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On motion, the Treasurer was
<br />from collection of Dog Taxes~
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<br />On motion adjourned.
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<br />authorized.to
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<br />pay same from funds
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<br />Clerk.
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<br />in her hands,
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<br />Portsmouth, V~., March 9th,_1937.
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<br /> At a regular meeting of the City Council, held March 9th, 1937, at 8:00 P.E.,
<br />there were presenZ:
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<br />John P. Leith, Leslie T.
<br />Hutchins, FiD. Lawrence,
<br />Wilson, City M~uagem.
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<br />Fox, George L. Grimes, James N. Howard, W.R.
<br />O.E. Warren, H. Earl Weiseman, Pearte J.
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<br /> Minutes of. regular meeting held February.23rd, were read and ~oprov~d.
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<br /> Th~ following communications from the City Manager were read:
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<br /> 1st - ~Yesterday morning, Mr. Davis, Superintendent, Water Department,
<br />called my attention to the fact that he 'had received notice that pipe would advance ten to
<br />fifteen per cent, right-away, and by buying yesterday, what we need'for the Water Department,
<br />for immediate use and some time to come, we could save between two and t~hree hundred dollars.
<br /> I authorized thC.purchase.,
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<br />On motion ordered filed.
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<br /> 2nd - "I am being deluged with applications for street improvements, from
<br />different wards, far in excess of any funds we have available.
<br /> We ~are doing the best we can, as fast as we can, to comply with these
<br />demands. Improvements ~hat we are unable to make with our limited city f=~ds we are includ-
<br />ing in the W.P.A, projects, and we hope to get considerable assistance from that source.~
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<br />On motion ordered'filed.
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<br /> 'Motion of Mr. Fox to suspend the order of business to hear representatives of
<br />the Carolina Coach Company, was adopted~
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<br /> Mr. Hoffman spoke against She Richmond Greyhound Bus Company acquiring eon -
<br />~rol of the Peninsula Transit Corporation, and offered the following resolution:
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<br />"RESOLUTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF PORTSMOUTH,
<br />VIRGINIA, IN OPPOSITION TO CREATION OF BUS MONOPOLY
<br />BETWEEN THE CITIES AND O0UNTIES OF HA~-TON ROADS AREA
<br /> TO AND FROM THE NORTH AND WEST.
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<br /> At a meeting of the Council of the 0ity of Portsmouth, Virginia,
<br />held on 'the 9th day of'March, 193Y, in Portsmouth, it was brought to the
<br />at~ention of the Council that the Richmond Gr~yhound Lines, Incorporated,
<br />opeTating a pass'enger bus and express service between Balt~imore, Washing-
<br />ton and Richmond over U.~. Route No.l~ and between Richmond and the coun-
<br />ties and ci~ies of the Hampton Roads area over all of the available routes
<br />except those now operated by the Peninsula Transit'Corporation, and also
<br />between said territory and the north by the Eastern Shore route, has ap -
<br />plied to the Interstate Commerce Commission for authority to acquire con-
<br />trol of the Peninsula Transit Corporation b~ the purchase of all of the
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