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3: TUESDAY OCTOBER 13. 1964 NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED, by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 13th day of October, 1964, that it doth hereby vacate, abandon and discontinue all of "F", "G", and "H" Streets, and further doth direct that the Clerk of the Circuit Court of the City of Martinsville shall mark the same so vacated, abandoned and discontinued on his records. Upon recommendation of City Manager Hirst, Council unanimously adopted the following resolution authorizing the City Manager to execute and file with appropriate authorities an application for a Federal grant of $33 ,600.00 towards the cost of constructing specified sewerage system projects, viz., the 'Smith Lake Outfall; a portion of the Jones Creek Interceptor; and Lines 4-10, 4-11, 5-1, and 5-2, this being for the 1964-65 fiscal year: BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, in regular meeting assembled this 13th day of October, 1964, that Julian F. Hirst, City Manager of the City of Martinsville, be and i~3 hereby authorized to execute and file an application entitled, "APPLICATION FOR FEDERAL GRANT FOR SEWAGE TREATMENT WORKS UNDER 33 u. S. c. 466 et seq.", said application being made to the United StatES of America for Federal assistance in the amount of $33,600.00 in the constru- ction of the following phases of the City's sewerage system improvement program, viz., the Smith Lake Outfall; a portion of the Jones Creek Interceptor; and Lines 4-10, 4-11, 5-1 and 5-2. By letter dated October 7, 1964, Mr. E. E. Simpson, Personnel Supervisor of Continental Can Company's local plant, informed Council that the source of water supply for the plant's sprinkler system (fire protection) will soon no longer be available and, consequently, the plant must make arrangements for another source of supply. Accordingly, the Continental Can Company ,- requested Council to provide a source through the construction of an eight- inch water line, inasmuch as the present four-inch line near the plant would not provide an adequate supply for fire protection. Council continued this request for study.