Contracts and Bills, Baghdadi Jewish Community
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12 o'clock - The committee's electricity is cut off Submission 952 / 4 / 29 8948 (5902) 29 / 12 / 8 1984 949 / 2 / 10 948 / 12 / 22 Addressed to the Directorate of Property and General State Lands Regarding the subject Expenses on ⟦account⟧ of ⟦Jadr⟧ In cash and we have no objection To the approval and there is no objection ⟦Commander⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
⟦Department Copy⟧ 9-2 16/2/1949 The Baghdad Light and Power Company Limited For the City of Baghdad Greetings, Based on the request of the Secretariat of the Capital to connect the electrical current to operate electric motors for use in inflating sheep in the Jewish slaughterhouse, the electrical power was indeed connected to the aforementioned slaughterhouse starting from April 1948, and from that date until today we have continued to pay all the fees for the electrical units at a rate of 20 fils per unit. In view of the large consumption consumed by the aforementioned machines, we kindly request your approval to grant the special allowance similar to other factories, and we request a reconsideration regarding the fees that were paid starting from last April at a rate of 20 fils per unit, with the request to return the difference in the fees for the consumed units that you processed at the time, and to you thanks. Sincerely, Head of the Community ⟦illegible signature⟧ 15/2 14 ⟦illegible blue stamp⟧
Bagdad Light and Power Company Limited for the City of Baghdad BAGDAD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom). TELEPHONE: BAGHDAD 4141. TELEGRAMS: "LIGHTPOWER" CODE: BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE REGISTERED OFFICE: 1, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.4 OUR REF.: SC/32/2993 YOUR REF.: BAGHDAD: 26th March, 1949 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Council Number 649 Date 27 / 3 / 949 Jewish Community Baghdad. Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad . Dear Sirs, ENCLO ELECTRICITY RATES SLAUGHTER HOUSE AT STREET No.242. Electricity Rates Slaughterhouse in Street No. 242 Replying to your letter dated 16th ultimo requesting us to apply the optional tariff to the units supplied to your premises. We have carefully checked the maximum demand as it was represented to us and the application of the optional tariff will be in accordance with that shown on the enclosed agreement and annex. In response to your letter dated the 16th of last month in which you requested us to apply the optional tariff to the units supplied to your premises. We have carefully checked the maximum demand as it was shown to us, and the optional tariff will be applied according to that shown in the contract and the annex enclosed herewith. We also enclose our bill No. 12/3/49 for ID.132/- covering payment against fixed charge for one year in advance in accordance with the agreement for favour of payment. We also enclose herewith our bill numbered 12 / 3 / 49 for the amount of 132 Dinars for what is paid against fixed fees in advance for one year according to the contract for the favor of payment. Please sign and return these forms to this office to enable us to apply this tariff. We therefore request the signing and return of the papers to this office so that we may apply this tariff. Yours faithfully. For Bagdad Light & Power Co. Ltd, ⟦signature⟧ Accountant. (J. REOSE.) GJI/HM. Etc.
Department Copy 1017 27/6/49 The Baghdad Lighting and Power Company Limited Greetings, Due to the high consumption of electrical units at the headquarters of the community located at Qanbar Ali Street No. 52/113, we request approval to grant us the usual allowance, and we thank you in advance. Head of the Community Mr. Abboudi Electricity 14
Bagdad Light & Power Co., Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT & POWER CO., LTD. (INCORPORATED IN THE UNITED KINGDOM.) Bill No. Bill Number: 929/7/12 Date Date: 7 / 7 / 1949 Name Name: Presidency of the Jewish Community in Baghdad Premises No. Premises Number: Slaughterhouse on Street No. 242 Ds. | Fils | Fils | Dinars For the amount required to be paid for insurance ten months in advance for 22 kilowatts of power at 6 Dinars per kilowatt per year. 132 - 132 - ⟦17/5⟧ P/13 For Office use only Bill No. ⟦12/3/49⟧ Amount paid ID 132/- Premises Slaughter St. 242 Name Messrs Jewish Community, Bagdad.
⟦Department Copy⟧ 965 Final Warning 1 / 5 / 1949 To the Honorable Mr. Daniel Mahfouz, Contractor for blowing at the Israeli Slaughterhouse in Baghdad Greetings, Since you have not paid to date the amounts owed by you for electricity fees consumed for blowing purposes for the month of March 1949 and the amount required to be paid to the Lighting and Electrical Power Company from the blowing machine insurance. We regret to inform you that we will request the Lighting Company to cut off the electrical current from you if you do not pay the remaining amounts owed by you within three days from the date of your receipt of this letter. We also request your presence at the Community Presidency headquarters or to send a representative to discuss with you the issue of the delay in paying these bills. Sincerely. ⟦handwritten signature⟧ Head of the Community Copy to the Capital Committee with reference to the letter from the Lighting and Power Company Lighting and Electrical Power Company B/45/28 dated 24/11/948 addressed to the Presidency of the Community and a copy of it to the Capital Committee For Office use only Bill No. Amount paid ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦illegible⟧
Number 702 Date 8 / 6 / 949 To the Honorable Presidency of the Israelite Community Since the oil contractors at Arjuan have referred to me in all matters pertaining to it And they have inquired ⟦another matter⟧ regarding the aforementioned project, and many thanks to you Sincerely ⟦illegible signature⟧ Al-Rashid Street ⟦illegible⟧ Company Iraqi ⟦illegible red stamp⟧
Baghdad Light and Power Company, Ltd. BAGDAD LIGHT AND POWER COMPANY, LTD. (Incorporated in the United Kingdom). TELEPHONE: BAGHDAD 4141. TELEGRAMS: "LIGHTPOWER" CODE: BENTLEY'S SECOND PHRASE REGISTERED OFFICE: 1, QUEEN VICTORIA STREET, LONDON, E.C.4 OUR REF.: SC/32/B2170 YOUR REF.: 1017 BAGHDAD: 7th July, 194 9 Presidency of the Jewish Community Incoming No. 722 Date 7/7/1949 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad. President of the Jewish Community, Baghdad. Dear Sir, Electricity Rates Office No. 152/113 ELECTRICITY RATES OFFICE No.152/113 In reply to your letter dated the 27th ultimo in which you requested us to apply the optional tariff to the units supplied to your premises. The maximum demand of the electric current supplied to your premises is limited to 10 amperes and the optional tariff will be applied according to that shown in the contract and the annex sent herewith. Please sign and return the papers to this office so that we can apply this tariff. Replying to your letter dated 27th ultimo requesting us to apply the optional tariff to the units supplied to your premises, the maximum demand of the electric supply to your premises is limited to 10 amperes and the application of the optional tariff will be in accordance with that shown on the enclosed agreement and annex. Please sign and return these forms to this office to enable us to apply this tariff. Yours faithfully. ⟦illegible⟧ Accounts ⟦illegible⟧ AI/A GJI/HM.
⟦Department Copy⟧ 1064 8/22/1949 The Lighting and Electric Power Company for the City of Baghdad Greetings, In view of our demolition of the house No. 393/94 located in Al-Tawrat neighborhood (Abu al-Saad) belonging to the endowments of the Jewish Community in Baghdad, We request that you instruct to cut off the electric power from it urgently. With our highest thanks and respect. Head of the Community On behalf of
Department Copy 1027 1949/8/26 His Excellency the Director of Central Telephones, Respected After greetings, We request your kind approval to remove the extension connected to telephone 3531 in the room adjacent to the Head of the Community and connect it to the telephone of the Community Secretary numbered 5452. We also request the removal of the jack installed on telephone 5452 and its installation on the telephone of the Head of the Community numbered 3531. With respect. Head of the Community ⟦illegible⟧ 12
The Private Intermediate School for Boys Baghdad Telephone Number 4618 Number: 5 Date: 27 - 10 - 949 Presidency of the Jewish Community Special Number 820 Subject 10/27/949 Honorable President of the Jewish Community. After greetings and respect. Please kindly notify the Central Telephone Directorate in Baghdad that the telephone numbered 4618 registered in the name of the Private Preparatory School in the building located in the Sinak district and numbered 3B - 9 - 1 has been transferred to the name of the Private Intermediate School for Boys in the same building mentioned above. ⟦signature⟧ The Director The Private Intermediate School for Boys Baghdad
1144 28 / 10 / 1949 Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad After greetings and respect, We request to inform you that the telephone numbered 4618 registered in the name of the Private Preparatory School in the building located in the Al-Sinak neighborhood and numbered 2b / 9 / 1 has been transferred to the name of the Private Intermediate School for Boys in the same building mentioned above. Please mark this in your records, and may you remain [in peace]; ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Head of the Community A/1 ⟦illegible⟧
834 / D / 80 2321 / 61 / D 7/1055 Dosh 5/1/15 ⟦illegible⟧ Telephones ⟦illegible⟧ We recorded via Considering we took over the 17 telephones that were removed from his shop and in exchange for which payment was made, not a list, no days Received from the 15th of it in our branch 7767 and since we entered the 17 for other than Relo, it was allocated for telephone service that day . ⟦line⟧ 1/6/1 Awi until 1- 16 / 61 / 2321 in the liability of the Telephone and Telegraph Department, the 17 telephones that are no longer active and sold by the manager . ⟦line⟧ for telephone service from Louis Bar 2- 7/10521 in the current account of the Post and Telegraph Department, the price of 17 telephones and the remainder sold by the manager 3- And they are due to be paid at the daily usage rate from the telephones, seven listed and delivered from the 17 Relo of them and the monthly Its fee in the amount of 2786627 ⟦...⟧ Relo that it is less than the 17, we took over the 17 telephones which Its fee for other than its allocated entry in the account and it has been returned to someone else from Louis Al-Mukhtar in 762/6621 . ⟦line⟧ considering we took over the 17 telephones which 4- Post and Telegraph Department - Account (in Louis from it we recorded) until the 18th and salaries for the service of the 17 and the daily debt from them We performed for the benefit of account 2321 / 61 / 26 in the amount of 7026 / 381 you are returning and you received its entry . ⟦line⟧ recorded in the account of Louis and the 17 other than our taking over the 17 I agree to what is stated above to open a file for daily telephone service Director General of Telephones and Telegraph Head of Accounts and Telegraph ⟦...⟧ from his shop and in exchange for which payment was made, not ⟦illegible⟧ D. ⟦...⟧ ⟦...⟧
Beit Chinuch Ivrim Silas Kadoorie Baghdad The Blind Institute Home Silas Kadoorie Al-Tawrat Quarter No. 137/65 Baghdad Telephone Number 5488 SILAS KADOORIE BLIND INSTITUTE BAGHDAD PHONE : 5488 Blind Institute Industries Chair Weaving Coir, Thresholds Mats, Wallets Swings The Home has a musical band Ready to play At private parties And public ones at very Reasonable prices Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Special Number 950/927/T Date 2/2/950 Number: Baghdad on: 31 - 1 - 950 His Excellency the Chairman of the Midrash Committee, Respected. Greetings and respect. Reference to your letter numbered 451 and dated 29 - 1 - 950 I have the honor to inform you of the approval of the Blind Institute Home Association to change the condition mentioned In the fourth paragraph of our letter dated 11-1-950 regarding the issue of paying the expenses of the telephone Extension that you intend to install in the Midrash and making it in accordance with what was stated in your letter referred to Above, so that the Midrash Schools Fund bears all the necessary expenses for installing the mentioned Extension, along with the necessary annual expenses for the telephone extension intended to be installed, with Rent and what exceeds the average rate of additional call fees for the past three years paid From the Directorate of the Institute Home to the Central Telephone Directorate in Baghdad. Thus You may proceed with the necessary transactions to install the mentioned telephone extension. Please accept our respect. ⟦signature⟧ Honorary Secretary A copy of it / To the Presidency of the Jewish Community, please mediate with the Central Telephone Directorate in Baghdad to install a telephone extension for the Talmud Torah Midrash on the telephone of The Blind Institute Home numbered (5488) Baghdad. Provided that the central Switchboard is in the mentioned Home and remains belonging to it.
(2) Submitted 15/2/50 Installation of a telephone extension T/ 950/8266 2/2/1950 ⟦illegible⟧ Al-Raiq Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad After greetings, We request the favor of installing an external telephone extension in the Midrash Talmud Torah school, door number 137/78, located in the Torah neighborhood in Baghdad, branching from the main telephone (No. 5488) installed in the Blind Consolation Home located in the same neighborhood, provided that the main switch is in the telephone of the Blind Consolation Home and that the mentioned telephone remains registered in the name of this institution. Hoping that our request will receive the approval of your respected directorate, as the urgent need of the mentioned school to benefit from the telephone instrument is not hidden from you. Please accept our highest thanks and respect. Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council Telephone ⟦illegible⟧
Duplicate T / 50 / 1407 24 / 5 / 1955 Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad Greetings, We kindly request your approval to transfer telephone number 3531 with the (plug) belonging to the Presidency of the Community from the current building numbered 152 / 113 to the building directly opposite it, number 129 / 113, as the latter building has been taken as an annex for the Presidency of the Community due to the narrowness of the current building. Please accept our highest respects; ⟦signature⟧ Acting Head of the Community President of the Spiritual Council ⟦illegible stamp⟧ A / 21 / 5
Outgoing Copy T/ 8 - 14 / 50 28 / 5 / 1950 Central Telephone Directorate Baghdad Greetings, We kindly request your approval to install a two-plug extension from telephone number (3531) belonging to the Community Presidency in the building directly opposite the Community Presidency, numbered 129 / 113 Qanbar Ali, as the latter building has been taken as an annex for the Community Presidency due to the narrowness of the current building. We kindly request that this application be considered urgent. Please accept our highest respect; ⟦signature⟧ ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community President of the Lay Council A / 26 / 5
2 T / 50/156 27 / 8 / 1950 Department Copy Central Telephone Directorate Greetings, We request permission to use telephone number 5337 installed at the Masouda Shemtob School for external calls, with the request to receive the necessary deposits from the bearer of this letter. Please accept our respects; ⟦signature⟧ 8/27 ⟦signature⟧ On behalf of the Acting Head of the Community Vice President of the Lay Council For filing Telephones ⟦8/17/1⟧ Presidency of the Israelite Community Number ⟦801⟧ Incoming internal telegram Department stamp: Arrived at time: From: ⟦illegible⟧ ⟦Lz⟧ ⟦...⟧
Respected Director We had requested the Postal and Telegraph Directorate to install a switchboard in the extension of telephone number 2521 However, we have dispensed with all the branches Therefore, I suggest writing to the Directorate to remove this switchboard to reduce expenses and various fees etc. ⟦signature⟧ 26 / 10 Priorities Muhammad 26 / 10 Mr. Nasser Dabbat Based on the President's request to keep the division due to the possibility of the President needing it in case he is busy in the basement during the summer season. File it. ⟦signature⟧ 30 / 11
Iraqi Government General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs Telephone Affairs Department Office .. 22805 Number T / 13 / 2 / ⟦line⟧ Date 2 / 10 / 950 Subject: Telephone Transfer To - Director of the Central Telephone Department in Baghdad Please take the necessary measures to transfer telephone number 6219 belonging to the Private Secondary School for Girls affiliated with the Jewish Community to the house of the Chairman of the Jewish Schools Committee, Mr. Israel Nassim Hay, located in the Kurd al-Pasha neighborhood numbered 25 K 9 / 21 and register it in his name after collecting the fees and insurance customary from him and concluding a new telephone rental contract with him according to the regulations General Director of Posts and Telegraphs A copy of it - Presidency of the Jewish Community - in reference to their letter numbered 77 / 51 / 50 dated 22 / 10 / 950 Israel Nassim Hay Kurd al-Pasha 251 K 9 / 21 for information Al-Khudairi 29 / 10 Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad Number ⟦Incoming⟧ / 1121 / 50 Date 27 / 10 / 50 For filing For files
Central Telephone Directorate Information Department Number /: 1228 / 14 / 1411 Date /: 8 / 11 / 1955 Presidency of the Jewish Community Incoming Number ⟦1122⟧ / 55 Date ⟦10 / 11 / 55⟧ To - / Presidency of the Jewish Community Baghdad With reference to the letter of the General Directorate of Post and Telegraph No. T 7 / 13 / 11805 dated 30 / 10 / 1955 addressed to us, with a copy to you. In view of the lack of vacant lines in the area where the residence of the Chairman of the Jewish Schools Committee is located, this department expresses its regret for its inability to carry out the telephone transfer at the present time. Director of Central Telephones Copy to - / General Directorate of Post and Telegraph - with reference to its letter mentioned above. For filing Sira' / 6 / 11 Presidency of the Jewish Community ⟦illegible⟧ 1228 / 14 / 1411 8 / 11 / 1955
Engineering 20 General Directorate of Posts and Telegraphs Telephone Rental Contract This contract was concluded between the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs on behalf of the Iraqi Government as the First Party and ⟦The President of the Jewish Lay Council in Baghdad on behalf of the school⟧ (hereinafter referred to as the Subscriber) as the Second Party ⟦Menashi Saleh School for Girls⟧ Article (1) The Subscriber agrees, according to the conditions set forth in this contract, to rent from the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs the equipment and lines according to the prescribed rates. Article (2) This contract shall take effect from the date of completion of the installation and shall remain in force until the termination of the contract in the manner set forth in Article Six of this contract. Subject to the ninth condition set forth in this contract, the rental fee amounting to ⟦7/500⟧ Dinars shall be paid every six months, plus a one-time installation fee of ⟦five⟧ Dinars and a security deposit of ⟦one Dinar⟧ Dinars, starting from the date of completion of the installation according to the prescribed rates. The Subscriber shall pay in advance the installation fees and half of the rental fee for the first year, and thereafter shall pay in advance the rental fee for every six months. Article (3) When the Subscriber receives a request from the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs for the payment of the amount prescribed in Article Two of this contract, he shall proceed to pay the mentioned amount to the Director General of Posts and Telegraphs through the Central Telephone Directorate in Baghdad or any department authorized for that from the postal departments in Iraq. In cases where payment in advance is mandatory, telephone connection shall not be provided until the first installment of the rental fee is received. Article (4) If the Subscriber wishes to cancel this contract at any time before the completion of the installation and connection, he must bear the expenses incurred for the installation and connection up to that date. Article (5) The Subscriber agrees to follow the conditions set forth in this contract and act accordingly. Article (6) Each of the two parties has the right to terminate this contract after six months have passed by giving the other party a written notice of at least seven days. If the Subscriber fails to give notice, he must pay a rental fee for seven days based on the annual rent. The rental fee collected for the first six months of the contract period is non-refundable. As for the case of terminating the contract period by giving notice after the first six months have passed, the fee paid by him in advance for the rent of the remaining period of the six months during which the telephone is not used shall be returned to the Subscriber. When refunding or collecting a rental fee for a period of less than a month, the fee for one day is considered equal to ⟦1/30⟧ of the full month's fee.