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November 23rd, 1943.
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<br /> .Ata~..regularmeeting of~the. City 0o~aoil, held on .November 23rd, 19~3,
<br />there were present:
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<br /> Leslie~.:~,Geo.rg_e%L. Grimes, Russel-l.N~ Hall, Jame~ N~-Hewa~d,
<br /> U. R, Hut~hins, Pearls J. Wilson and Arthur B. Owens, Oity Manager.
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<br />Vice President Pearle J. Wilson in ~e Chair.
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<br />Nlnutes of regular mee$1ng held on November 9th were read and approved.
<br />Report of the ~Transpor~ation Committee:
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<br />Mr. Howard, Chairman, ~resented the following:
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<br />"November 15~h, 1943.
<br />
<br /> Er. F.U- Ro~s,,Mgr.,
<br /> Vlrgi~nia,.Elect~ic & Power Go.,
<br /> P~rtsmouth, Va.
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<br /> Dear Sir:
<br /> ' Re~eli~ i~ acknowledged, of yemr tette~ of O~o~er l~h, sub,
<br />mltting~in...wrlting the-~sug~es~miea, s..rega~-ding bUs..romting in Po~rtSm0uth .~hlch..we~e.the~,suhJect.
<br />of eonZ~en~.be~ween'Pep~ese~m.~ive*o~ls...OZftoe~heTran~.~a~te,n,
<br />~o~ts~hOity G~netl and Yourself. Ga~e~ S~udy has been ~ven ~ ali ~e e~nges ~seus-
<br />sod tn your
<br /> As a. result, ~he following specific ehsuge~ in Portsmouth
<br />bus ~u~es mee~ ~h ~he approval of ~s Offlee:~
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<br /> ,.~nl~s~s~l,n~exact accordance
<br />of Octoberl4th.
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<br />wi th the
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<br />first proposal in your let,.er
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<br />(2) L~op.. rouSings.of the-2~e.ntiS~l~ark route.~ove~
<br />wilt. comply, ~i.th.-
<br />a~ ~e ou~ ~$rmin~ ~' suspends ser~i¢e wea~ of Co
<br /> l~ cae your le~e.r.
<br />~weve~.t~meoe~el~ Pa~.rou~ ~d-O~aw-
<br />fo~ ~s--.~e be~ne--~son w~y.~,Ioop .c~.
<br />noah,he .use~.~,~tt n~.,regut~ t~'~cute~o ~ east, of.~Oourt St.
<br />t~ls-~ um~erstan~ng you have ~ready given ~iderabte study
<br />t~s possibility.
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<br />(3) Extension oS the~We.s% P~k. View..~ute-via ~ckie St, ~o 6~h Ave.,
<br />Su~ing a wye~or small loop to be agreed upon.
<br /> ~sis~the plsn suggested,In you~ letter as.~ alternative to re-
<br />s~ring the .former 6th Ave. rou~e along High St. and 6~h Ave. The lat~er
<br />is objectionable because of the dnpllca~ion ~f servl~e on ~gh S~., w~ch
<br />the.traffic .counts sho~ is ne~ warfareS. Your suggeste~ ~te~a%ive ~11
<br /> ~eatly r~ee .the maxlmum w~ing distances for reslden~s of 6th Ave.
<br />~d~c~ ~,A~eomplished merely by adding a short extension ~o the present
<br />West Park view ro~e.
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<br /> (4) Shortening of the Port .-NOrfolk route by traversing Arllngtoa Bt.
<br /> instead ofBay View Boulevard between .NarylandAve. and Et. Verno~Ave.
<br /> This suggestion was submitted to City Mamager Owens in Mr. Simmons'
<br /> letterof Sept, 4th, because of the-obvious waste involved ln,rmnr~tng a
<br /> bus route to the water's e~ge in a residential section. The argmment
<br /> that this change would be a hardship for West Norfolk residents appears
<br /> to have little merit inmsmuch as the latter community has its own, bus
<br /> service furnished by the West Ncrfolk-Churchland bus line,
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<br /> (5) Postponement of inauguration of service on South Street to Swanson
<br /> Homes.
<br /> So little interest has been shown~ln ~his proposed new route that
<br /> it is doubted that the patronage WOuld Justify the mileage.
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<br /> The traffic counts submitted by you on several routes indicate
<br /> that the number Of seatsfarnis~e~ is in excess of the number of passen-
<br /> gers riding durimg practically all hours of the day in both directions.
<br /> Thistle indicated clearly on~h~ich,arts encloeed herewltho This excess
<br /> service was particularly noticeable ln~e m~d~day a~d evening hours and
<br /> is contrary to the provisions o~ ParagraPh 6 of Er. Eastman's policy
<br /> statemen~ of Apri! ly, 19~2, nsmely:
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<br /> "STANDARD OF SERVICE IN N~N-RUSH HOURS
<br /> The.-ge~e~at practice of bus' operators is to-provide
<br /> seat.sin excess of the nq~m~er of passengers during
<br /> non-rush, hours. ~ais practice ShoUld be modified so
<br /> that.buses andtrolley coaches carry at least full
<br /> seated loads during non-rush hours."
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<br /> in order to effect compltamce with*this policy, you are requested to
<br />taEe periodic traffic checks and ts lengthem headWays until the number of passengers at the
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