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July 12th, 1960 44-60- The application of Wiley Re Shope and A.D. Stampley, .... The Plan~.in~ Commission r~commends that this application be approved. Motion of Mr. Breed~ove to c~ncur in the recommenda'tion ~f the' Planning Commission to approve on first reading was adopted, without dissenting vote. 7-60 - The application of Victory Manor Homes, Inc. The Pl~anhing Commission recommends that,{this application be denied. Motion of Mr. Barnes to concur in the recommendation of the Planning Corm~ission ~o deny, was adopted, without dissenting vo~e. 60-204 - Motion'o~ Mr. Breedlove ~o suspend the rules Go hear from Otto Steenmoller of the Western Union Company, was adopted. Mr. Steemnoller spoke regarding the change of servide in the Portsmouth Western Union office and presented the following information: "Average number of messages filed during each hour ~o be reduced: Monday through Saturday: 7-8A.~o .6 8-9A.M. 1.0 7-SP.M. 2.7 6-9P.M. 2.5 9-10 P.M. 1.5 10-11 P.M. 1.1 11-12 P.M. .6 Sunday: 1-2P.M. 2-3P.M~ 3-4P.M. 1.5 4-5P.M. .5 Monday through Friday Saturday Sunday 7A- 12 Mid 7A- 12Mid 9A- 5P Proposed Hours: Monday through Friday Saturday Sunday 9A . 7P 9A - 7P 9A - 1P." ~dissentiug vote. Motion of Mr. Bree~love that the information be received and filed, was adopted, withou~ i 60-2~1 -- ~he following ~etters ~e~arding bus.transportation were read: "We, the undersigners, of, South Loxley and Lo~ley Place request bus service and school transportation in our community, equal.to that of 'other areas in:~he ue~ly annexed territories. (Signed) Mr, and Mrs. J,W. Oliver, ll4 York Drive, and numerous others." "I see mn re-routing your buses you did not conside~ the Prentis Park residents who mostly have to shep at Be Lo, corner Lincoln and Green Sts. ~y net put a bus on Lincoln St., where it was for years. So many people have to call taxis ~o get ~the~r grocers home. ~Signed) Mrs. Smith, Mrs. Segal, Mrs. Piero and Mrs. Thomas. "We call our city 'Progressive Portsmouth3 but in one category we are regressing and that is in the public .transportation of citizens on our local bus~s.- I ride the Hedges Ferry bus and the servic, out here can easily be linked with the horse and buggy days. From the cor~er of. Old Suffolk ~lvd. and Hedges Ferry Rd. to High and Court Sts., it takes the b~s forty minutes to mak~ the run and tb_e same time on return trip. If I miss a bus~ as'I did today, hy five minutes, I must wait oue whole hour for the next one. You can rest assured that by the time I reached home today I was hot, tired and disgusted. On the_Community Motor Bus CompanY's buses, I could make the run in twenty or twenty, five minutes on their south ruu ~o and from ~oval. Now if this is not regression, what is? How about giving us thirty minute service on the Hedges Ferry bus or give us back to the Community Motor Bus Co.? ~igned - Mrs. James E. McDaniel, 312 Saunders Drive. adopted° Motion of Mr° Breedlove ~o suspend the rules to hear from interested persons was The following spoke - Mrs. Eloise Gulotta and John Olliver Motion of Mr. Weiseman that the specific complaints be referred to the City Manager for ~andling with the Transit Company, and that ,the Transit Company .furnish the Council with a schedule showing rouzes, headways, .etc., as to their present service, was adopted, without dissenting vo~e. Mr~ Weiseman also requested that all complaints received be held and checked later.