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~ ..- .- - 3: TUESDAY OCTOBER 13. 1964 Noting the Committee's specific reference to Moorefield's Cleaners & Laundry, Inc., and County-City Laundry Corporation, and to the assertion that these firms have done little to abate smoke and air pollution, Council directed that a copy of the Committee's report be forwarded to these firms with Council's warning that it will consider enacting regulatory measures to compel the discontinuance by these firms of smoke and air pollution if these firms do not voluntarily take steps forthwith to comply. Mr. George W. Lester, of Lester Lumber Company, Inc., appeared before Council and stated that, if the forthcoming October 20th bond referendum passes, Lester Lumber Company will donate rights-of-way from lands it owns along the western portion of Elizabeth Street, the eastern portion of the proposed ItInner Looprr as an extension of Lester Street, and for the East-West Boulevard from Liberty Street to Northside Drive. Council acknowledged this offer with gratitude and appreciation, noting the many donations for street rights-of-way by Lester Lumber Company during the past years. Through Dr. C. J. Mathes, Director of the local Health Department, the Commonwealth of Virginia presented its check in the amount of $182.05 to the City as the City's pro-rata share of a refund due because of an unfilled posi tion ~n the Local Health Department for the fiscal year ended June 30, 1964. City Manager Hirst reported that bids were received on October 6th for the construction of approximately 2,323 feet of an eight-inch vitrefied clay pipe sewer line along an extension of the new Armory Road to the new industrial access road near Route 220 North, t~ese bids being as follows: Hackler-Seymour Metal Works, Inc., $7,827.00; and Prillaman & Pace ,$10,996.00 ;