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this ~o~ropriation by advising Council that we are requesting every member of this Lodge to
<br />donate a pint of his blood. Such petitions arenow in the hands of our members and within a
<br />few days we expect to have an expression from a large number of our members which ~1t make
<br />available the entire amount of blood plasma needed for the operation of the Blood Bank from
<br />members of this Lodge alone.
<br /> The great necessity for a Blood Bank in Portsmouth may be realized ~6~en
<br />it is ts_ken into ccnsideration that the present supply of blood plasma in Port~outh will
<br />only take care of fourteen transfusions, a pitifully small number~if an air raid, or even a
<br />single large accident of any character should occur.
<br /> The most important step we can now take to guarantee saving lives during
<br />an air raid is to have adequate blood transfusion facilities and equipment. Without it, our
<br />whole Medical Emergency set ~o would be rendered helpless.
<br /> We respectfully request that the City Council take appropriate steps to
<br />see that such a Blood Plasma Bank be installed in Portsmouth immediately, either t~hrough the
<br />medium of Federal appropriation, or by a direct appropriation by Oity 0ouncil.
<br />
<br />Respectfully yours,
<br />
<br />Portsmouth Lodge No. 898
<br />Loyal Order of Moose,
<br />By Ivor Jones~ Secretary."
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<br /> llth - "The cost of moving the Confederate Monument from Court and High Sts.,
<br />to the. 0ity ~ark will be approximately $2,500.QO, and at-this time, I do not feel Justified in
<br />recommending~the expenditure of this sum.
<br /> It is with sincere regret that I am unable ~o provide for the City of
<br />Portsmouth a plan for a beautiful shrine for monuments at theCity Park and I trust those who
<br />were interested in this beautifucation will be patient and wai~ until a later date."
<br />
<br />In connection ~th this, the following letter was read:
<br />
<br /> "The Oonfederated Southern Memorial Association of Portsmouth, Virginia, has
<br /> been advised that there is some agitation in Portsmouth to move the Confederate Monument at
<br /> the corner of Court and High Sts., to a different location, prob~oty the 0ity Park. Naturally
<br /> this Association is very much opposed to a movement of this k~nd, and they have requested me
<br /> to t~ke up with the Council any efforts that might be made to move this, one of the city's few
<br /> ornaments which we have in the City, to any other location.
<br /> In the first place, this monument is no~ ~u impediment to traffic, but-serTes
<br /> largely to slo~ down traffic at what is probably the busiest corner in the City o f Portsmouth.
<br /> There is ample room on either side for traffic to pass in a safe manner at this corner, and
<br /> there has never been any kind of serious accident there, even at the busiest times of the day.
<br /> It is an ornament to the 0ity of Portsmouth, and a reminder, especially in
<br /> these serious times, of the bravery of the men of our Oity.
<br /> Permission to locate this monumen~ was gr~ted by the City Council in 1875,
<br /> and on December 15~ 18y5 the cornerstone of the mon~aemt was lald ~nd the capstone was put in
<br /> ~osition in 1881. The ladies of the Confederacy, themselves, manned the arms of the capstone
<br /> and raised the capstone to its proper positionby their own strength. The monument was-com
<br /> pleted on June 15, 1893, and has since that time been ~ outstanding landmark in our City,
<br /> You ~ll find upon investigation that in all large cities, New York snd Lon-
<br /> don, etc., that monuments ~nd memorials of this character are all set in prominent streets,
<br /> and even with the present bombing in London, none of them have been disturbed or moved.
<br /> I~ this monument were placed in the CitV Park, it would be visited by compar-
<br />atively few people, and if there were any reason, physical or otherwise, to move the mon~ment
<br />or to risk the chance of h~ving it destroyed by te~oors~y removal, there might be some reason
<br />~o change its location. This monumen~ is not a menace to traffic, nor s~y other menace to the
<br />population 6f Portsmouth, and there is absolutely no reason why it should be moved. It repre-
<br />sents the bravery of our Portsmouth soldiers, as well as the major efforts of the 0onfederate
<br />Veterans to have it built, ~ud therefore, this Association composed of Drominent women of the
<br />City of Portsmouth, requests that no effort be made or allowed, ~o change the present location
<br />of one of Portsmouth's few outstandinE beauties.
<br />
<br />Very respeotf~/Lty,
<br />
<br /> Harry A. Brink!ey,
<br /> Attorney forOonfederated Sou -
<br />them Memorial Association,Ports -
<br />mouth~ Va."
<br />
<br /> Motion of Mr. ~ox that we oppose the removal of said monument at this time,
<br />was adopte~o
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<br /> 12th - ~Due to the great increase of the use of bicycles and the additional
<br />trzffic hazard it is causing and the inability to trace stolen bicycles, I would recommend that
<br />the attaahed ordinance, ~nich has been approved by the City Attorney, be adopted immediately,
<br />and that licenses for bicycles be sold, for a full year, effective as soon as the necessary
<br />facilities are arranged°"
<br />
<br /> Motion of ;~. Fox to plkce the following ordinance on i~s first read~ng, was
<br />zdopted:
<br />
<br /> ~AN OP~INANCE PRESCRIBING RUi~S AND _REGULATIONS ~OR THE
<br /> OPERATION OF BICYCLES"
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