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TUESDAY AUGUST 27, 1957 Messrs. William and Phillip Davis, on behalf of thar-father, Mr. J. Ben Davis, appeared before Council and rene,'red a request for permission to replace andjor extend a City water main from near the South Martinsville School (outside the corporate limits) on Route 220 South across Route 220 to their property fronting on the west side of said Route 220. Council suggested that, if the request is granted, City Manager Hirst and the Messrs. Davis reduce to wri ting certain obligations the petitioner rrru.st assume, in order that there be no misunderstanding. Action by Council on the petition, itself, was deferred. City Manager Hirst presented a financing schedule for the proposed sewerage system improvements program, dated August 20, 1957, as prepared by Wiley & Wilson, Consulting Engineers. This schedule contemplated a seven-year construction program of $3,462,000.00 to be financed by, including operational and debt service expenditures over twenty-six years, a total bond issue of $2,350,000.00, a temporary loan of $5,100.00, and the imposition of a new sewer service charge (to replace the present sewer service charge) equal to customers' monthly vmter bills. Council continued this matter for further study. Upon request of cwners-operCltors of local tobacco warehouses, Council granted courtesy parking privileges for the 1957 tobacco marketing season to tobacco farmers on the same basis as was v-anted for the 1956 season, stipulating that the extending of these privileges would be for only the 1957 season and that each future season would be considered separately. City Manager Hirst informed Council that trustees of the First Baptist Church have indicated that they would dedicate five feet of right-of-way fronting on their property on the north side of East Main Street (the former Holland Motor Company site) in exchange for construction by the City of a new five-foot sidewalk and,