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R. C, P. ,.3'uly 30, 1~3:8 rely terminated and the City Attoz~ey be instructed and empowered to take such steps as may be necessary to protect the City's interest a~d rights therein; =Second. '~at the City ~nageP is hereby authorized to im~uediately purchase teams and equipment, and furnish supervision and labor necessary to have the night soil removed in the unsewered portion of the City, at least every30~days. "Third. Tha cost for the purchase of teams and equipment~ not to exceed $2150.00 and for the cost o£ supervision, labor and maintenance for the balance of the year $2540.00, or ~ total sum of $4890~00, and as~ there is on hand ~4073.00 less unpaid bills leaving a dif- ference of $617 to be made available for the collection of ni~ut soil by the City forces a~d equipment.~ ¥~hereupon~ .t~e privi~eg? of tt~e floor ~as granted -to Nr. ~nn~ ~o spoke in regard to his contract, and then Nr. hawks ~ud ~r. Hope, of the Health Department~: spoke in regard to the conditio~ of ni~ht soil collections. ~nen on motion of Mr. ~right, the resolution o£ the Health;Department was referred to the Department of- Public Welfare and the City Manager was instructed to take such action as may be necessary to protect the City's health in th_s'~ emergency. The following resolution adopted by the Health Department July 23; 191$;wm~.e referred to the Department of P~blic Wet,are: "BE IT RESoLVED~by the Board of Health of the City of Po~ts- mouth that we respectfully red, est the Council to take cogniz~uce of this immediate need ( sewer- lng the u~sewered parts of the City), and to initiate measures having for their object the ul- timate relief of said u~sanitary conditions, and the completion of the sewerage of the City> ~ud-Shat we £~ther respectfully request the Council_to authorize its Department of Public ~el- fare, acting in conjunction with the Board of Health;' to have prepared definite plans and d~ta for the purpose of beginning the installation of sewers; to reco~r~u.~n~ the financing of said construction and the method of prooeedure, and to secure if possible; aid f~om the~Government~ and instruct the Department of Public Welfare to report its actions to the Counc_l, together with recommendations.~ ~That owing to the existing emergency caused by the influx of populationand particularly ~he labor situation the City ~ger be authorized to take ~p with the City Council the feasi- bility of transferring six (6) prisoners from the~C~ty Jail to the Saavenger Gang~ with the object of cleaning up the City once every 30 days~ instead of one~ every 60 days:~ ~Tha~ the Director of Health b~ authorized to furnish disinfectants by the Board of Health to Mr. Dunn, the Contractor, because of the s~me emergency conditions owing to the increased population of the City, and to the presence of typhoid feve~ and. the d~nger of an epidemic.~ At this point~ the Chairman of the Finance Department asked permission to make several .recommendations for his Departments and the per~..ission was granted: let. T~h~t the pay of the Superinten~nt of the Strelet Cleaning a~.d Garbage 'Removal De- partment be mnoreased to .$115.00 per mont~ to ~ake effect i~om July l,~ 1918._ 2nd. That an additional appropriation of $465. be made to pay increases in salaries of the engineers and firemen at the Sewerage Pumping Station. 3rdo That the pay of the Deputy City C ' - ollector be mnc~ease~ to $125. per montH~' and the steno~apher..~ to the City Collecto~, $75.00 per month; both zucreases to take effect ~rom July t, 1918. 4t~.~ That the City Treasurer be instructed to deposit the money received from the sale of $18G~0G0.00 School Bonds together with accrued interest, to the credit o~ the General Fund. ~ On motion~ the several recommendations of the Department were allowed by the follow- ing vot*~ the votebeiug the s~ae for each: Ayes-- Bunting~ C~tlpepRer~ Deans~ Hanvey~ Herbert, ~righ~, 6. The following resolution was presented and adopted: ~W~IERF~S, The Norf01kand WashLugton Steamboat Company has anuou~ced its intention to withdraw the service of its steamers from Portsmouth after August l~ 1918; and -~V~EREAS; This will. necessitate such additional expense in transferring baggage and f~eight from Portsn. outh to the ~narf in Norfolk as to increase th~oeosts to passengers and' shippers more than fifty per cent, thus ~mounting to granting a discriminating rate to Norfolk over Portsmouth; and in addition will result in great ~uconveni'ence and loss cT ~ime~ to passengers from Portsmouth over this line; ~N~; ~uUEREFOR~~ BE IT RESOL~UED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia: ~Fi~st~ That the CounOil'ef the City of Portsmouth do most earnestly protest against the withdrawal of the so,ice of the Norfolk and ~ashington Steamboat Company ~om this City. ~Second. That we request the officials of the Norfolk and Nashington Steamboat Company to reconsider, this action in this matter. '~Third. That a copy of these resolutions be forwarded to' the officials-of ~id Company,~ and that the newspapers be requested to publish the saz~e.~ . .