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City.
<br /> This is no S.O.S. call for help, nor is there a desire for controversy.- it is
<br />my only desire to present to your Honorably Body some facts wortb~V of attention.
<br /> Will you not kindly refer this matter to the City Manager for investigation and
<br />report?"
<br /> Yours respectfully,
<br />
<br /> Rev. Nicholas J. Habets
<br />Pastor, Our Lady of Victory Church."
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<br />Motion of Mr. Hutohins to refer to the 0ity Manager, was adopted.
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<br />ties, was
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<br /> Report of W.P. Jordan & Company for auditing the books and accounts of the let-
<br />received and ordered filed. _~
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<br />Mr. SteWart presented the foll0w~ng ~olution:
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<br /> "~nereas, it has come to the attention of the City Council of Portsmouth, Va.,
<br />that the Board of Trustees of the United States Shipping Board Merchant Fleet Oorporation,
<br />with the approval of the Secretary of Commerce, intends to consolidate not later than Septem-
<br />ber 1st, 1935, the Government-owned steamship services known as the America France Line, now
<br />operated by Cosmopolitan Shipping 0ompany, New york, N~Y., and the American Hampton Roads-
<br />Oriole-Yankee Lines now operated by Southgate Nelson Corporation of Norfolk, Virginia; and
<br /> ~hereas, such proposed merger of these lines involves the ;selection cf either
<br />the New York Company or the N~rfolk Company to operate, the services, as Cb~solidated; and
<br />Southgate Nelson Corporation has therefore applied to said Trustees'for appointment of the
<br />consolidated services, basing the claim upon the preference accordedby Sec$isn 7 of t~e_M~rr
<br />chant Ms~ine Act 1920 to the Company "having the support, financial and otherwise, of the
<br />domestic community, primarily interested in the lines";
<br /> Whereas, the lines now operated by Southgate Nelson Oorporation are the only
<br />services the Government has allocated to the Port of Hampton Roads; they serve the principal
<br />expor~ trade of ~he Port and in'turn derive nearly 50% of their total export revenue from that
<br />Po~t; their management by a home-~w~ed.anddirected Virgini~corp~ration results in substantial
<br />economic benefits to the port communities by reason of the purchase of ~npplies and stores, em-
<br />ploym%nt of Portsmouth and Norfolk people; and the Southgate Nelson Corporation has successful-
<br />ly operated the services continuously since 1929; these ~ud other considerations fully support-
<br />ing the claim that Hampton Reads communities are those primarily interested in the lines,
<br />Southgate Nelson Corporation has the support, financial and otherwise, of those communities
<br />and has the ~oility to maintain the services;
<br /> Now, Therefore, Be it Resolved, that said lines, if and when consolidated under
<br />the plan approved by the Secretary of Commerce, should continue to be allocated to the Port
<br />of Hampton Roads for management by Southgate Nelson Corporation, under the preference accorded
<br />by law;
<br /> RESOLVED,~urther, that copies of these resolutions be sent to the Board of Trus-
<br />tees United States S~nipping Board Merchant Fleet Corporation; the Honorabl~ Csrter Glass, the
<br />Honorable Harry F. Byrd and the Honorable Colgate Darden; and that they be earnestly requested
<br />to take such action ~s may be proper to carry out the~ views expressed herein; ~ud that the
<br />City Manager be authorized and-directed to take such action as, in his judgment and in_co-oper-
<br />ation with the efforts of other Hampton Roads communities, may be necessa~ or advis~ole in or-
<br />der to carr~ out the purpose of these resolutions."
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<br />Mr. J. Davis Reed and Mr. Edward ~avis, spoke in behalf of the said resolution.
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<br />On motion of Mr. Stewart, said resolution was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br /> Aves: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Oast, Stewart - 5.
<br /> Nays: None.
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<br /> Privilege of floor was granted a delegation from Monroe Ward Garden Club, who
<br />asked for better street surfacing than with oil, and stated that owing to bad drainage condi
<br />~ions, the streets were flooded after a hard rain.
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<br />On motion, same was referred to the City Manager.
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<br /> Mr. Fox presented the following resolution and moved its adoption:
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<br /> "MOtion: ~
<br /> 1st ~ that the proper officers be and they are hereby authorized and directed
<br />to put into effect, f~om J~ly 1st, 1935, a reduction in the minimum rates charged domestic wa -
<br />ter consumers from $2.70 per qua_~ter to $2.50 per quarter.
<br /> 2nd - that the deposit required by the Water-Department as a guarantee, be an
<br />amount not in excess of the~minimum rate for that particular service."
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<br /> Substitute m6tton of Mr. Hutchins to refer to the City Manager and Superintendent
<br />of Water Department, was adopted, and by the following vote:
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<br />~4ves: Brooks, Hutchins, Stewart - 3-
<br />Nays: Fox, Oast - 2.
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<br />On motion adjourned.
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<br />City Clerk.
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