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HomeMy WebLinkAbout07-22-47=x~ti ~ 1 Council Minutes Contfd. Pulaski, Va., July 22, 1947 The Council of the Town of Pulaski, Virginia met in( regular semi-monthly session in the Council-Chamber of the M ~ ici- ~al building at 7:30 P. M., July 22, 1947. PRESENT There were present: Mayor A. T. Eskridge, presidin ; Verna L. Dalton, clerk; A. W. Gatewood, director of public wo ks; and Councilmen: C. V. Jackson, Howard R. Imboden, F. A. Seagl~ , W. D. Aust, G. C. Hall, `"J. F. White and I. R. Carper.- Absent T. F. Vu'irt. MINUTES The minutes of the regular monthly meeting held on j I July 8, 1947 were read and approved. j BUILDING The following building permits, coming within the ~ PERMITS ~ requirements of the ordinance Prere granted: To. Glenna L. Bo ock for two-story concrete block and brickcased dwelling on west ide of Bowling Court between First St. S. W. and Commerce Street, to cost X5,000.00; To Dewey Bowles for one-story bath room addit on to house at 623 Franklin Avenue,-~ material frame, to cos X100.00; To Clinton Taylor for one-story frame lunch-room add ti on to grocery store building on north side of 4th St., N. E., to cost TENATIVE APPROVAL E.&G. DALTON HOSPITAL ADDITION X1800.00; To J. Wallace for frame and metal store front with argue. to store (B. P. 0. Elks Building) on north side of 2nd Stree , N. W., betareen Washington & Jefferson Avenues to cost X2000.0 ; To .Pulaski Hospital, Inc. for two-story brick veneer, 8" cind r block backing addition to Nurses' Home on north side of 10th t. N. W., between Jefferson and Randolph Avenues to cost X20,00 .00. Council tentatively approved the building permit ap li- cation of E. and G. Dalton for one-story brick and concrete service station on south side of 5th Street, N. W., betvreen Vdashingt Jefferson Avenues, to cost X10,000.00, the application being and sect to all requirements being met and plans and specifications being submitted to the Council for final approval. that before Pulaski Hospital could proceed with proposed addition Dr. R. F. Thornhill appeared before the Council, st~ting to the hospital, it would be necessary to acquire a small plod of land from the town. After discussion, the matter was continu~d o O, !"ti 1 ~-:',~) Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., July 2~, 1947 with A. Vd. Gatewood, director of public works, to confer with Dr. Thornhill in regard to the matter. DIRECTORY Mr. W. A. Moon, representing the Directory Publishing ~fAP Company, Waynesboro, stated that an up-to-date nap of the town was needed for publication in the new directory for the toarn and asked the Council whether a new map could be drawn for same. No action was taken on the matter, due to time element and involved cost, although Council advised Mr. Moon that the director of public works was willing to assist him in any connection he could. DIRECTORY On motion, duly made, seconded and unaaimnus~y passed, ORDER order was placed with Mr. W. A. Moon for five directories C~ X10.00 each, to cost X50.00. CO&1FORT In the matter of providing comfort stations in the STATIONS townfor out-of-town visitors, Clyde L. Duncan, representing! the Retail Merchants Business Club of the town, appeared before Council, requesting that a committee be appointed from the Council to work with the committees of the Board of Super- visors and the Retail Merchants Business Club in regard to the matter. In executive session, on motion of Howard R. Imboden, seconded and duly passed, Mayor A. T. Eskridge was authortasdto:appoint a committee of two to work with the ~, committees aforementioned, whereupon the Mayor appointed 4a. D. Aust and C. V. Jackson. PETITION A. I, Crowell, Attorney, representing the residents BASKERVILLE PIFRCE:` in the general area of Baskerville Avenue, Graham Avenue, ~~BI~ENTS Pierce Avenue, and Fifth Street, South, appeared before the Council with a delegation consisting of W. E. Quesenberry, C. N, Tester, B. P. Morris and Mac Gallimore and presented a petition signed by twenty-seven residents of the afore- mentioned area, requesting street improvements, sewage facilities and street lighting as set forth in the petition, which was filed in the town files. ,~_$pt• n>./ Council Minutes Conttd. Pulaski, Va., July 22, 1947 After consideration in executive session, on motion ~f I. R. Carper, seconded by Howard R. Imboden, and unanimously p~.ssed, the matter eras referred to the street committee for investigation and to report back at the next meeting. WATER Robert P. Bunion re?~orted to the Council that the wa er SURVEY REP. survey began July 16, 1947, and was being conducted by J. Alex Haller, Jr., William R. Dougherty, Jr., Donald Scott, Hubert F' Groseclose, Jr. and W. N. Huff, Jr., was proceeding quite sati - factorily. Mr. Bunion informed the Council that the estimated time to complete the survey would be three weeks, said survey peing conducted at the wage rate of sixty cents per hour each. E.DALTON The director of public works submitted a request of ALLEY REQUEST Ernest Dalton to open fully the alley running North from the DIRECTOR PUBLIC WORK S REPORTS rear of the Kroger store to Fourth Street. Following interrogation of the director of public works as to size of fob, etc., upon of F. A. Seagle, duly seconded and unanimously passed, the re was granted. The director of public works reported as follows: 1.~ The sanitary sewer on east 5th Street had been completed. 2. The concrete alley betv~Teen the Umberger and: Pobst buildings on Main Street had been comb pleted with the exception of capping the creek wall. 3. ~~ork began July 22, 1947 to replace several sections of sidewalk in front of the Pulask Motor Company. SERVICE STATION WATER USAGE W. F. White brought before the Council the matter o several service stations practice of using water twice a day wash walks, stating that said practice was engendering critici from the~.public. No action was taken on the matter other than tion st suggestion tendered by Mayor A. T. Eskridge to contact the est~b- lishments in question and ask their cooperation in the matter. "Urt TURNS Councilman White further called the attention of the Council to the traffic congestion problem at the corner of Fir t Street and Washington Avenue due to irU" Turns, asking the Coup it to take some action to place a restriction on the "U " Turns. ~_ ~ ~ `" Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., July 22, 1947 After considerable discussion and consulting of the director of public works and the chief of police, upon motion of C. V. Jackson, seconded by W. F. White, the matter was referred to the street committee to report back at the next meeting. PARKING C. V. Jackson advised the Council that large busses SOUTH WASH.AVE. and trailors parking south of the Maple Shade entrance-ems on Washington Avenue restricted the view of motorists approach- ing Washington Avenue from Commerce Street and requested the Council to take action on the matter. The matter was referred to the director of public works and Chief of Police L. S. Boothe for investigation. TRAFFIC H. R. Imboden brought to the attention of the Council CONGESTION COR.DORA the matter of traffic congestion at the corner of Dora Highway HV~Y. and Washington Avenue,~suggesting parking on one side of the street only as a possible remed~t. No action was taken on the matter. HOLE Councilman Jackson told the Council that a large DO RA HWY. hold on the side of Dora Highway, adjacent to the eastern side of the bridge at Washington avenue created a hazard and should be filled. The director of public works advised that the hole was not a part of the street and should not be driven into. No k action was taken on the matter. SB~OKE H. R. Imboden further pointed .out to the Council the COMPLAINTS ` complaints of several North Side residents in regard to the . smoke and soot created by the industrial plants, asking that ,~ a cooperative study be made of the problem. M$yor A. T. Eskridge thereupon asked the director of public works to contact other towns having the same difficulties with solutions for same, to report back as soon as practicable. CALFEE The town attorney submitted the request and proposal REQUEST HISTORIC of E. D. Calfee to take action on the preservation of the LOG CAB. historic log cabin in the mountain park, which wa.s in a state of disrepair and neglect. On motion of F. A. Seagle, seconded by H. R. Imboden and unanimously passed, the matter was referred to the Public Property Committee to confer with Mr. Calfee. ~~ ~~~ Council Minutes Contd. Pulaski, Va., July 22, 1947 ~': n~J4'HITE 4'fAY Councilman I. R. Carper asked that the Council take '~ LIGHTING~I some action to correct the poor lighting system in effect on ~twhite way". No action was taketion the matter, suggestion b~ director of public works being that an entire new system of lighting might be better for consideration by the Council.. GARBAGE Mayor A. T. Eskridge presented to the Council a oropo CONTRACT ' PROPOSAL to have garbage and trash collected under contract. Upon motio of ~6'. F. th'hite, duly seconded and unanimously passed, the Mayo was asked to appoint a committee to investigate the possibilities of a contract in this connection, whereupon the Mayor appointe T. F. Wirt, I. R. Carper and C. V. Jackson. HOGAN ~ L. L. Trinkle, engineer in charge of repairs to Hoga DAM REP. Dam. and raising of the Dam to eight feet in bight, reported to (TRINKLE) the Council as follows: A0 ~ N~ S D A~ f~RnT7TT1U(`~ nHogants Dam is a~rock filled dam faced with a 12 in .Concrete slab. sixty feet bight and about 300 feet long. Grouting operations were undertaken to accomplish t purposes; - to stop as far as possible the large leaks through ~t.he ~a /I I Clam and to stabilize the structure. so that an additional heigh of 62 feet could be made. The original estimate of X40,000 ws.s bzsed upon the most reliable information available; namely; tha '- the leaks were mostly through foundation rock and that the roc fill had been placed according to specifications and was still in go d condition. This fill was approximately 18,000 cubic yards. r,. Our plans were to grout one-fourth of that area or 4 0 cu. yds. of rock fill. 4"ve estimated the voids at 15 percent (Mr. Howard Jackson, eater Superintendent, estimated l0 percent.) . This gave us an estimated placement of 700 cu. yds. of grout. .his vaith drilling of bed rock was estimated to cost X40,000 or abo X57.00 per cubic yard of grout placed. When drilling and grouting operations were started it was soon apparent that the premises were in error. The rock fi 1 had settled away from the concrete facing slab as much as thre feet in places. Consequently the fe.cing slab had been badly c eked, points opened up and numerous leaks developed. These had wash away fines in the rock fill and caused it to be unstable. The final grouting disclosed the fact that voids were fifty percent rath than the fifteen estimated. Conditions were so bad the struct e was thought in danger of collapse with the reservoir full. Th circular valve tower extending to bottom of the dam had probably saved it in the fast. The tower had been pushed back so that points n the ap stream face were open. With fifty percent voids grout could not be held in 1~ Q~~~- Council Minutes Contd. desired locations so the entire structure the new conditions. of one bag of cement was changed to three and the mixing plant Pulaski, Va., July 22, 1947 the project developed into solidification of Plans and specifications were changed to meet The original specifications were for a mixture and one cubic foot of powdered limestone. This cubic feet of limestone to one bag of cement, was changed so that it had three times its original capacity. 4~1zen comp~.eted we had placed 9, 505 cubic yards of grout or thirteen and one-half times the original estimated quantity. 65,000 bags or 65 car loads of cement and 190,000 cubic feet of rock flour were used. The total cost ~raas X137,793.78, making a unit cost of X14.50 per cubic ~ard of grout placed. V~Jhile the total cost was approximately 3~ times the original estimate, 13~ time more grout was required. The unit cost of X14.50 per cubic yard was very low for that class of vaork. The grouting program was successful. You now have a solid stable structure with strength to spare, in carrying the additional eight feet raise dust completed. It is also vrater tight for all practicable purposes. About as much water as will flow through a 3/4 inch pipe is going through, under or around it, probably through the rock under the abutments. This amount is neglible and not worth the money required to stop it. " Respectfully Submitted; /s/ L. L. Trinkle RAISING HOGAN~S DAM ----_- ftAfter completion of the grouting program it was de- cided by the V6'ater Committee to raise Hogan~s Dam eight feet instead of six and one-half as first contemplated. This work has been completed. The additional height is a solid concrete barrier placed on top and tied to the grouted rock filled dam. It is approximately three hundred feet lon~* and is composed of a. thirty- six foot spillway section and two hundred and sixty-four feet of bulkhead section, tied into rock cliffs on each end. The original estimate for this construction ~Tas X18,000.00. The actual cost was $p16,993.10 or X1,006.90 under the estimate. The cost is broken down as follows: - Rock and Concrete Excavation X2,500.00 Reinforcing Steel & Copper Seals 671.53 Lumber 900.22 Concrete 12.921.35 Total X16,993.10 Approximately four hundred cubic yards of concrete were required. " ,;, Respectfully Submitted, /s/ L. L. Trinkle ADJOURN- There being no further business, the Council adjourned MENT at 9:40 o~clock, P. M. Attest: Approved: -- ~ Mayor Clem of ounc l