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llth - "With the begi~r~ming of work on our sewage dispos~al, outf.ail,the apparent rea~iness of the plan.s for the plaut ~nd the proposed .start of eenstructzon this year, our City Attorney believes it zmportant that we clear all t echnzeal points with our bonding at- tomes. ~Ve would appreciate your authority for the City Attorney,City M~uager and His Honor, the ~Iayor, to confer with o'~r bonding attorneys in New York immediately, relative to our financing.= ~iotion of ~r. Warren to concur in the ~ianager~s recom~endation, was adopted. 12th - "We plan on making prml Oles_u-Up Month for the City of Ports- mouth." on motion ordered filed. lSth - "I would like your authority to give all City offices holiday 7~h. on Easter Eonday, April =" ~otzon of ~Lv. Grimes t~ concu~ in the i~anager~$ recon~endation, was adopted. 14th - si am suggesting that the following ordinance b e placed on i ~s first reading: 'AN ORDINANCE NAK!NG IT UNLAV~LT 0 DIG PITS OR HOI~S WATER ~Y LODGE, AND PROVID~G P~NALTIE~ FOR THE VIOLATION THEREOF, ~otion of ~Ir. ~eiseman t o ~lace the said ordinance on i ts first ~eadingI was adopted. IOth - "There will be held in ~ashington om Hay 6th, ?th and 8th of this yea~, a national coherence on ~ire Prevention, called by the President. Major Fleming will be Chairm~a. The Hayer attended last year's Conference amd it appears impor- tant that he attend this year to represent Portsmouth.' -was adopted. Motion of ~r. Howard to authorize the ~ayor to attend said conference, 10th ~ ~ne ~ater Superintendent has forwarded me the attached l~tters ~_d I would like to explain h~s reasons for recommending disposal o~ this equipment." inclosures - ~Portsmouth, Va., ~arch l~th, 19~7 ~. Arthur S. Owens, City M~uager, Portsmouth, Va. Dear Sir: We have an obsolete, unusable steam p~ump and boiler at the Ports- mouth Pumping station which is valueless to this department without extensive overhauling ~d repaz~s ~d then would b e of coubtz~ v~ue for a ~i~f period of time. ~e Port~outh P~ping 8tation ~s electric~ly ~ven ~ts ~th a tot~ rated c~oacity of thirty fo~ ~d six tenths ~llion gallons per day with gasoline ~iven st~dby ~its with a rated capacity of sevente~ ~!!ion g~lons per day. 0~ ~resent ~ily average at t~s station is slightly over n~e ~llion g~lons per day. ~_is, plus a ~x~ fire load of ten.million gallons per ~y, is ~within the rated capacity of the st~dby In addition to the above, w e have the two one-half ~llion gallon elevated t~ks as a reserve. The National ~ard cz ~mre no. er~mte~s has stated that we woulm be jus~tified in dispos~g of the ste~ p~p and boiler. $~e ar~ request~g authority to dispose of this equipment at this t~e as the scrap iron ~kst is probably at its peak. The remov~ ~ this equipment ~ll add materially t o t he storage space ~nich is baby needed at this time. ~o~s truly, x.D. }~urden, Supt. lt'ater Department." Portsmouth, Va., ~tarc~h 19th, 194V. Arthur S. dwens, City Port~_outh, Vs. The Pittsburgh Des-Holmes Steel Company has started erecting the one-half mil- lion gallon elevated tsnk in Suffolk, Virginia. Upon completion of this work, the present standpipe should be sold to the high- est bidder ~d removed. ~This standpipe is ever fifty years ~d,~is a menace to traffic and the City of S~folk desires to widem V~ashington Street at this point. Zt will be ninety (90) days or more before the new t~uk is cou~pletedo However~I