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April l~th, l~31.
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<br />system or a p~rt thereof at any time it may so desire.
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<br /> ENOW ALL.MEN BY THESE PRESENTS, That the City of Portsmouth, a municipal cor-
<br />poration of the State of Virginia (hereinafter called "Oity~), for and in consideration of
<br />the sum of Three Thousand Two Hundred and Fifty Nine ($3,259.00) Dollars has bargained,
<br />sold, assigned and tr~us£erred, and doth by these presents bargain, sell~ ass~gn,.transfer.
<br />and deliver unto the Virginia Electric aud Power 0ompany, a corporation ~here~naf~er oalle~
<br />"Company"), all and sin&~lar, the property located in the City oS Portsmouth, State of
<br />Virginia, a~d more particularly described as follows,-to-wit:
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<br /> All of the street lighting fixtures, lamps, gl~bes~ cross~ar~s, insulators, hmrd-
<br />ware, transformers, time-switches, and al~l other accessories zn connectzon with the one huh-
<br />dred and twenty-seven (12~) bracket type ornamental street lighting fixtures, mounted on
<br />concrete poles, located on High Street betweenChestnut Street-and~$ixth Ave?ue, and on Mid-
<br />dle Street be~een South ~and Queen Streets, and all the fifty six (~6) five (5) light cluster
<br />bracket fixtures installea on the Company'~ iron trolley poles on Hzgh~treet between Water
<br />and Chestnut Streets, in said City of Portsmouth; the location of same being shown on the
<br />map hereto attached, marked "Exhibit An and made a part hereof.
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<br /> The said City doth hereby warrant generall~ the title to the said property and
<br />will warrant and defend the Company in its possession thereof against the claims of any
<br />other person, firm or corporation whomsoever.
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<br />IN W~iTNESS WHEREOF~ the City of Portsmouth has caused this bill of sale to be
<br />executed in its name.'bv its Oity Manager. and ita- corporate seal to be affixed hereto,
<br />attested by its City~cl~rk, ~ll of which ~s done pursuant to a resolution of the City of
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia, adopted on the day of , l~31~
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<br />Attest:
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<br />City Clerk~~
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<br />CITY OF PORTSMOUTH,
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<br /> By
<br /> Oity Ms~uager.'~
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<br />"PROPOSAL PLAN FO~.A NEW WHITEWAY STREET LIGHTING SYSTEm FOR Tt~E OITY OF
<br />PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA;~
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<br />1. GENERAL PLAN.
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<br /> In plS~ning a new lighting system for Portsmouth's m~in tr~ffio artery,
<br />are several points to keep in mind.
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<br />primary business and cfi-
<br />the latter the balauce' of
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<br /> First, there is a classification into two main areas,
<br />mary traffic. The former extends from the ferry to Elm Avenue,
<br />the way to the Belt Line R~ilroad.~
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<br /> The second point is uniformity. High Street is one of the longest a~ud widest
<br />streets in the state, and is ~eryL~st~aight and~ level. This ma~kes a perspective of the
<br />thoroughfare include ms.ny blocks.
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<br /> A third point is traffic safety - the street is heavily traveled at all hours.
<br />of the day ~ night, and all intersections must be well d~fined, so that traffic may be
<br />discerned both directly and by silhouette effect;~
<br /> The fourth point is general ap?~a~an~ce. A city of the size and historical in-
<br />terest of Portsmouth demands a little ind[viduality in its street lighting, commensurate
<br />with good lighting practice.
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<br /> The present lighting system needs rebuilding and remodelling to bring it up to
<br />modern stands~ds.' We have accordzngly ~ons~de~ea this.problem as a complete replacement -
<br />an entirely new installation,' We have predicated this on the purchase by the Power Com-
<br />pany of the present city-owned e~.uipment, and the operation, mainten~ce and ownership of
<br />the new system by the Company;
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<br /> Since favorable appearance of the eqnipment as well as serviceability and
<br />strength are par~nount, we propose to replace t~e present iron poles with ornamental "Union
<br />Metal" distribution ool~s~ To further lessen the ntnnber of wires on High Street, we pro-
<br />pose to change from ~eries to multiple oper?tion .of circuits, as is now being done in many
<br />large cities. We propose to use as~ a lightzng u~zt one selected not only for efficiency,
<br />but also for beauty, as zllus~rate~ in this rsport~
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<br /> ~ul~iple. operation means that the various units are on different transformers,
<br />which helps to make outages of circuits less likety~ The s~orter life of multiple lamps
<br />helps keep the system up to initial efficiency at all times~
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<br /> In classifying Hzon Street, the primary business section lies between ~ater
<br />Stree~ and Elm Avenue. Ih this section are nearly all the business establishments, hence
<br />pedestrian t~affio is high, and uniform illt~nination of side-walks and ~treet is necessary.
<br />~e recommend, therefore, that lighting .tt~..its~ be placed on every pole on~ both sides of the
<br />street and that the units 'be provided with 5qOO-lumen, 300 watt Mazda l~mps. A ~stal num-~
<br />be= of e~igh~y-four (8~) units would be ~equired, twenty-four (24) to burn all night and
<br />sixty (o0) to ~e 'turned off at midnight.~
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