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<br />Council held October 23rd,
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<br />-~----~-- At a regular meeting of the 0ity there were present:
<br /> Vernon A. Brooks, Leslie T. Fox, ~.R. Hutchins, S.B. Moore~ J. Alden 0asr,
<br /> H.F. parrish, J.R. stewart, the City Nanager.
<br /> Ninutes of regular meeting held October 9th were read and approved.
<br /> The following report of Committee on Bus Terminals was read:
<br /> ~We, the undersigned Committee, appointed to confer with the parties operating
<br /> buses in the City of Portsmouth in regard to the ordinance passed by the City Council on Nov-
<br /> ember 28th, 1933, regulating motor oassen~er buses, respectfully report as follows:
<br /> We conferred with representatives of several of the bus lines, and find that
<br /> the PeninSula Bus Oomoany holds a lease fem the property at the northwest corner of High and
<br /> Orawferd Streets, which expires on May 31st, 193~- Tae several bus lines have agreed to use
<br /> this ~operty as a terminal. The owner of the prooerty and the peninsula BuS ~ompany have
<br /> a~eed to cay the excess of removing four feet of ~he sidewalk on the west side of Orawford
<br /> Street, between Hig~and Queen Streets, which will conform to the street south of High Street,
<br /> and to pave the area to correspond with the present roadway. ThiS street can then be used for
<br /> the loading and unloading of buses.
<br /> We therefore recommend that the provisions of the bus ordinance passed by the
<br /> Oity Oouncil on November 28, 1933, whereby it is required that buses be loaded and unloaded
<br /> "while on private property and off the streets of the City" be suspended until June 1, 1936,
<br /> and that the Oity Nanager be reGuested to designate a portion of the wes~ side of Crawford
<br /> ~, h~w~en H~h and Oueen Streets. as a claes for takzng on and azscnargzng bus passen-
<br /> gers. We recommend that the attached ordinance be placed on mrs zzrst readmng and as soon as
<br /> the interested parties have deposited with the 0ity Manager sufficient money to pay the costs
<br /> of changing said street which will be approximately $750.00 and must be paid within ten days
<br /> from the adoption of this report, that it be passed.
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<br /> Respectfully s~omitted,
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<br />On motion of Mr.
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<br />W. R. Hutchins
<br />Leslie ,T. Fox
<br />H.F. Parrish."
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<br />Stewart, the report was adopted, and b~ the following vote:
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<br />Ayes: Brooks, Fox, Hutchins, Moore, Oast, Parrish, Stewart
<br />Nays: None.
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<br />In this connection, the following ordinance was placed on its first reading:
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<br />"AN ORDINANOE TO SUSPEND UNTIL JUNE1, 1936, THAT PART OF SEOTION
<br />FO~UROF~AN ORDINANOE ENTITLED,~.mAN,ORDI~NOE TO REGULATE pASSEN-
<br />GER BL~S 0PERATINGFROM POIN~o BEYOND~THE LINITS OF T~H~~ CITY,
<br />PROVIDING RULES A~D REGULATIONS FOR THm USE OF THE STREETS OF THE
<br />OITY BY SUOH~BUSE$, ~ND PROVIDING FOR BUS TERMINALS, AND PP~SORIB-
<br />ING PENALTIES FOR T~E VIOLATION THEREOF', ~fHIOH REQUIRES BUSES TO
<br />BE LOADED AND UELOADED'~ILE ON PRIVATE pROPERTY AND OFF THE
<br />STREETS OF TP~ CITY."
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<br />The following communication~f~om the Oity 5{an~ger wareread:
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<br /> 1st - "We s~omit herewith a statement of uncollected water accounts in Ports -
<br />mouth and. Suffolk for the cast several years, through Sept. 3Oth, 193~, amounting to $11,508,88
<br />which we recommend be eha~ged off. Nest of these amounts are for the past four4years, but
<br />some date back as far as 1923. The statement includes bills am~utin~ to $568.5 for water
<br />furnished fe~ilies during the past year, on,quest of the Emergency Relief Office.
<br /> A check m~.de by the City 0olleetor and City Auditor, which has been re -
<br />viewed by the Supt. of the Water Department and the undersigned, shows that every reasonable
<br />effort has been made to collect these bills. If charged off, the bills will be held in the
<br />City 0ollector's office and every effort made in the future to collect the ~mounts due.
<br /> It is recommended that the City 01erk and Audito~ ~e authorized to ~rite
<br />off quarterly in the future, water bills for water furnished families on request of the Emer-
<br />gency Relief Office, which requests are ~pproved by the Eanager, before wa~sr is turned on.
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<br />Yours truly,
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<br />H.B. AnderSon, 0ity Eanager.
<br />R.Oo Barclay, Oity Attorney."
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<br />Motion of M~r. Fox to concur in the ~nager's recommendation was adopted.
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<br /> 2nd - "Some repairs were recentty made to the dog pound in co-operation with the
<br />Portsmouth Humane Society~ I have received a check from the Portsmouth H~mane Soo~ ty in the
<br />amount of $125.OO to cover a part of the cost of repairs made.
<br /> I have also received a check from the Portsmouth Public Library, in amount
<br />$150.00, as a part of the cost of shelves in the new librs~vy building.
<br /> As the work has been done and bills are on hand,' I suggest that these
<br />checks be deposited in the General Fun~ and an appropriation made, in amount $275.00, in order
<br />that the billS can b e paid t~ough the usual channels.~
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<br />Motion of Mr. Cast ~o approve the Manager:s recommendation and appropriate
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