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S4 TUES DAY JULY 12..1_1957 appreciation to Burroughs-White for supplying an automobile to the Fire Iepartment over the past seven years, instructing the Clerk to cortVey this expression to this firm. City Manager Hirst informed Council of Dr. stanley P. Mayers' resignation as County-Gity Health Director, effective Septeml:::Jer, 1957, who will be taking a leave of absence from the state Health DepartJIent to further his studies in public health at Johns Hopkins University. Council went on record as thanking Dr. Mayers for his fine vrork during his assooiation with the City. Pointing out that the current budget provides $3,000.00 as the City's fifty-per- cent share of the estimated cost of plan preparation for widening Routes 57-58 from Booker Road to Bob Gregory street, City Manager Hirst reported that the state Highway Department has indicated an interest in enlarging upon the scope of the project to the extent of developing plans for the widening of the bridge across the Carolina & Northwestern Railway right-of-way at an additional estimated cost of $4,000.00 (50% of $8,000.00) to the City, although there is a possibility of the Federal Government participating in the cost, in which event the City's cost would be reduced to 25% of the estimated total of $14,000. Upon Mr. Hirst's recommendation, Council unanimously authorized the Manager to enter into an agreement with the state Highway Department providing for the developrrent of and payrent for these plans, with the understanding that efforts would continue to be made to obtain Federal aid as hereinbefore mentioned. City Manager Hirst presented to Council a report for the first six months of 1957, covering traffic accidents, personal injuries, fatalities, and ~operty damage, noting a decrease from the corresponding period of 1956.