6 27 a. M. And most of the big city is still asleep or are a few citizens out there working. On. The streets properly adorned . The big city is ready to face day. The city is awake and most of the citizens are washing. And at the City Reservoir and things are beginning happen. 6 million gallons and 6 a. M. 6 45 a. M. The water level has at the stacie Park Reservoir orders come to step up the pumps. 283 million gallons a day, 65 million gallons a year, year in, year out. Every week. Every every hour. The big city provides water for its people. From the great river. It comes water tons of mud to suck, to drink, to wet, to plow. Mixed with soil from the dakotas, driftwood from minnesota, fish spawned in the missouri and the ohio. But the city must have water, pure water. So its tons of chemicals chemicals. Lime, salt veins, chlorine, ammonium hydroxide. 200 million gallons a day. 65 billion gallons a year. The city provides water for its people and for its factories. 1300 miles of pipe feed, big city like the veins of a huge. And a heart of the journey, have never stopped. Night and day. The pumps and beaten and vessels point at the pulse of the city. And water for the factories. Water for chemicals, water for the leaves. Of water for the steel mills. And water for the foundries foundries. Water the boilers and furnaces. 805 and the big city. Time to fire up the big city. Must live on clean water and clean air. So the air to becomes the responsibility of the big city. Every day the skies are watched the air is checked from this breathing machine. The city sees what is the air, what the people breathe breathe. Today the air is safe and clean. 15 years ago it looked like this. Our lungs looked like this. Now, at 815 in the morning, we can see the sunlight. And the traffic light. 818 in the morning. Time for a change change. With faces washed, dishes cleaned and breathing the morning air. The citizen of the big city is now ready to face the world and traffic. In 130,000 signs and signals 25,000 new signs a year. 6000 new bulbs and. 1500 miles of streets and alleys to be maintained maintained. And nearly 3 million miles of painted lines. 23,000 gallons of paint a year. 8 45 a. M. Since 6 00, 135,000 cars and busses are moved, a Million People into the heart of the big city city. 850 the car is parked a journey by land has ended. 855 time for the city to take the air. Tonight. Traveling this way is simple. No stoplights, no speed limit, no no left turn and, just life hanging a string. Life on a string a pretty tough string, but one that was traveled thousands of miles, left thousands of people, thousands, thousands of times. The city has brought the citizen town. Now it will see that he rides safely and quickly to his place of work. Every elevator is tested twice a year. The construction and plans of every new building must be approved. City engineers, all buildings that are unsafe are condemned. The safety of its citizens is the job of the city. 905 another place of work. The endless, thankless task of keeping cars. By 945, the housewife has bill monument to herself and has created for the city a monumental task. The endless job of keeping the big city. Like a housewife. They come to serve the job of these trucks and crews is never ending. Out in the morning. They return a few hours with the daily waste to the city. The fires of the incinerator must burn continuously to consume the endless waste. 1025. 1025. Light counters, the smears, the blood tests have been delivered to the City Public Health laboratory. They come from doctors and Health Centers in part of the city. These tests will determine communicable disease. The network of prevention must be thorough death. An epidemic of the great of the big city and the city must work to prevent them. Rabies control. Rat control. Mosquito control. No control. No. It is a critical food for the citys children. It is under constant by the department of health. Inspectors. Cruise the city gathering for the city laboratory. These trips take inspectors hundreds of miles out of state. Check the sources of the vital milk supply. Disease does not recognize race wealth nor status. City health is the response ability of the city. For risk for a lung disease disease consultation, treatment for the disturbed. Blood pressure for Heart Disease and child care for those who cannot afford. Well, 55. 1255. And in another part of the big city, that tiny town program is beginning. A happy community is healthy community. The Recreation Centers in the big city provide happiness for many people. For the preschool child are skills to learn and things to dream. For the old and the forgotten. There are many useful days ahead ahead. All over the great city, there are thousands who love to play baseball and got to have a basis for a baseball. And what other wonderful games that a player when you grow up. Softball. Tennis tennis and soccer. Boxing. Field hockey. Or perhaps a picnic at forest park and watching some of those funny games people like to play their. Or maybe just fishing with dad. Now. Sure a lot of things to do in the big city. But for others players all like the men who maintain the citys 50 baseball diamonds. 29 soccer fields. 115 tennis courts. Five miles of bridle paths. 27 holes of golf courses. Hundreds of lawnmowers tractors and trucks. Thousand of plants, shrubs. Trees to keep trim. The citys 3000 acres and parks and playground. But its going to be quitting time. Traffic is picking up. It doesnt take long to clear that big of cars after 435 or 30 6 00 and the city gone home. At city hall, a mayor ends a normal day. 8 30 a. M. Met with the city counselor concerning. The legal problems of the new sewer district. 945 approved a bill authorizing of a new viaduct on grand avenue. 1030 talked with the director of Public Safety about new procedures and testing fuel pumps. 1120 met with City Plan Commission new Rehabilitation Project and slum clearance. 12 go for lunch with president of chamber of commerce outlining progress attracting new business to the big city. 230 inspected new airport administration. 435 approved and signed. Three ordinances. Vetoed on spot zoning. 510 answered. Ten complaints by northside citizens concerning dead trees. 601 went home. But not goes home at six p. For some, the working day is just beginning in the city. Garages, automobiles and trucks wait to serviced. Wait to be made ready for tomorrows work. Environment. And down the street business as usual usual. Every curb and sidewalk in the big cities downtown must be swept for tomorrow. Every night from 11 00, every street every night, 350 city blocks, every night until 6 30 a. M. ,. 10 45 p. M. A time for waiting. For. Uh, fire alarm. The that. A fire been reported on the Northeast Corner of 15th and cass bumpers nine 4140 and hook and ladder seven have been asked to respond. There is a fire alarm in every block of the great city. Over 2000 and an alarm just came from box 2413 in the vicinity of 15th. And cass pumpers nine 4140 and hook and ladder seven are on their way. 25, five and 32 are standing by. It could nothing serious. It could be a false. Its a big one. They need help. Eight under the fire line. This is the chief sent in to hamlet in the second, third and fourth alarm and space of 5 minutes apart. Second alarm from to 24th, 13, 15, and cass number 25 and number five pumper. Respond. Number two, open ladder. And number four. And number two, all in response. There is a family. Are going in. A of five. Two of the kids are okay. A third. Burned pretty badly. Both parents are missing. A fire destroyed his long after it has been put out. These children have lost both parents parents. The city now becomes temporary parent of these children until a foster home is found. In the biggest city. 6 50 a. M. This is. Well, good afternoon, everybody. Im glad to see that were all alive. Well, you all have survived. Now, seven weeks of