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3'39 free transfer privileges between the bus lines operated by Virginia Electric ar.d Power Company in the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, and adjacent Norfolk~ County, Virginia; mud WHEREAS, Virginia Electric and Power Company proooses to file with the State Corporation Commission of Virginia an application for a Certificate of Public Convenience and Necessity to operate the said motor bus passenger t_raqsportation line; N6~~, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE .COUNCIL OF ~HE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH: Section l: That the application of Virginia Electric and Power Comoany to the State Corporation Commission of Virginia for a Certificate of Public Convenience and ~ecessity to ooerate motor bus passenger trs~usportation service between the corner of High and Crat~ford Stretts, in the City of Portsmouth~ Virginia~ and thc new housing developments k~uown as "New Gosoort"~ "~Cradock C-ardens" and ~Navy Yard Housing Site 2~, in the County of Norfolk~ Virginia, be, mud it is hereby approved~ sm~d the State Corporation Commission is hereby respectfully re- quested to issue this Certificate in order that the occupants of the new housing units may have the advantage of the transportation se~vice~ together with the free transfer orivilege be~ tween the new motor bus line and the other motor bus lines operated by Virginia El-ectris and Power Co,any in the City of Portsmouth and adjacent County of Norfolk, Virginia° Section 2~ That the City Clerk be~ and he is, hereby authorized and directed to forward to the State Corporation ~Commission of Virginia a certified copy of this Resolution after its adoption. Section 3~ This Resolution shall be in full force and effect from and after its adoption. i, L.C. Brinson~ City Clerk of the City of Portsmo~th~ Virginia, do hereby certify t~t the foregoing is a true copy of the resolution adopted by the Council of the City of Portsmouth, Virginia, on the a4th day of June~ 1941~ the City Clerk of~e--~rtsmcuth, Virginia." - Report of F. B. Hill & Company~ for auditing' the ferry books and accounts for month of A~ril, was received and ordered filed° The following was read and refe~ed %0 the City Manager: ~A request prepared by the'Pbrtsmouth Ministerial Unlo~, represented by Rev. T.A. Russell, President, Rew Byon Jones~ C~irman of Morals and Social Service Committee, Adjutant K.E. MoSs, acting Secretary of the above committee, and Rev. J] Shenton Lodge~ scm - mittee member, in session, April l, 1941. ~%~ereas, it has come to ~he attention of ~P~ Ministerial Union of Portsmouth and vicinity~ t~hat houses of ill-fame are operating openly in the business district of the City, and on ~se main highways of the County, and ~Ynereas, these conditions are subjecting our you~ to im - moral influences and_ practices~ cud Jeopardizing generslly the heath s~d social well-being of our community; Therefore, we, the Ministerial Union of portsmouth and vicinity, request the officials of the City of Portsmouth and of Norfolk County to take im~ diate and complete action in closing the places involved, and eliminating the existing conditions. The follo~ng churches of Portsmouth and vicinity do most earnestly support the above resolution, and urge that it be acted upon ~.~_thout further de!sy~ Broad Street Methodist Church Central Methodist Church Churchland Baptist Church Cradock Methodist Church Elm Ave~ Christian ChurCh Elm Ave. Methodist Church First Congregational Church First Friends Church First Lutheran Church First Presbyterian Church J~ckson Memorial Baptist Church Emanuel A~M~E. Church Fourth ST. Baptist Church Cottage Place Methodist Church On motion of Mr. 26th, at 7:00 P.M. London St. Pentecostal Holiness Church Monumental Methodist Church Park View B~ptist Church Park View Christian Church Pinners Point Metho~t Church Port Norfolk Methodist Church Prentis Park Presbyterian Church Salvation Army South ST. Baptist Church Westhaven Baptist Churc~h %.~est Norfolk Baptist Church Mt. C~2Lvary Baptist Church Wright Memorial Eethodist ~Church First Christi an Fox~ the Council adjourned to meet again on Thursday, June City 0_erk. Aooroved -