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On motion of I~r. Howard, the following resolution was adopted: W~REAS, vhe ~ttantmc ~nd Danville Ra~_lway Company has oetitisned the Stave Corporatmon Commission for permission zo discontin-~e t~ains No. 3 and 4, bet~een Portsmouth and Danville, Virginia, amd ~£HEREAS, the discontinuance of these trains would seriously handicap shipments of sea foods a_nd o ther~ perishable commodities by express to points along this line, and V~_-EREAS, it would remove the only passenger service between Portsmouth Virginia, and Charlotte, North Carolina, and all invermediate points, BE iT RESOL~ED a~y THE CITY COD~CiL 0F PORTSMOUTH,, ViRGINT_A~, that we vigorously request the State Corporation Commission to deny ,the quest to remove these ,trains." Motion o f Mr. Howard that proper officers of ~he City appear before the State ~orporavlon Con~nission in b ehal~ of ou_~ resolution, w as a~opted. 5th - The City L~anager presented the fol~lowing letter from the City Electrical inspector, which was ordered filed: ~[entioned at the April 12th meeting of the City 0ouncil were three new street lig~ats for installation at ~the following corner, s: Chestnut mua Palmer Sts. Chestnut a~ud Henry Sts. Sherwood and Clifford Sts, The first named light was ordered installed on December 12th, 1947.De- lay in the installation is for the s.ame reason %hat befell the Prentis Park job of fifty three lights, inasmuch as this location is on the same circuits that supply the Prentis Park area. However, I am glad to say that the Prentis Park job is now well underway and going forward. ~The Chestnut and Palmer St. light will be installed just as soon as the V.E.P. gets to that section of the work. %~ne latter two lights, as mentioned above, have been ordered and it is expected that they will be installed in the next few weeks." dent made 8th The ~ ' '~ - ~anage~ presented the lc!lowing letter front he Superinten- of Electrical Department: ~As requested by City Oo~uacil at its last meeting, a survey has been of ~cadia Heights and North Tr~mton ~n reference to street lighting. At present there are four street li~mts in Arcadia Heights proper, T~o lights occur om ArcaS~a St. ~ud two on ~agnolia St. These blocks are of double length~ In order that the proposed lighting may be on a par with that in other sections of ~ne City,five new street lights are being recommended, in the total follo~ng, for t_bis section~ North Truxton extends to the north a nd to the east of Arcadia Seights, This section has no street lmg_~s at present and ~s well built up with homes for colore~ people Seventeen new ~treet lights are proposed for this area. Locations for New St~e.~Ligh~ ~ag~aoiia St. midway between Gosport Hd. and Allen ~ve. (pole 9Ei19) Ea~olia St. midway between Allen and Kili~a Ave. (9T78) Arcadia St. midway between Gosport Rd. a nd Allen Ave. (pole 9B18) Arcadia St. midway between Allen a nd KilianAve. (9098) Pinewell St. midway between _~len and F~lian Ave. (pole ~TB~) Magnolia St. ~ud Trdxler Ave. (pole 9797) Magnolia St. and Timothy St. (pole 9V96) West A~istead ~ive and Kilism~ Ave. West Armistead Drive ~ud Trexler Ave (9~9t2) West Armistead D~ive and Timothy St. (pole 9791) Kiliam Ave. midway between ~est Armistead Drive and Dale St.(pole 911~ Kili~ Ave. a nd Dale St. F~lian~ve. mi0~ay between Dale St. a nd Bagley St. (91~) Trexler Ave. n~dway between West A~mistead Drive and Dale St. (9117) Ba~ley and Hull Sts. (pole 9488) Bagley and Fmaox Sts. Bagley St. and Kilian Ave. (Pole 9~1) Bagley St. midway between Eilian Ave. &Dale St. (pole Bagley St. and Dale St. (pole Bagley St. miS~y between Dale St. and West A~istead Drive (9~818) Bagley St. s~d west Armistead Drive (9891) Bagley St. west end (pole ~888).~ 7th - The ~anager presented the following letter from t he Superinten- dent of the Electrical Department, which was or dered filed: "I beg to advise that new State and United States Highway route mark- e~s and info~mation signs have been ins talled along the several highways in the City. The mark- ers and signs are of reflectorized material which makes th e~ plainly visible at night. They a~ quite an improvement over the old type and should prove a ~raat conve~lienee to the str~nagers coming into the City during the approaching sommuer months. 8th - The Ma~nager presented the following letter from t he City ~ngi- neer~ '~Heference is made to the land adjoining the Sewage Treatment Plant that we were authorized to mak~ an offer of ~,&O0.O0 for. This land comprises 18 lots~ ~$~ x 100' each, n~o~nbered 8S to 80 inclusive, as sno~ on the map of Pinners Point, belonging to the South Point Realty Company,