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April llth. 1944. Notion of Mr. Wilson to place an appropriation of $4,$00.00 for said our- pose, on its first reading, was' adopted. 14th - ~ThePublic Works Department of the Naval Operating Base rea.uested Norfolk to let them have-:wa~ter at'Nonogr? Field, which is in Nansemond County, and you ~t~- rized me to allow .this, provide~i it woula be a temporary expediency and would not infringe on our contract whatsoever. The attached letter confirms the agreement." On motion ordered filed. 15t~h "The ~8 th Congress passed a la~ under Section lO of t~e Defense, Highway Act~ Public Law~146, approved July 13th, 1~43, a Deficiency Bill, which wouldreturn to municipalities funds expended for improvements to streets made necessary by the War activi- ties. It is imperative that we do ~his work immediately. However, we have filed claim with the Government for the refund to us of improvements on all the listed streets. I would appreciate an appropriation of $32,y96.O0 to repair these streets.~ Notion o f Mr. Hutohihs to place an ~opropriation of $32,?96.00 for said purpose, on its first reading~ was adopted. (City Engineer's letter re: I~em 15) "Herewith below is listed some of the more imoortant streets that should be'given a new asphaltic wearing sur2ace immediately. These streets~h~ve ~o~e to pieces due tc excessive heavy travel particularly truck travel. The. continuous wet weather amd freezing has contributed some to the deterioration of these pave.~a~S. But the largest contributing facto~ has Been the enormous amount of heavy ~raffic caused by unusual wartime ~e.ar and tear. Heavy veb~cies of the armed services and ~hos~ of various contractors engaged on government construc-~ tion projects have caused ~he greatest damage. Effingnam St. C/L Parkway Strip Glasgow to High St. Ocunty ~o South St. 300 tons 0 9.O0 $ 2,7oo. oo Crawford St. west side High St. to London S~. 80 tons O 9.00 720.00 3- Spratiey St. & Webster Ave. 30 tons_ O 9.00 ~. Webster & Leckie, Armstrong & Leckie & Owens (large patches) 30 tons $ 9.00 270.00 a7o.oo 5- Glasgow St. & Elm Ave.[Inter$ec[on) 8 tonS .O .9.00 7m. oo 6. Glasgow St. Be~t Line RR. ~W.B. Rd. 40 tons $ 9.00 360.00 7. W.B. Rd. & Ohau~auqua Ave. 20 tons O 9.00 180.00 Virginia Ave. High St. lD Glasgow 120 tons O 9.00 1,O~0.O0 9. High St. nort~ side east of Washington St. 23 tons · 9.00 207.00 10. Glasgow St. Oour~ to Washington~St. Green to Effingham St. Fort Lane to EIm Ave. tons o 9.oo 3,~53.o0 ll. G!lmerton~_Av~. 100 ft. west of LinColn 100 f~. east of Elm Ave. 16 ~ons O 9.00 l~J%.o0 12. Air Line Turnpike 9t~ Ave. to Oity Limits 900 tons O 9.00 8,100.O0 13. 'High Bt. 9th Ave.~.to City limits 1.~680 ~ons · 9.00 t5~120.00 Total 3,664 tons $ 9.00 S 32,796.00 No doubt the Federal Governmen~ 'intends t~ r eimburse communities like Portsmouth for war time damages done pavements under S~ction lO of the Defense Highway Act (Public Law 146, 78th Congress) approved July 13th, 1953. This will probably be some time in the future and the streets should~ repaired a~ once. There£ore, I respectfully recommend that you request the 0ouncil to appropriate this enount of money so thatw6rk may be started at once. Theabove list is not complete, another will be prepared very shortly-. ~e would like to make inspections and surveys t o de,ermine the damagean~beat procedure repairs. The above list does not take the place of, nor does it have.~any~hing to de wi~h the- City~ s regular annual~maintenanoe and new surface treatment program. The new surface treat merit program will b e presented to you at an early date." Motion of Nm. Hutchins to place an ~Dpropriation of $32,796.OO for said purpose, on its first reading, was adopted.