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~EEEAS, the Richmond, Y~edericksburg and Potomac Railroad <br />Cmmpany has filed with the State Corporation Con~ssion a petition for <br />authority to discontinue the operation of the Pullma~ car operated <br />betw~een NorfoLk and New York via N&W, ACL, RF&P an~ Pa.R; and <br /> <br /> WI~EEEAS, this Pullman car is not only a convenience to citizens <br />of the City of Portsmouth who travel to and from New York, and points <br />in between, but is a necessity to certain citizens who must travel by <br />train and rest while doing so; and <br /> <br /> WHEHEAS, this PulLman car is also a convenience and a neces- <br />sity to persons traveling to Portsmouth in f~rtherance of the business <br />and cultural interests of the City and the personal interests of citizens <br />of the City; and <br /> <br /> WHEREAS, the discontinuance of this PulLman car would deprive <br />the citizens of the City and others of a ~means of ~ransportation which <br />the Council thinks they are entitled ~o have; now, .therefore, <br /> <br /> BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia: <br /> <br /> Section l: - That the City of Portsmouth is opposed to the <br />petition of the Richmond, Fredericksburg and Potomac Railroad Company <br />for authority to discontinue the operation of the Pullman car operated <br />between NorfoLk and New York via N&W, ACL, p~wg~ and Pa.R, and that the <br />State Corporation Co~ssion is urged to deny the same. <br /> <br /> Section 2: - ~at the City Clerk is directed to transmit <br />certified copies of this resolution vo the State Co~oration Co~ssion, <br />the Richmond, Fredericksburg s~d Potomac Railroad Csmpany, the Norfolk <br />and Western F~ilway Company, the Atlmntic COaSt Line Railroad Csmpany <br />and the Pennsylvania Railroad. <br /> <br /> Adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia~ <br />at a n~eting held February 23, 1965. <br /> <br />City Clerk <br /> <br /> <br />