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Eanuary 25th, 1.944. ~ - -LICENSE INSPECTOR Durlnguthe year~-t943, the total classified licensee, including autom0bilea ~ 2 and truc~s,~ was $2 5¥0OO~100, which was~ an e~xcese, of approximately $8,O00..O0 over-~he previous year. I ~The ne~ ticense.~h~ : you i~posed on ~ear~ng h~useS~re$1ee~e~-~baek~ve~y~f~ver~bl~2 a~most de~!img~ ~he ineome~ from theft source z~m~ $~,58~,O0. ~e $10,1.51.OO. · Attem~z~n t~ t~.decreaee In ~e ~ale~of slot mac, ne licenses for l~ ~d 1942 in comparison wi~ due ~o the remov~ of t~s $500. l~cense im accord~ce with enforcement of the slo~ mac, ne law. D~AR~ENT OF PUBLIC SERVICE P~bably ~e omSst~ng ac~evement o~ the Department of Public Service was the~ul~a~e accomplis~en~ of sewering ~he entire-City. T~s~ has a~t~ays been ~he a~ of City Engineer Forrest J~ Bergeron, ~d in conjunction wi~h ~$ l~te N.H. ~mg~ ~ho~ ~s then Oity Engineer-, mmch progress was made on t~s improvemen~ as ~ sanitation an~ neal~ This is~one o~ the finest advancements Portsmouth has enjoyed. ~e to~al cost of severs was ~p~ximately $555,~O.00, for which amth~ri~zed to issue bonds in ~e ~ount of thirty per cent, 8r $166,OO0. OO. S~ as cash was available ~d i~ was dsfrayed wlShout ~ necessity cruising improvement bonds. The ~exander Park 3~" force m~n and the.Williams .Court 2~. outlet~sewer both completed a~~ n0 ces~ ~o ~e Ci~y~ ~ese~wo p~jec~-~s~ togs%her cos~ing$$25,000.OO. T~se_ li~es w~- ~nstrmctea in .conformity. ~th the mas~er plans of ~he ~-ten ~Re~s~S~i~tlem ~om mission ~d when under the- law, we have %o treat sewage, they will be of 1OO% valme to. the Oitz] The Health Oen%er buildi~ was completed dm.ring t~ year at a cost of ~oprox- imately $~2,000.00 of which the'Federal ~ver~en~ defrayed $45,000.00. This building is sec~ o~ ~o none in ~he Sta~e ~d its equipmen~ ~d conveniences are a real as~istance~%o ourc iti- zens. Drain~e ~d sidewalk work was star,ed on Gosport Ro~'~et~een ~e Navy Yard ~d the Ci~ limits, and on Elm Ave. from Jeffersen-~S~. to the~Geo~ge--Washing%on Highly. The .t~tatcost ~f t~s pre~$~ will be $85,000.00, of w~ch %he.Government is~fraying~$68,O00. O0 ~ the Oily of Por~Smou~h$1y,O00.O0. ~is project is agrea% imp~vemen~ and one which ~en needed a long ~ima as-it will close the ~zardous ~ ditches on each side of Head and a~ the same ~ime will g~ve a concrete walk from T~on ~o the~Navy Yard.~ In additior,~ the drainage condition on Elm ~%e. sou~ho f Jefferson S~. will be corrected and concrete walks on each side of Elm Ave. from eefferson St. to the George Was~ng~on Highway will be completed.] Work was begun on a new incinerator for ~he City and at ~he presen~ time, ls about 60% co~le~e~. The %o~al cos~ of t~s project.will be $115,O00.00, of w~ch the Fed- eral ~ve~ment s por~ion is $80,000.00 and the City s $35,0~.00..The incinerator is one of ~he mo~$ modern tha~ can be constructed wi~h t~ee ovens divisible oy three separate boxes, w~ch allow ~y portion of ~he incinerator ~o be opera, ed or graduated down when full volume is not in demand. AS its maximum ~lume, i~ can burn one hundred ~ons of refu~e ~d debris in each ten heuFs. The elimlna~ie$ of u~sightly and insanitary dumps in our Oity, when ~s pro - Ject is compmeted, will be a welcome mmprovement %o our citizens. We were fortunate during the year to ha~e Fourth SS. from Court Navy Yard completed by the ~blic ~ads~Administration at no cost to our City and the total ~eunt of ~he proJec~ was in excess of Sb~,OOO. O0~ I may ~d, wi%hour t~s improvement, d~ing 1943, ~he m~n~enance alone on t~s stress would ~ve been in excess of $5,000.00. There were sixty-~wo streets imp~ved or surfaced during the year, or a total of~240,OOO square yards of ~imp~Vemen~s. The Engineering Department further placed crushed stone and initial surface 4o,ooo treatment on seven~een ~di~ion~ streets, totaling nearly square yards. The City's co~opera%ive plan for new sidewalks resulted in ~he laying of 9,500 aquae yards of permanen~ concrete sidewalks in various sections of the City. The Council ~oprop~ia~ed funds for a new playground north of the High School and we ~ve almos~ filled ~s area to necess~y requirements. However, as soon as we begin wor$ on London S~., it is our plan ~o use ~his dirt for further filling ~here Work on ~rading and seeding the baseball field is now underway ~d in cooper- ation ~h sohool authorities, a concrete block ~icke% office wa~ cons~rmeted u~er ~he foo~- ball stand. Oonsiderable amount of sewer ~rk ~s been completed and each of our plans been ~ a~temp~ to cor~la~e ~h ~e efforts of the mas~er plan of ~he H~pton Roads Sanita- tion Oommlssion. Work was completed on ~he Naval Bhore Pat~l headqmarters which, a~ the pre~- en~ time, has abou~ ~ir%y-five men on duty in the City and f~ ~elve ~o twenty men sleep nigh~ i~ ~he Barlow Building. The City ren~ed this building, has put all of the improvements en it. ~= at the oresen~ ~ime, is renting space to three organizations in addition to granting~ free use ~o the Shore Patrol for their headquarters and _or ~he use of their men. Permits were g~an~ed~for new work as follows: non*residential, totaling 36 a~ a valme of $195,000.00; 150 pe~i~s for ~ep%lr~ totaling $569,000.00. TD~ value of build- ings ~ perished. 4uring 19~3, of all types, w~s $3,~19,~88.00, as compared with a like figure in 19~2 of $1,3~6,392.O0. P~LIC ~LFA~ DEPARTMENT - ' The Oily ~me - _A_~otal of ~y-five persons were card for in ~he Oity Home during She~ year. Of ~hese t~ez~ w ere discharged an~ ~wo died, leavzng twenty-one in - ~es at the close of ~he year, nine w~te and twelve colored. Wi~ut doubt, during the year 1944, It will be necessary ~o make DenSer pr~isions at ~he City Home ~or the people there. Jus~ as soon as supp!i~s and eGu. i.p~ ~e av~lable, i~ is my hope.~ha~ this honorable body will appropriate necessary funds for the needed improvements.