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At a regular meeting of the Ci~ty ounczl, held on October 12th,194@,
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<br />there were present:
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<br />Leslie T. Fox~ Frank N. Bilisoly, J r., ~'red A. Duke, George L.Grimes,
<br />A~thu~ P. Henae~son, ~a~l C. Houghton, Jr., James N.~owa~d, ~E,
<br />tt~zrteva~t, C. E'. Warren, ~. Earl ~eiseman, N. G~y~cell~:City~Mana-
<br />get, and R. C. Barclay, City Attorney ,
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<br />meeting of October tlth,
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<br />The minutes of the regular meeting held September 28th, and called
<br />1~8, were.read and approved.
<br />The follow~ng report from ~he Planning and 'Zoning Commission was read
<br />"At a meeting of the Plar~uing and Zoning
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<br /> Commissign, held October ?th,t
<br />19~8, the sale of a portion of Randolph Street at the intersecti~ of Washzn~ton Street,.refer~
<br />red to the Planning Commission By the City Couneil,~s taken upe
<br /> By unanimous vote of the Planning Commission, this was disapproved."
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<br />On motion, laid on table.
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<br /> Mr. ~Veiseman, Chai~nanof Committee to meet with like committee f~om
<br />Suffolk City Co~tucil, in' reference to Health a nd Recreation facilities on ou~water properties
<br />in Suffolk, reports that the Suffolk Committee agreed bo mail to Mayor Fox a plat of the land
<br />desired and the number of years they would like t o use same.
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<br />~. Howard, Chairman of the Committee on Belt ~ine crossings, recom -
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<br />mended the following:
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<br /> ~ ' 'That the ~o~folk and Portsmouth Belt Line be requi~ed to have crossin~
<br />watc~men at the following crossings: Glasgow Street, Airline TUrnpike, Deep Creek Boulevard
<br />and Kings Highway, . from ?:00 A,M. to l:00 ~.~. continuously each day, ~util such timea s they
<br />have proper electrically-operated signals which have been approved by the Ci~ Cotmci!, and
<br />that safety, gates b~' placed at .High Street and George Washington Highway~ h~3November 1st, 1~8,
<br />and, on me,ion, ~his/recemmendat~on was adopted.
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<br /> The following matters were presented by the City
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<br /> 1st - The Manager presented plans for the third stony on the municipal
<br />building and had N~. Van Leeuwen, a~chitect, to explain same to the Cou~cil.o I
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to instruct the City Manager to secure bids for
<br />same, was adopted.
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<br /> End - The Manager stated that he had w~itten to the League of Virgi-
<br />nia Municipalities fe~ copy of e~dinance on cemeteries and mausoleums.
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<br /> 3rd - The Interstate Commerce Commission will n~et on October 19th t.
<br />decide if they will allow the Southern Railroad to r elinqu~sh~t~he operation of the Atlantic an~
<br />Danville Railway.
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<br /> Notion of Mr. Houghton that the City Manager and City Attorney be in-
<br />structed to intervene on behalf of the City, was adopted,
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<br /> 4th-- ,i should like to recommend that the City offer the Federal
<br />Works Agency the s~nn of $6,000.00'for the Chestnut St. Y.M.c.a., which is being operated at
<br />present ~tud.er.th.e supervision of .the general Y.N.C.., and that $2,900. 00 be spe.n~ o n r epai~s
<br />an~ reconditmonzng of the buildzng, and that the Gover~J~ent be paid $4,000°00 mn actual cash.
<br /> The general Y.M.C.A. is willing to operate this building fo~
<br />the benefit of ou~ colored citizens, and it is my personal opinion that theyare willing to
<br />enter into an agreement with the City ~o p ay a monthly rental for the use of this building and
<br />that these monthly payments would be applied to the tu~chase price at some later date, should
<br />the Y.M.C.A. desire to pu~cha se the entire property.
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<br /> Motion of Mr. Grimes to concu~ in the Manager's recommendation, w as
<br />adopted, f
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<br /> 5th - "I~ conformity with the provisions of Chapter 364 of the Acts
<br />ef Assembly 1934 and Chapter 386.of the Acts of Assembly of 194~, ten days, w~itten notice is
<br />hereby given you that the Compensation Boa~d will meet on the 22nd day of October, 1948, begin-
<br />ning at ten o'clock A.M., on that day in the State Capitol, Richmond, Virginia, for the purpose
<br />of fixing the salary and expenses of the Attorney for the Commonwealth, Commissiongr of the
<br />Revenue, Sergeant and Treasurer of the City o f Portsmouth, for the year begir~uing January 1st,
<br />1949, and ending December 31st, 1949. The meeting aforesaid will b e adjourned f~om d ay to day
<br />until i ts purpose shall have been accomplished.
<br /> Given under my hand this 6th day o f October, 1948.
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<br />E. R. Combs, Chairman.
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<br />On motion filed.
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<br /> 6th - ~Last week, I had a conference in my office with Mr. C.I. Mor-
<br />ton, Superintendent of the Seaboard Air Line Rail~oad, regarding the use of Dieae~ locomotives
<br />in their switching operations on Crawford Street. Mr. Morton informed me that this type of
<br />equipment is not available for purchase at the present time.
<br /> He stated that they would s tart promptly to install on their
<br />steam locomotmves, a devzce knovn~a s 0v.er ~e Steam ~ets, which is equipment used in other
<br />ties to comply with Smoke Abatement 0~dinances and they reduce the black smoke almost 100% on
<br />this typ_e of locomotive,a
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