh ehemper in '-~ future to :~int~in--hss now constructed: with your mssist~nce: this pipe line: re~ for eonveyi~ ~he sewmge from the ~rd; mud does hope: before this year sh~ll p~ss: to give ~le sewermge conve- niences to ~ll ~e territory embraced in our Fifth V~rd plsn. "Before begi~ing the work~ mud ~li the time ~aile doing it: Dr. Phillips A. Levering, ~edical Director: .mud Dr. R. C. Hol~am~: Surgeon~U~. S'. N~Vy~Assistan% in charge of the Hospital grounds~ have ~ve.~s~d ~s ~ve~v eou~es~ mEG ~llowed us m~r~/ privileges, OB meoo~% of which we were able to do the