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still be considered suitable for bathing, without causing illness or disease, is not definitely know, m, due to the lack of specific epidemic- logical data. ~ Fis~hi~g ~- Page lC, ~_uote: "No loss is indicated' in the amo.unt of shad and other fimh taken from the ws~ters of Hampton Roa~,~ as a result of increasing sewage psllution." Page 188~. sucre.' "Shad production for the Hampton t~oads area has increased in spite of the conditions of overfishing.~ Shell fish° Page 240, quote~ ~At such times as major concentrations of Naval vessels occur within the Roads~ and in spite off municipal sewage t~atment, bacterial concentration~ ~y reach the point where~ it will be ~ecessary to suspend temporarily the use of the waters for bat~ng and for the taking of shell fish~ unless the sewage from these vessels emu be efficiently treated prior to discharge, or otherwise disposed of outside of Hampton 1~ads~~ 5 Appearance of .the waters of Ha~oton Roads~ 'Page !88, auote: nThe waters of-Hs_mpton Roads are in general cleaner and more pleasing to the senses than the water of many large harbors on the eastern seaboard, using dilution as a F.,ethod of sewage disoosa!. Page 190, quote: "The oublic demand for sm i~orovement in H~pto~ ~ads to eliminate nuisance c~n~tions does not apply to the same extent t~t it does to m~ other contaminated waters~ as the waters of H~pton - Roads are still pleasant to sight and without sewage odors. ~ I am ~ot unmindful of the fact that our population.has greatly increased, due to the Defense program, since the time of the Crohurst report~ but I am still believe that, in the lightof the euestions I ~have brought out above, the whole matter should be re-inventor- ied to~s.ee if we shoUld'divert necessary labor and material from our desperate Nations~ Defense efforts, and pay fifty to one huhdred-per cent more than in normal times, regardless of pays for it. In th~ foregoing, I am not attempting to. claim that sewage disposal facili- ties in Hamoton Roads are not desirable or that Zhey will not become necessary, but I believe that if the-Council, concurs in the above thoughts, the Btate Legislature, ~nichmeets in Janu - s~y, should have an opportunity to study this problem~ ~th National Defense as the first con sideration~'~ · On motion of ~r~ Hutehins, the recommendation of the City Msmager was con ...... d ~n amd the 0ltv ~nn~er was lnst_~c~ed to aoply to the United Btates Government .for gra~t of Two Million (~2-,000,000.00) Dollars to assist the 0~y ~n e suablzshing tion olant to .take care of the needs of the City of Portsmouth smd that part of Norfolk 0aunty lyl~g-on '~he* ~_~ side of the E 'izabethl Ri~er trier, and further, that the 0ity !&muager and the 0ity Attorney be instructed to take such steps as may be necesss~'y for construction, financing, and operation of a separate sewage dis posal system for the City,~,a~d by~e following vote~' A~es~ Fox, Grimes, Hall~ Howard, Hutchins~ Lawrence, l~arren, On mStion adj~zrned. 0ity Clerk ~proved -