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A~rit tgth. 194~. Freio~t rates on coal to Portsmouth a re as follows: Poca~hontas Field $ 3.70 per net ton Splint Field 3.80 ~ ~ ~ Pe~aa. Antl~racite 4.11" '~ ~ The above ser~es to show what an important item frei~at is to the retail coal merchant. The State has recognized this to be necessary to the welfare of coal dealers and others in the sa~me sort of position. We ~incerely hope and trust that this provision might be included in PortsmouthTs new tax law. it is the request of the coal dealers i n Portsmouth that the City Council amend the new License Tax Law to allow this · ~ · - ~ oonszd~ratmon for frezgmt. The new method already increases our license taxes an estimated two to four times as muchas prevazled' under the older method. Your consideration and co-operation will be appreciated. Yours very truly, Clinton C. ~ Boyce." The following letters in regard to the Electrical Ordinance were read: let - EAt a meeting of the Electricai League of Portsmouth, h eld on the evening of ~a~ch 3rd, 1949, the League went on rdcord b~ uns~uimous vote to endorse and work for the enactment of a new City Electrical ordinance. The present Electrical 0rd-n~uce~ was enacted twenty-nine years ago, and is not in keeping with-the progress that has been made in tl~ electric industry. Today in the home, we have for example, the all-electric kitchen, with push button and automatic con - trol; mn our basement or ut_lzty room we have the tzme-controlled automatic furnace; in manu- facturi~ plants and work shops we have push button and e_ectron~c~ ' controls. These devices require skilled mechanics, with the knowledge and experience to install and maintain them pro- periy~ Doctors, law, ers, engineers and pl~ambers are not granted license to practice their orofession or trade in the City until they have proven by passing au examina- tion that they ~ave the proper eualif~cations.~ - ¥~y not electricians? Eiectrmczty' ' is our best and safest servant when~roperly znstalled, but w~en i ~ ' · hazard to life and ~ re eft . -~ne ~ea ue ~ . ~. mpropermy znstalled, mt then becomes a P P y - g has mn z~s files the Electrical ordinances from eight o~ the largest 'cities in the State~ They all require a person to qualify for license by pass- ing an examination based solely on the ~ules of tlme National Electric Code, which is a standar~ for electrical Lustallations in the United States, T~ne League also has in ~ · ~ts files a model Electrical 0rdmnance secured from the National Electrical ~anufacturers Association. This ordinance was selected as the best out of several h~d~ed submitted, and is endorsed by theIntezmatmonal' Association of Electric inspectors. ~e resoectfully ask you gentlemen, to have the prope~' emtyauthori-' ties go into this matter and dra~ up a new Electricsl Ordinance that will be in accord with ~e present day practices. Any assistance or material that the League can offer will be gladly given. ~¥e would like to state, ~n closino~ that the Lea~ ~ 'been organized ia January cz ~nzs year (1949). Our azm ms "Better and Adequate Wiring not to increase the cost of electr_cal work, as stated recently by a local afternoon paper. the larger cities in the State have a similar league, and they have proven an asset to the co~ munity. The membership is composed of persons earning their livelihood in some bra~ucho f the electric industry, ~ad inn o w ay are we affiliated with any other ergamization. ~ours tr~ly, ~lecvrmcal League of Portsmouth, Va., H. C. Pollard, Secretary-Treasurer C · G. L. B~ickell, Vice- hamr~man. ~ ~nd - w~ttached you ~ill find a copy of an Electrical Ordinance which the Electrical League of Portsmouth is submitting for your approval. This ordinance is similar to the ordina~ cee used in the majority of the cities t~h~oughout the country. The Electrical League of Portsmouth representing the Electrical con- tractors and other people of Portsmouth, affiliated with the Electrical ~dustry, heartily en- dorses this ordinance and requests that you give it your utmost consideration, s o that it may be adopted before the new license period of May l, 19~9. Respectfully, Electrical League of Portsmouth, By H.C. Pollard, Sec.~ ~rd - ~After reviewing the attached proposed ordinance wlQich was submitted to you recently by the lectrmcal League of Portsmouth, Z am of the opinion that mt may be worthy of consideration. TheElectricat Lea~ae of Portsmouth, a fairly new organization, is composed largely of electrical contractors licensed in the City of Portsmouth. The intent of the proposed ordinance, is that the City create a board of electrical e xaminers,.whose duty it would be t~ pass on the qualifications of electrical Contractors and electrical jo~neymen, operating or plying the electrical trade in the City. The draft is very similar to the Plumb- ing Code which has been in effect for a number of years. At present, as in the past, there is no legalmeans of denying any person the privilege of paying the required license tax and fumishing the necessary bond in