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~une 22nd, 1943. without, marked- dis cord in %m~mal. times ~. and 1.i ~1%no~ pe~mlssable a~ all%under presen~ emergene~ conditions. Specifically considering ~he..~outes n~e.d~ Per~.~fotk now ~s ~u~n ~ek sea.lee for ~e~ M~ ~mH~n section w~ ~s ~elieved ~he P~ Norfolk~ and Pinaers Point ~nes of mos~ of ~heir ~ffic~y. Pre~tis Park section i.s.suf.ficie~$~y c!e~e.~to be~n.~o~n and~.~he~ Na~ Ya~d..~e.pl~ee-an .exp~ess.~se.rvice atmos~ wholly in the l~u~yca~egory, ~d we believe sho~d not be ~nsidered at ~his ~me. The suggestion oran e~ress.se~viee ~Wes,~vm,~d.Wa~ervl.~.~s merit in ~at..lt~would ~m~t.seme~ef the ex~ra buses.~o turnbac~ in.~he, Nt. He~n section ~d-thus ~save material ~d~man~eP, butane.re, appea~s.~o~b e Z%~ serious drawbacks In.~hiz s~es~ion. One is ~hat it takes .away f~m High.St. a pe.~ion of bus service wit~n the~Oi~y which Isbadlyneeded ~d .~he other Is that. preliminary investigation indiea~es~hat,~the w~te patens of ~e.buses had ~$her.~ve a ~c~lce of ca, ching ~hreeextra-busea-.~ a~ differen~ ~imes rather.~h~ be compelled $o catch one express or rely on base schedule service. portion o f ~he s~gestion ~ll bear further study. 3 and 4. LO~ING ZONES - I~ wasag~eedat~ mee~i~,~hat compli- a~e ~with. Ne. 4~ld~e care of-No. 3. ~.la ~tur~lly in.ae~rd wi~h~lengthe~ng lng zones ~d specifl~lly we suggest ~$ at ~he corner ofHl~and Oomr~ S~s. on,.~he side of High,.~present lea~ng zone be ex~ended back$o ~he drivew~ ~o~the p~k~g the end of ~e/oemelery~ ~s~nemaecomoda$.es.~he Community and Wes~Pfo.~ buses .aa ~ell ~as ~P00. At High ~d Orawford, ~e sugges% the zone on ~he .~s~ side.of C~awfor& St. be ex ~ended to King S~. ~o avoid ~uble and ~rlple parking w~le both ~ ~d Oommuni~y bm~es a~ loa~lng passe.ers or being so.iced. 5. N~T~$ - Discussion of a shel~er a~'this loca~lon~r en~ conditions is more or less ae~emlc as wri~=e~ins~c~ions fo~'mlleage~cu=$ailman~ alre~, received wo~d move t~rmin~ facilities %o ~er lo~ion. He.ever, in.s~l~u%inn~of ~re at any time by ~POO ~ a~ located on private proper~2, discrim~%ery In ch~ac- ~ter, and for use by ~he general ~blic would likely be p~bitive as a 0empty .policy and by law. 6. ~ING ~NE - The suggestion ~o es~$1ish .a lead~g zone a~ ~he southwest co.er of Crawford and High Sts. on Crawford B~. would be satlsfacto~ to ~00 t~pat~ns of ~he Sout~a~e Te~inal ~ne. If the use of ~s corner fo.~ hms lea~ng by Norfolk line and ~P~ is conside~d sufficien~ ~o Justify setting aside a losing zone by t~ 0i~y, it meets with ~ a~rov~. y. OH~GE ~ ~ING ZONES - This suggestion ~s made by ~d as submitted by him a~ the meeting, was ~o also include a c~nge in ~ leading zone a~ Green St. and ~sport ~ad a~ ~he Navy Yard gate. Mr. Pi~, of VEPOO, ~d Mr. S~ ~ve since studied She situation ~oge~her and ~P~ Is In full acco~ ~th both suggestions. s~gested tha~ the length of the s~op on the north side of Lincoln St. be 100 feet and the length of the stop on the somth side of ~ncoln St. be 60 ~eet. The length of ~he zo~ at ~e Green St. Navy Yard gate can be dete~ined by Navy Yard officials as they con~l this lo- cation. 8. EFFICIENCY SUGGESTION - During ~he course of ~he meeting, i~ was su~es~ed %~t when l~ beene necessa~ for a bus ~o change operators or ~e on oil or wa~er, $~ i$ be so arranged ~hat ~l servicing necessary be ~en ca~ of wi~h one stop. T~s ap - pears to be a ~asenable suggestion ~d instructions have been issued ~o give Ita ~rial. 9. CONCLUSION - In conclusion, ~he suggestions ~d orders ~t have been received or are abou~ %o be ~ceived f~m Was~ng~on on ~ cur~lmen~ of bus service save gasoline, w~ brlefly~soussed, and l~ was suggested that as long as ~r~smom~h bus ser- vice under ~he presen% me~d of cur~llmen~ can mee~ ~he required saving, pe~ission be quested for l~ %o be re~ained without ~tera%ion." No,ion of Mr. ~ward ~hat Item ty be approved, ~s adopted. The following letter was read and ordered filed: "I beg to aokno.wledge receip~ of your communication o f the 10th in refe~enee ~o.~he action taken by the Portsmouth City Council, as to t~he ~eappei~tmem~ef..Dr. Ve~ A.~ B~oka. Won t you be kind enough ~o ad~i. se the Council that it will give me a great deal of pleasure, both on their aoooun~ and on my own, to reappoint Df. Brooks? Sincerely, Colgate W.Darden, Jr.~ The following letter was read. and on motionef Mr. Fox, referred to the City Manager: "~he undersi ned hereby applies to the Council cf the City of Portsmout~h, Virginia, for ~e~mleston ~g~per~ In t~ business di~%~ict of said ~lty, Arcades in which ~he undersigned proposes reinstall.Amusement ~achtnes o~erated by coins in slots on said.~ma~hinea~ eatd~City to -fix a reasenab!e amd ,~mp~ehtbitive ti cerise for the operation o f said business. The machines~ which the undersigned proposes to operate wit2 con - sis~, Ofmtarget. practice machines, sutomatic photographic macD~nes, movie machines, amusemen~ games in machines, smch ae hockey games, baseball games between eempetetive teams, golf played by ~he ~perater e~ m~a~ ?a~hines! .a~? ethe~.machige~ open,ted ~cr. amu~e~en%~?~_~es_?~_~ n~ ~s well~ as mach~nes-~di~sP~asm~Emereaan~mse and opera~e~ on ~ne coin mn s+e~ p~}~az. ?~? u~9~r- signed.~.~elievas~ha~ ~said machines willserve to .improve the amuaemenm zaci x mos or mne ~m~y, and ~i£ gram~ed ~rllt cevenan~ to permit the use of said machines only for amusement and the dispensin~ merchandise.