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Nay 2nd. 19~l~
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<br />ea~ion, and ~his- time,~ we seared the recommendation of Admiral--Simons, Oomm~nder Fogg of the
<br />N~.~ v~ ~d the assistance of Congressman Darden-?as a mNa~lonat Defense project,
<br /> ~oJe. ct~ ~'~a~ ae~~ea-' a~d~ ~reeme~ en~e~d~ in~e t~t~ the Governme~%~would ~ay ~5~ of the
<br />~d the City~ 2~.. ~en o~e~ ~e question, of selecting ~he kind of pioe~ and we found theft east
<br />ir~n pice ~or ~he yO,OO0 feet needed~ would cos~ a~eu~ ~$yO,0OO,-mo~e. ~the concrete pipe.
<br />I~ ~a~ ~en we beg~ an inves~igatlon of the meriSs of ~ncrete pipe. We fi~s~ c~led in con -
<br />sultation ~he District Superinte~dent of W.P.A., Engineer~PaulC. ~gers~ and Director of Public
<br />Work~ a~ t~ Navy Yard, Commander Fogg, ~h of whom favored the concrete ~ipe~
<br /> I ~en took our City Engineer with me~ ~d we ~rr~ged a conference
<br />Mr. Walter H.p.-Taylor, Director of ~blic Works in Norfolk, ~owing that he ~d been~ ing both
<br />kinds of pipe for m~ ye~s, ~d ~(r. T~lor's fr~k oplni~ was that he preferred t~r~y inch
<br />concrete ~pipe ~o i~n pipe, even at ~ s~e price. He s~a~ed ~ha~ Norfolk now ~m a concrete
<br />pipe lea~ng f~m ~e Prince ~ Norfolk, installed last ye~ ~th which he is ve~ much
<br />pleased, and ~-he much preferred ~he concrete pipe for %he m~n line ~d the cast iron for
<br />the distribution system.
<br /> ~ter ge%ting $~s information f~m three of ~he ablest engineers in Tide~
<br />water, Vir~nia~ I asked ~he .E~or and Vice ~or to act in an advisory capacity Wi~ ~, to
<br />decide ~ich pipe ~uld bes~ serve ~ortsm~uthls in%~es%~ ~ud~ ~hree of
<br />in favor of concrete pipe, ae were uomm~aer ~'ogg~ ~oe~mnvenaen~ ~gers ~.na ~orro+K.$
<br />of Public Works, Nr. W.H~TaYl0r. T~s pipe is made Under,the mos~ stric~ ~ve~men~ specifica-
<br />tions, ~d whi!e it Is bei~ m~ufact~d, ~here i~ alwa~s_~ ~vernm~ ~ert on.~h~l~und'
<br /> to see t~t i~is made as it shouId be. I nave a copy or ~nese spec~z~oa~mons aha w~_~ ce
<br /> ~o have a copy made-for ~y Oouncllm~ who desires
<br /> The Nayor, Vice-~layor and Oity M~ager have done what we conscientiously
<br /> lieved ~o be to the best interests of the City,
<br /> The City of PortSmouth is under con~ract for only one-fourth of the pipe.
<br />The Federal ~vePr~ent le~ its ow~ con%fac% for t~ee four,he of the pipe. The Olty of Ports -
<br />mouth ~d noting ~o do wi~ adver~isi~ for bide, opening or ~ocepting bids. ~t was done
<br />by the U.~. Treasury D~ rtment, afte~ w~ch the Feder~ ~ve~ment let a contract for th~ee-
<br />forths of the pipe ~d the City followed ~% by letting a contract for one-fourth, on the
<br />s~e te~s and at ~he s~e price, $4.98 per fcc%, w~ch was the lowes~ bid.
<br /> ~The selection of the kind of pipe is s~ric~ly ~ engineering problem and
<br /> ~1 of us should %~e advice of engineers in %~s ~.%ter. Three very emlnen~ engineers favor
<br /> the concrete pipe, and the one ~ in Portsmouth who is more c~able th~ ~yone else, of ad -
<br /> vising us as to She kind of pipe we s~uld use, is our o~ City Engineer~ ~d so far as the
<br /> E~age~ ts concerned, he is perfectly ~lling to be gove~ed by the advice of our 0ityEngineer.
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<br />The following letter was read=
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<br /> "I am ~ery much perturbed at the delay in getting the new Suffolk to Ports -
<br />mouth warner.line under construction. I'understand that the 30 inch wood s~ave main has carried
<br />away completely.and is no longer in.service, ~o tha~ the water s~oply for t~his whole area is
<br />totally dependent upon two 20 inch cast iron mains. I further understand that considerable
<br />difficulty is being experienced in meeting present water demands. As you k~ow, the summer
<br />months always bring an increased demand for water; also there is a considerable probability
<br />that there will be an increased demand from the Navy Yard due to additional ships here for re-
<br />pairs and from new facilities going into operation. There are at least three large housing
<br />p~oJects under contract by the Government, as well as a considerable amount of private con -
<br />struction.
<br /> Despite the fact that t~-zis project has been authorized for several weeks,
<br />and the statement I recently saw in the paper that contract had been placed for the pipe, I
<br />understand that further delay is being caused by discussioD concerning the type of pipe to be
<br />used.
<br /> t wish to point out to you the urgent.need for~xpeditious completion of
<br /> and urge
<br />this prSJec~ as a vital need of ti~e wh~le Community as well as the Navy Yard, to %hat
<br />every pos~Ible effort be made to complete it at the e.arlie?~ possible date.
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<br />Very trul~ yours,
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<br />M.H. Simons, Hear Admiral, U.S.N."
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<br />vote:
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<br />Vote being taken on Mr. Foxes motion, same was adopted and by t~he following
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<br /> Ayes Fox, Grimes, Hall, Hutchlns, Warren, Wilson - 6
<br /> Nays = Leigh, Howard, Lawrence - 3
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<br />On motion adjourned.
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<br />City Clerk.
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<br />Approved -
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<br /> P re si dent~
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