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26 .Tulv 2~rd. 1957. At a regular meeting of the City Council, held on July 23rd, 1957, there were present: A.C. Bartlett, B. W. Baker, W.E. Hinton, Frank L. Kirby, John E. Scott, R. ~rvine Smith, H~-Earl Weisemau, t.C~Vass, City Mmlager, and R,C.Barclay, City Attorney. The meeting was opened with prayer by Rev. W. R. Wright. Minutes of regular meetings of July 9th and July 16th, 1957, were read and approved. The following repor~s~ from the City~ Manager were read: 57-249 - "I recommend nhat the £ollowing unexpended balances of appropriations made for' the fiscal year ending June 30th, 1957) be earried forward: Traffic Controls Purchase of Land at Carver Homes site Ferry Debris Tidewater Historical Drama Parking Lots - Bond Fund For the Purchase of Land for Schools from Utility Ta~ Funds - $24,667.19 10,364.46 6~000.00 lO,O00.O0 200,000.00 10,816.75." Motion of Mr. Weisemau to concur in the recommendation of the City Manager was adopted. 57-250 - "I submit the attached resolution and recommend its adoptien." "V~EREAS, there is available to the City of Portsmouth, Federal and State Highway Construction funds on a 50-25-25% matching basis, and WHEREAS, certain primary highways within the City.are badly in need of construction or reconstruction NOW THEREFORE BE IT RESOLVED by theCouncil of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, that the proper officials of the Highway Department be requested vo survey for the purpose of construction or reconstruction on a matching basis as provided by law the fol- lowing highways: (a) Rouze 17 (Elm Avenue) between High Street and County Street and between Jefferson Street and George Washington Highway (b) Route 460 Alternate (washington Street extended) between Lincoln Street and Gosport Road over a new location generally known as the Gilme~ton ~treet Railway Right of Way. (c) Ro ~te 58 (Airline Boulevard) between the West Corporate Limits and High Street, and BE IT FURTILER P~SOLVED that the City Council agrees to appropriate its share of the cost of said projects when said amount has been determined and that the City Manager be directed ~o forward a copy of this Resolution to W.F. Smith, Urban Engineer for the Department of Highways, with the request that the survey be begun ar an early date." Motion of Mr. Baker ~o suspend the 7rules to hear from Willard J. Moody, was adopted. Mr. Moody, representing Nix and David, spoke opposing the extension of Washington St. through the old Gilmerton Street railway right of way. Motion of Mr. Smith to lay on the table until the next regular meeting, was adopted. 57-251 - "I am in receipt of an estimate of the cost of installing fire alarm boxes to serve the manufacturing plants located south of the Naval Shipyard. A request for such service was submitted to Council at a previous zeeting. The estimated cost of the materials required is $4,818.75 for a telegraph sys- temo This does not include labor, but consideration has been g~ven to having the work done by our regular forces. If we can accomplish this, there would be no additioknal cost for labor. The question of using telephone systems for~this purpose has been discussed and I have been i~formed by the Chesapeake and Potomac Telephone Company that under a Federal Regulation, they ar~ noz permitted to ~urnish additional services of this type at this time; however, we are now under contract with the Telephone Company ~o provide Police telephone service and we have a number of vacant lines in our Police tele- phone switchboard and We can add police telephones to our system at the rate of $3.00 per month per telephone plus the cosz per mile for extending the system into this area. I have been unab~ to determine from the Fire Underwriters if the telephon~ system would be agreeable to be handled through the Police Department. We have s direct telephone connection between" the Police and Fire Department operators. I have arranged for a conference with the representatives of the several plants at lO:O0 A.M., July 24th, 1957, for the purpose of determining the exact type of service they are request- ing. I expec~ to make a complete report at the next regular meeting of Council." Motion of Mr. Smith ~o suspend the rules t o hear from Jess Alspaugh. Mr. Alspaugh spoke mn reference to the present fire alarm system in the City. Motion of Mr. Kirby that this matter be received and filed, was adopted. 57-252 - "Ism reporting that we are making progress in plans discontinuing the City dump az Truxton. At the presen~ time we are in the process of acquiring the additional land for the Portsmouth School Board for the Westhaven playgrounds and we are conditioning this property for a playground."