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September 28th. !q~2. 7th - "The City Engineer is in need of additional truck~. We do not h~ve funds in this year's budget ~ purchase same. I am therefore recommending that we place cn first reading, an ap - propriation of $8,500. to purchase new trucks for the Engineering Department and $3,500. for new squad cars for the Police Department." On motion of Er. Warren, the requested ap~opriati0n of $12,OO0. was placed on its first reading~ 8th - "Kenneth Markwell, ef the Federal Works Agency, h~.s advised me that the Federal Government is willing'to appropriate $820,000. for the filtration plant at Suffolk, Vao This will raise each laek two feet, provide two million gallon water reserve at Suffolk and four million gallon water reserve at Portsmouth, replace 8,200 lineal feet through the swamp with a 24" pipe and provide the City with a-very modern filtration plsnfl The Federal Government has requested that the City appropriate one- fourth of this expense, and it i~ the Nanager~s recommendation that we proceed to provide the water facilities for the City." .was adopted. Motion of Er. Fox to place on its first reading $200,000°00 for said purpose The request of the S~oerintendent of the Water Department, through~the City Manager, for an ~opropriation of $5,000. ~o install a service wash unit to relieve the overload on the filtration plant, laid on table at last meeting, was taken up. No~io~ of Er. Hutchins to ~ake an appropriation cf-$5,000, for said purpose, was adopted,-and by the following vote: Ayes: Le:igh, Pox, Grimes, Hall, Howard, Hutchins, Warren Wilson Nays: None ' The City Attorney presented the following ordinances I'AN ORDINANCE CREATING A CITY PLANNING CONEISSION, PROVIDING THE NUMBER OF ME~IBERS THEREOF, THEIR TE~S OF OF - FICES, AND THEIR POWERS ~ND DUTIES. Motion of Mr. Fox to place s aid ordinance ~n its first reading,- was adopted. Bill of S. W. Mason, State Game Warden, for destroying forty eight tagless dogs at $2.50 each, totaling $120. O0, was presented and on motion of Er. Fox, the Treasurer was authorized to pay same from funds in ~er hands from collection of Dog Taxes. The following letter was read and referred to the City Manager: "Understanding that the Child Wel~fare Club has petitioned your Honorable Body to provide for the negro boys of this City a shelter for indoor activities under tempe tent supervision, I wish to add my endorsement to th~s petition, and to urge favorable action in this behalf. I believe t~hat such a project as ~ropesed in the petition is indispensably necessary, and will be a definite benefit to the mormls ~nd health of the community. Thanking you, I am, Yours very truly, J. Alden Cast," The following letter was read and referred ~o the City Manager: ~We are inclosing herewith five clotures that were ohoto~raohad by ~b~ Yard Staff Photographer on September ' ~ ~ --~---- -~ ...... 12th, 1952, between lO:CO and 10:30 A.M., which are self- explanatory as ~o the insardtary and filty conditions existing at Fourth St. and Gosport Road. This is in front of the main entrance to the Navy Yard where approximately ~5~OOO Navy Yard workers enter daily, also where various celebrities enter when visiting the Yard. We are quite s~? yo~r honorable, body will~a~.ree that the impression obtained and remarks made by visitors wzmm no~ prove ~o ce s~n asse~ ~o you, a fair advertisement of our city or healthy conditions for our production and fighting forces. We are all in accord with reference to the need of man power and skilled labor, so as to keep production at its fullest capacity to meet the urgent needs of our Na~y. To do t~his, it is necessary to, keep the producer healthy and to keep the ~a:oer healthy it is absolutely necessary to keep his surromuding conditions sanitary. The s~n- itary conditions mentioned herein have reference to apparently broken or overflowing sewers, ~tagnated waters standing~in the gutters of the street a~ all times, from carelessness on the part of someone, allowing overflow pipes, drain waters, e~c. ~o flow across the sidewalks, in~ stead of through sewer pipes. Thousands of workers have to get off the bus daily in mud and ~ter and often-times have to wade shoe-top deep from the bus to the gate of the Navy Yard. These conditions have been reported by this c~mmittee to the Health Inspec- tor, obtaining no results we appealed to the City Manager. Nothing has been done to remedy these conditions; therefore, we are bringing the matter direct to your attention and having the same confidence in you now that we had when you took office, in handling problems vital to the City of Portsmouth, we trust and believe you will take immediate action to correct t~s insan- itary and fitth~v condition. Respectfully submitted, George T. Chase, Sec., Portsmouth Central Labor Union."