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559 ~ • ~~dr. Paul Joplin and ~, Hale, representatives of the Houston Lighting & Power Compar~p, appeared bei'ore the Commission in connection with electrical wiring on the municipal barn and the water pumping station, so it may be bi.]1ed under rate schedule No. Iu~GS-2, rather than schedule No. SI+~-20, which is not applicable to this type of service, The Commission informed these representatives that they originally intended to do what they now ask, however, their representative r.~r. C. 0. Crenshaw, advised them this was not necessary, and they had gone to an additional expense to wire the water well and barn as their representative had advised them, and they do not feel like they should be put to further expense in changing over, and if the Houston Lighting & Posner Company demanded this, then they should pay the additional expense involved. Cdr. Joplin informed the Commission that i~efore he could authorize ar~y payment to the city to coves the additional expense involved, he would have to take the matter up with his superior. Mr. C. M. Agee and ~.~r. Edward Cade, representing property owners on North Second Street, between Fdain and "A" Street, petitioned the city to curb and gutter this section of t he street. They did, hrnlever, want the city to commi_tt themselves in that theyti~rould provide an opening through the curb, so that the Hovey Building rain water could drain to the valley of the gutter. ~Jiotion by Burgin, second by Jones, authorizing the City Clerk to give the contractor, tiY, J. Daples, a work order to construct the curb and gutter on this section of the street, i~Then the property owners had all given their checks to the Gity Clerk, and to provide an opening through the curb so as to gain the rain ti;rater from the Hovey Building to the valley guttex. Carried. After much discussion, the Commission unar~i.awusly agreed to curb and gutter the following streets for X1.50 per lineal foot to the property owner, the city to do all engineering work and rough grading:, South First Street from brain to A South Second Street from Bain to A South Third Street from 264ain to A South Fourth Street from main to A North First Street from b4ain to Polk Pdorth Second Street from b4ain to Polk North Third Street fra2n b4ain to Polk North Fourth :treat from gain to Polk The City Clerk read a letter to the City Commission, dated January 16, 1952, from the Federal Government in connection with Project No, Tex.l~l-P551. The Commission referred this letter to the City Attorney.