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<br />November 12, 1930
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<br />At
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<br />a regula~ ~meeting of the City Council held November 12th there were present:
<br /> ~essrs--~.R~ Hutchins, E. W. ~aupin, Jr., Arthur ~ayo,~
<br /> J. Alden 0ast~ Archibs~ld 0gg, J. R. Stewart, 5.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br /> Vice-President J. R. Stews~vt in the Chair.
<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting October 2~th were read and were approved.
<br /> (Present Vernon A. Brooks)
<br /> The following communications were read from the City.~nager:
<br /> Ist. "In regard to the
<br />electrification'of' the Suffolk water plant, which matter was referred to me at the last meet-
<br />ing of the Council, I beg to state that I have had'-several conferences with ~essrs~ Thrcck-
<br />morton, Fairlamb' and Truitt of the Virginia Electric and Power Company and on Monday the at-
<br />tached proposition was submitted by the Company.
<br /> Mr. Davd~- and I. have gone over She matter thoroughly with the officials .and we are of
<br />the opinion that the Oompmny's proposal is for the best interest of the City and should be
<br />accepted and the Power Company requested to begin the work immediately.
<br /> ShOuld the C~uncil concur in this' opinion it would of course be necessary to refer the
<br />matter to the Oity Attorney, to have contract properly drawn, so there would be no unnecessary
<br />delay on our pa~t."
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<br /> The following is the proposition enclosed by the Oity M~nager:
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<br />"Norfolk, Virginia,
<br />November 10, 1.930.
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<br />Mr. F. 0. H~urah~n,
<br />City Manager,
<br />Port smo~uth, Virginia.
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<br />~L~. ~. L. Davis, Superintendent
<br />Water Depa~ment,
<br />Portsmouth, Virginia.
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<br />Gentlemen:
<br /> In connection with conference held in the City. ~a~ager~e office on the morning of
<br />~ov~er 10th, the prop~ss~looverSng theetectrification of the Suffolk Pumping Plant was
<br />discussed in detail. A proposal was fo~nerly made by thewriter to the 0o~cil ~t its re-
<br />~meeti~ on Tues~y, 0ctebe= 2Sth, ~d at that meeting i~ was ~eferred ~o you gentlemen.
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<br /> The outcome of the'coherence held In the0ity M~r's office on November 10th
<br />b~o~ht out the followi~pro~s~ which is submitted you ~n connection with the repo~ which
<br />Witl~e m~e to the Oo~o~ in con~ctio~ with t~s electrification
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<br /> The Virginia Electric ~d ~we=~mp~y will ~dert~e the o~olete electrifica-
<br />tion of yo~ p~ping ~t.mt SuffOlklalOmg thel~es previously ~seussed with Mr; Davis,
<br />w~ch is mo~e f~ly set out in a report submitted to Mr. Davis unde~ date of J~e 20th which,
<br />in brief, will me, the inst~l~tion of the ne~ss~y p~ps, p~pi~ equipmen~, buildi~
<br />oh~ges, piping, wi=i~, s~lohbe~d ~d switchbo~d p~els, t~s~o~rs, outdoor s~st~ions
<br />~ necessm=y lines ino=~r to ~Iow for f~l electric operation of-~he pl~t; The project
<br />also includes two st~dby ~its with ~sol~ driven motors fo~ use in cases of emergency.
<br />In the work ~ outlinedabove ~d ~ previously'discussed with you gentlemen, the Virg~ia
<br />Electric ~d Powe~ 05mp~ ~=ees that the m~i~ cost to the Oity of Po~tsmo~h for this
<br />work will be $22,500. The origin~ est~ate as ~itted to the Go,oil on the night of
<br />October 28th ffo~ the entire work was $55,000.00 ~d of that ~o~t the 0ity of Po=ts~uth
<br />was t~ spend $25,000 ~d the Virginia Electric ~d Powe~ O~p~[ $30,000. It is felt that
<br />the tot~ cost of the p=oje~ might be less th~ the ffi~re of $55,O00.00. In view of t~s
<br />fact, it is ~=eed that the total ~o'~t to be paid by the Oity will not exceed $22,500, the
<br />Vi=gini~ Elect=lc ~d power Oomp~y ~s~lng ~1 other expe~e in connection with the electri-
<br />fication of the pl~t, as outlined in o~ repor~ of June
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<br /> If it ~s fo~d u~on the c~mpletion of the project' tha~ the tot~ cost ~s less
<br /> t~ $52,500, ~y saving effected below the s~id ~o~t of $52,5G0 will ~c=ue to the 0ity
<br /> of Portsmouth, ~t in no event will the e~e~se that the 0ity of Portsmouth will be put to
<br /> exceed $22,500.
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<br /> The Oity Of Portsmouth will agree in connection with this proposal to execute
<br />a contract with the Virginia Electric and Power Company forthe purchase of all of its power
<br />re~i~e~ents needed at its .Suffol~ pumping station under the ~a~da~d ~holesale Ind~stria~
<br />R~te ~10 of the Powe~ Oom~any for a period of ten years. The serv. ice ~o ~he pumping pl~ut
<br />will be metered~on the secondary side of the transformers, the transfo~er, equipment, sub-
<br />station~udall~%e~uipment outside ~ the pumping plant will.remainthe~roperty Of the Virginia
<br />Electric and Power Company 'and al~_quipment within the station willie:come the property of
<br />the City of Portsmouth. The Oit~ of Portsmouth is to retain possession of all the pumping
<br />equipment now installed, tlfe Virginia Electric and Power company having no equity in this
<br />e~Aipme~t imstalled or any equipment to be installed within the pumping station.
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<br /> As discussed at the meeting this morning, the Virginia Electric and Power
<br />Company will do all work in connection with lines, transformers and substation equipment, and,
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