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June 11, 1929
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<br />PASSENGER AND VEHIOLE REVENUP.
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<br />Vehiculs_r Revenue
<br />Passenger Revenue
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<br />Vehicular Revenue
<br />PassengerRevenue
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<br />On motion,
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<br /> _..
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<br /> $18~,040~96
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<br /> $298,992.21
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<br /> May 1929
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<br /> ~ay 192~
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<br /> $68,064.17
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<br /> $177,98 .99
<br /> 11 .506.y5
<br />· $291,~95.7~
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<br />~.,476.79
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<br />$67,199.25
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<br /> .~ncrease or Decrease
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<br /> _. 1, .50-
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<br /> the report of ~he Superintendent of the Ferries was ordered to be filed.
<br /> The following communication was
<br /> #Norfolk, Virginia~ May 23, 1929.
<br />Dr. Vernon A. BrooP~s, 1-3-2~9
<br />Mayor, Oity of Portsmouth, Va.
<br />
<br />Mr. Paul E. Hanbury, President,
<br />Rotary Olub,
<br />Portsmouth,
<br />
<br />Mr. Fred A. Duke,
<br />Kiwanis 0!ub,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />President,
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<br />Mr. Moss W. Armistead, President,
<br />Retail Merchants Association,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />~. W. L. Bennett, President,
<br />P~hamber of Oommerce,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
<br />
<br />Dear Sir:-
<br />
<br /> On May ~lmt a hearing was held before the State 0orporation Oommission of Virginia
<br /> in connection with the application of the Chesapeake and Ohio Railway Company, now oending
<br /> before the Interstate Oommerce Go~.~mission in ~in~uce Docke~ No. y460, in so far as ~t seeks
<br /> to acquire control of the Virginian Railway as one of the units in its plans of consolidating
<br /> into a single system of several ~carriers in the Eastern Group, which aoplication was ex parts
<br /> and without the consent of The Virginian Railway Oompany.
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<br /> The aforesaid application of the 0hesapeake and Ohio Railway Oompany is being
<br /> opposed by The Virginian Railway 0ompany, as well as by thirty o~ more civic and legislative
<br /> organimations of the various towns and cities along and off the Virginian Railway. The Oity
<br /> of Portsmouth has not yet so fair. as I a~ able to find out, entered its protest along with the
<br /> other communities, and that you may be guided as to the manner in which the neighboring cities
<br /> are opposing the application of the ~ & 0 and in support of the Virginian Railway's ~ppli-
<br /> cation .or,he construction of a bridge across the Eanawha River, I am enclosing a separate
<br /> memorandum showing the action taken by the Oity of Norfolk as transcribed from the Norfolk
<br /> Ledger Dispatch, Incidentally, may I mention that thirty five or more employees of the Vir-
<br /> ginian Railway are residents and citizens of the Oity of Portsmouth, the payrolls of these
<br /> employees aggregate approximately $80,000.00 per ann~m~ and from that it is obviou~that
<br /> the ~home town, of these citizens should take cognizance of the advisability of opposing
<br /> anything that may distort the location of the general offices of the Virginian Railway Oompany.
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<br /> The ~irginian Railway, in the interests of the transportation service which it
<br /> is now performing, and in the interest of the pl~us which it h~s for its future development,
<br /> it is important both to the public and to the company that it shall, certainly for the oresent,
<br /> continue to operate as an independent carrier.
<br />
<br /> On April 16, 1929, The Virginian Railway Oompany filed its application with the
<br />Interstate Oommerce 0ommiesion for authority to construct a bridge across the Eanawha River
<br />at Deepwater, its oresent terminus in West Virginia. This bridge, if and when const~cted,
<br />will effect a physical connection with the New York Oentral Railroad via the tracks of its
<br />subsidiary, the Kanawh& & Michigan Railroad, located an the north side of the Kanawha River.
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<br /> The purpose of this connection is to open up to the patrons of the Virginian
<br />the large New York Oentral territory of the Middle West by a non-competitive short route,
<br />to effect a trunk line service from such territory to Tidewater and the intervening communi-
<br />~es~ an~ to secure in reciprocal interchange a substantial volume of eastbound business.
<br /> e aeveAopment of this plan is of the utmost importance to the future of the Virginian and
<br />will be of vast interest to the State at large. The control of the Virginian by the ~nes%oeake
<br />and Ohio will tend to suppress existing competition, whereas, a connection with the Kanawha
<br />& Michigan will enable the Virginian to broaden the territory in~'which it will be able to
<br />operate in competition with the Chesapeake and Ohio.
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<br /> If your respective organizations deem it proper at this time to intercede in
<br />behalf of the Virginian Railway Company, COPies of the re~olntion~ m~v
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