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*- ~ placed on its first reading: motion of I~A~CP~INANCE REGUL~.TING Et~TY OH DISC~_RDED GATED CARTONS, PASTE BO~%P~ OR PAPER BOXES OF A~ KIND IN THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH~ *JA~~ Motion of=z~. Fca to go ~to an executive session~ was adopted. Mr. Clyde Oooper~ representing the Community Bus Line~ recommended to the City Council that his Company pay $2,OO0~OO for a favorabTe rcute and terminal. This route would be east on High St. to Middle, north on Middle St.~ to London, e asr on London St. to Craw~ord~ south on Crawford St., ~ High; thence west on High St. The $2~OOOo00 would be for fsvor~ole termiial space on the northwest corner of 0rawford and High Sts.~ ~on Crawford) and ' -~ ' ~un~s now pa~d ~'~ the City by the 0ommunity Bus Com~ tz_e'~ $2~OOO.00 wc~z~ be paid zn lieu of all ~ = ' ~ p~uy for its operation on the 0ity streets~ Motion of Mr. Howard that all agreements ~oproyed by the Ofgice of Defense was adopted~ T=e 0ouncil resumed session, the Manager negotiate Eith Mr~ Barnes, have Transportation and report~ back to the Council, The Manager, in reporting on the increase in pay of laboring employees of the Public Service Department, Welfare and Water Departments, presented rates of pay from seventeen cities i n Virginia. Motion o f Er. Wilson t hat the pay be increased 10%~ effective January appropriation of $16~OO0. for' same be l~id on table until next meeting, Ist, !943~ and that an was adopted~ and read: The following reso!ution¢ laid.on table at last meeting, was taken up I~Be it resolved that an appropriation not exoeedi~ $i,2OO.~ out of the a~er Funds, be laid on table until next meeting~ for ~he put - pgse of mo~ng the water mains from the center of block Q on the p~at of Glensheallah~ be made upon the conditiaus, (1) that the United States of ~merica acquire title to the 2and, s_ud (~) the 0ity M~uager be satisfied that a hospital will be erected on the *~ ~ ~zty has another right of way before the pipes are land a~.~ ~he ~' moved. And, be it further resolved that if and when the United States of America acquires title to the land and ~he plpee are removed therefrom that the prop~ officers of the city e~ecute on behalf of the 0ity a ~e!ease of any interest which the 0ity has in an easement through said block o f land~~ On motion of Mr. Howard, said resolution and an appropriation of $1,2OO. were adopted, and by the following vote: Ayes: Leigh~ Fox, Grimes~ Hall, Howard~ Hutohins~ Lawrence~ ~arren~ ~it~on Nays: None Mr. Fox was excusedAtom ~ further attendance. The following letter was read: ~At the re~iar meeting of the Lee War~ Civic Club held J~uary 19th, in the Jackson Memorial Baptist Ch~h with a majority of the members present~ it was firmly resolved that the Virginia Electric and P~wer Oompany bus service to P.rentis Park was de ~ plorable. That in every instance~ whether it be in the morning or at night~ the buses serving this area ane packed from end to end with passengers sitting and standing and that the usual passsnser load is about sixty passengers. No particular sche~ dule is maintained~ often ~wo or three buses are running toge- ther and then again passengers have to wait as much as thirty ~o forty minutes between buses~ It ~as been further noted that buses to other sections of the 0ity are not nearly so crowded and ru.n on a much better schedule than t2oss to Prentis Park. It was further resolved that the Prentis Park section of the 0ity was without ~%e proper police protection and that during the last two weeks four holdups have occurred in this section. Therefore, in view of these facts and that these buses are serv- ing Dale Homes~ Swanson Homes~ Prentis Park and other nearby terri- tory sr~d that the population of these sections has increased en - tirely out of proportion to the buses in service to this section and that the police protection is inadequate that these conditions be grought ~o the attention of th~ City Council so that the neoes~ sary steps may be taken ~o correct this ocndition. It was also resolved that a copy of this resolution b e spread on the minutes of the 01ub and that this resolution be signed by the Committee appointed to draft this resolution. j.L.Jolliff~A.B~Creecy and E.E. Doll.