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July 22nd, 1941. of the Seaboard AirLine Railway. Swarme.-of flies are being attracted by dumpings of refuse left uncovered indefintely. This conditisn has been greatly aggravated by recent dumpings of decaying vege - table matter. Such a procedure is a menace to the health of the residents in the-affected area. Wes therefore~ request that the City Council take steps to insure a con - trolled use of suitable filling and the elimination of all perishable matter from the material used in. this project. (Signed) J. Lester Sullivan and sundry others." The following petition was read~ ~We, the undersigned who are all the operators of indeosndent for hire cars in the City of Portsmouth, do respectfully petition your Honorable Body t~at we be allowed to ope- rate each one additional forhire c arw~ch would total eight additional for hire ears in the City of Portsmouth, which we believe are necessary to supply the needs of the increased popula-! tion and defense activities in this City~ We believe if ~uoh pe~mission is given or permits issued for additional for- hire cars that we are entitled to have these permits issued to us for the following reasons: We are all long resident~ of the City of Portsmouth and very exp_erienced in the operation and management of for h~re cars. We are thoroughly familiar with every street and locati~in the City of Portsmouth and consequently? are in a posCtion to carry strangers or other oeoole to any location by the shortest r~ute a~ the least~o~s~ble e.xPense. ~ p~emium for liability insurance on each car ~nat is opera~e~ oy us oesidee carrying o~ner necessary insurance on our cars and all cars are equipped with every safety appliance. All of us snd our employees have been operating for hire~rs~in the City of Portsmouth from three to eighteen years, and have no police records and our cars are kept in excellent shape. Prior to the influx of population in the City of Portsmouth, ~d the Defense activities, we _have operat- ed these cars sometime at a very great loss to ourselves and at a very small profit~ ~t other times, and desoite these facts we have continued to operate them for the benefit of the popula- tion of the City of Portsmouth, and now that there is a demand for for-hire c ars, it is only right ~nd Just that we should be given the benefit of this increase~ In ad~dtion to tn~se facts, we ask that earn of us be given the privilege of operating one additional car and in return for these permits~ we would agree that this extra car would not be allowed to stand parked On the street when idle, but would be kept at a loca- tion nearby and when there was an empty space caused by the present cars which we have being used, this soace would be filled by the cars for ~nich these permits would be issued and in this manner-there would be no additiaual space taken ~o at the curb which would make the pres- ent parking facilities less and ~aich are needed so badly now in this city. Whereas, if permits were issued to other people~ the new cars would simply take uo additions2 parking space and would necessarily decrease our ear~ngs as we would be able tS maintain these extra egos at a minimum cost, driving the car most of the time ourselves and thereby giving t~e ~ublic a much better service t~b~on if operated by strangers or persons inexperienced in the~operation of for hire cars. ~ne granting of these permits to us would follow out what has been done in most all cities of any size, that is to restrict the operation of for hire cars to persons ~no h~d already been ~oerating the same for the very good reason that necessarily business Of this character must come under police supervision and if spread out ~uy larger would give the police additional persons to supervise, whereas, at the present time we are well kno~n to the police department and they know the manner in which we conduct our business and tt~t we ~ll report promptlY to them anything that savors of the violation of tD~ law. We feel that we have really been a part of the public service to our own peo - ple ~nd to strangers who are now here and t~ we have, at all times, conducted our business in a manner which is a credit to the City, and if these additional permits were issued to others, it would sim~oiy mean a decrease in our revenue and more of a congestion at the for-hire car stands and knowing that we can operate them ~o a better advantage to our population, we fee~ that it is no more than right and just that these permits should be granted to us, and, there- fore, we petition that you give this request your earnest consideration ~ud decide ~hat is for the best interes~ of the great number of our people~who ~.ve to use for ~re cars.and we feel quite sure that if this is done you ~M_ll see the reason~ that we are in a position to, give the public better service t~n if additional permits are granted to others than those now operating for hire cars. This would not savor of a monopoly but simply to further a good police regula - tiono Respectfully submitted, Carlton Jo Wilkins J. H.White To M.Ha~kins Pat W. Minton Cecil Carter B. ~. Wiggins R. M.Savage Tony L~pinto." Privilege of the floor was granted Mr. H.A. Brinkley, .who spoke in favor of the petition and to Robert L. McMurran and C.W. Cooper, w~ho represented other interests. ~iotioa of Mr, Hutchins to refer said petition to the City ~nager, was adopted On motion adjourned° Clerk. Approved - Acting President.