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AuEust 24th, 1948.
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<br /> The Chair appointed on said committee - ~essrs. Duke and Henderson.
<br />
<br /> The ~ayor ~geste~ that the Cit~ Manager take up v~th the Seaboard
<br />Air Line Railway the question of using D~is~lEngines in piece o~ coal burners in the City.
<br /> ~ne following ordinance, placed on i ts first reading at last meeting,
<br />was taken up:
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<br /> ~AN 0RD!E~NCE TO PROHiBiT lARKING 0N T[EWEST SIDE OF FOURTH
<br /> AVEN~E, BET~ GL.~SG0~A~ AED HODY~DAY STP~ETS.~
<br />
<br /> On motion o f ~2L~. Wilson, s aid ordinance was adopted, and by the f ol -
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<br />lowing vote:
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<br /> Ayes: Leslie T. Fox, George L2 Grim?s, Arthur P.Hende~rson,
<br /> Car! C. Houghton, Jr., E. Robze St~tevant, C.~.Warren,
<br /> ~.~ Earl ~eis~uam, Pearls J. Wilson
<br /> Nays: None
<br />
<br /> ~e City Attorney presented the rolls,rig ordin~ce, wnzchwas, on
<br />motion of' ~. ~nderson, placed on its first readi~:
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<br /> "~ ORDINANCE T0 A~t~ SECTION V6 0F T~ LiCE~ISE T~ 0~"
<br /> ~e City Atto~ey p~esented the rolls,eng.
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<br /> · "0n August llth, 1948, I sold, as Special Commissioner in the suit
<br />instituted by the C.~ty of Portsmouth .against E?ward'L. ~[ahoney and others, the land located
<br />in the marshadj0inmng the Seaboard ALS Line rmght of way near the end of Crawford ~treet. Tax~
<br />es on this' property had not been paid f~ a n~nber of years, . |
<br /> ~ir. A. E. Parke~r, City Collector, had an ttuderstanding wzth ~ir. Pau~
<br />C. Stok~ey that l~.gtokely would buy the property lying south of the railroad track f c~ the
<br />sum of ~l,000.00. He desires to run a spur railroad track through the property in order that
<br />he may construct a large building on ~ythe Street for T.0. Williams Packing Comps_ny. The pro-
<br />perty to the north of the track has been encroached upon and it is doubti~al that I could de -
<br />liver all of it to the purchaser. Some years ago, ~r. 0.L. Williams conveyed to the City a
<br />40 foot right of way fo~ drainage purpose$. It appears from the survey of t?~ property that
<br />some of trims rzgh~ of way ms zncl~.ded mn the ~ahoney property.. If the Cmty sere ever requm.~d
<br />to purchase the property, in order to establish a drainage syszem, it w,ould ~robably cost con-
<br />s~derable money. Therefore ~ be~eve ~t wou~d be to the ~av~utage of one Czv~ ~o sev~le any
<br />question of title to the land at thms time. Under ~e arrange~n~nts made between ~. Parker an
<br />~Lr. Stokley, the City will be required to pay ~550,00 for whatever land t~hat may lie north of
<br />the railroad: and ~r. Stokley will p ay $1,000,00 for whatever land tha~ lies south of the rail-
<br />road. The City willr ec~ive all of the money on i~s tax bill less a ~mall a_mo~t for court
<br />costs. I therefore request an appropriation of $580.0~ to p ay for the land lying neath of
<br />the' railroad;~'
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<br /> Motion of ~. Henderson to concur and to place an appropriation of
<br />$550.00 for said purpose, on its first reading, v~s adopted.
<br /> ~An appropriation of $3,000.00 to place a grade crossing over the
<br />Pennsylvania Railroad at ~esley Street, placed on its first reading at last meetin~,v~s taken
<br />
<br /> Eotion of Mr. Sturtevant to appropriate ~3,000.00 for said purpose,
<br />was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes
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<br />Nays
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<br />Fox, Gr~es, Henderson, Houghton, Sturtevant,
<br />Nei seman, Wilson
<br />None k
<br />
<br /> An appropriation of $21,996.88 for Kings Daughters Hospital, placed
<br />on its first reading at last meeting, was taken ~p.
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<br /> Notion of ~r. Grimes to appropriate $21,996.88 for said purpose,was
<br />adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />Ayes:
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<br />Nays'.
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<br />Fox, Grimes, Henderson, H oughto~, Eturtevant,
<br /> ~eiseman, ~ilson
<br />None
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<br />The following letter was read:
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<br /> "~ereas, the Portsmouth Transit Company has recently increased its
<br />passenger ~ates by aDproximatel~t wenty-five (~S) per ce~t~ and
<br /> ~hereas, with this increase in rates, the people of Port~mouth are
<br />due increased service; and
<br /> ~ereas, the transportation problems of the Portsmout~ Transit Com-
<br />ply are not as great or complex now as they were during the war years when the conservation
<br />of gasoline and increased passenger service had to be considered, therefore, be it
<br /> Resolved, that the Polygon Club of the City ~ Portsmouth go on
<br />cord as
<br /> fa~or~_ng the buses of~the Portsmouth Transit Company stopping at any corner on their
<br />prescribed routes for the purpose of discharging or taking on passengers.
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<br />(Signed)
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<br />The Polygon Club,
<br /> Bert Saunders, Vice President
<br /> and Acting Secretary.~
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