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~'Arthur S. Owens, City ~anager ~estern Union - Dec. 31,1946 This will acknowledge receipt of you~ telegram of December thirtieth nineteen forty six stop The Company will be pleased to negotiate with the City with respect to a contract for its electrical requirements stop Please e~oress appreciation co the City Council and advise ~aen you desire conference. "January &th, 1947 Portsmouth, Va. ~. ~. G.~Holtzglaw, President, Vzrgmnia ~lectrzc & Fewer Co,any, Richmond, Va. De~r 'N~. Holtzclaw: In FUrtherance of our correspondence and tele- grar~ with reference.to the Co-ancil'-s expressing a willingness to attemp~ a negotiation of a new Con2ract, I feel that the increase on the co~ercial rate while negotiations are being c~ried on, is somewhat high. To that end, I ~m respectfully requesting that the rate for power, incorporated in the expired contract, be allowed to continue while the City and the Power Company are s tu- dying a new contract. We would not ask this except for a very close budget and the increased amo-~ut, extending possibly from thirty to ninety days, would work a hardship on the City's limited budget. We trust that this suggestion will receive you~ favorable consideration. Cordially yours, Arthur S. Owens, City Manager." ~Riob_~ond, Va., January 7th, 1947. ~r. Arthur S. Owens, City Manager, City of Portsmouth, Va. i wish to ac!mcowledge your letter of J~nua~y ~th, with reference to negotiations between the Council amd this Company for a new contract for m~umicipal services for the City. The Company is willing to eomply with the request contained in your letter as to p~ver rates. In +~e absence of ~r. Th~ookmorton, we have discussed this matter with Forrest Ross and have requested that he and ~Woy Jameson cor~fer with you at yoUr convenience concerning a new agreement. Very truly yours, J.~.~ Holtzolaw, .eszden,. ~Norfolk, Va., J~nuary 7th, 19~7. ~. ~rthUr S. Owens, City Hanager, Portsmouth, Virginia. ~ea~ ~r. Owens:~ ~ Nr. Holtzclaw has asked u~ to take up with you the suggestion contained in your letter to him of January ~th and to tell you that the Cemp~uy desires earnestly to ~each a fair and equitable arraugement with the City. To facilitate the present ~n- tract negotiations the Comp~uy, in accordance with your s~gestion, agrees that regardless of the outco~ue of these negotiations it will continue, for a period of ni~ety (90) days or ~util a new contract is agreed upon, ~hichever should be the shorter period, to continue to bill the City for all services in accordance with the rates pro - vided in the contract which expired on Decermber S1, 19A6. As stated in cur letter to you of December l~, o~ur proposal with respect to a ten (10) year contract still stands, with the exception that the Comp~my is willing to make the proposed ten year contract retroactive to December l, 19~8. We assure you again of ou~ desire to co-operate in everyreasonable way wi~h the City to a~rive at a contract for the City's electrical requ~rementso Very sincerely, F.U. Ross, Assistant Vice President.:'