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At a regular meeting of the City Council held May 8th there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- Vernon Brooks, J. C. Dunfford,
<br /> Arthur Mayo, J. Alden Oast~ L.
<br /> Also the City Manager.
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<br />E.W. Maupin, Jr.,
<br />G. White, -6.
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<br /> The minutes of the regular meeting April 24th and special meeting May 4th were read and
<br />were approved.
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<br /> The following communicationswere read from the 0ity Manager:
<br /> 1st. "In accordano~ with
<br />ordinauoe of the City Council providing for return of fees collected for highway work, will
<br />you please credit fees collected up to April 1st, 1928, as follows:
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<br />Amount collected up to April let, according to City Auditor's re'cord ........ -$951.OO
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<br />Credit Accounts:
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<br /> 5-B, A-2, Labor~, Repairs to Sidewalks .... t., . ~[ .$500.00
<br /> 5-B, 0-4, Material, Repairs to Sidewalks .... 1~[.' . ~51.O0 951.O0"
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<br />.... un mo~on .o.f Mr, Mayo, the ,recommendation of the Mauager was concurred in, and a special
<br />~'~'appropriation of $951.00 allowed to be credited as reo~mmen~ed by the Manager;. and by the
<br /> following vote:
<br /> Ayes--Brooks, DunVord, Maupin, Mayo, Oast, White, 6.
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<br /> 2nd. "The matter relative to the City furnishing for publication au up-to-date map for
<br /> use in connection with the Industrial Survey, was referred to me. I will state that the City
<br /> will _shortly have a modern map for its use, furnished by Mr. F. J. Bergeron of the City Engineer',,
<br /> office. We will no doubt have sufficient copies made for use in otur Engineering Dept. I have
<br /> learned that a movement is on foot at present to have sufficient copies made and cost to be
<br /> borne by vs~rieus industries and property owners of avsilable factory sites- this seems to me to
<br /> be sufficient."
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<br /> On me~tion of ~r. Mayo,
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<br /> 3rd. #The request that
<br />recommendation.
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<br />the report was accepted .andordered to be filed.
<br />the 0ity offer the old jail lot ~or sale, was referred
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<br />to me for
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<br /> The City of Portsmouth owns severs~ pieces of real estate for which I believe they
<br />will never ~zave municipal use. I think these pieces of property should be offered for sale,
<br />if aud~when sufficient interest has been manifested in them to assure a fair bid-,if.they are
<br />offered for sale. As interes~ h~been manifested im ?~he.~rope~y~on t~e~southeast corner of
<br />High and Washington Sts.,~known a~'Jthe Jail lot- I believe the said property should be put
<br />up at public auction and sold tO the highest bidder, provided, however, ~u adequate price is
<br />bid."
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<br /> Mr. N~yo moved to concur in the Manager's recommendation, and that the-City ~anager be
<br />authorized to advertise-for sale the said prope~y Lucomplia~cewi~h tt~e law.
<br /> The motion was adopted. ~
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<br /> 4th. "In regsmd to/the petition of the Portsmouth Cham~er of Commerce that the Council
<br />provide a new entrance to the Oity Park and 0emetery, which ~as referred to me, I herewith
<br />-submit a report from Dr. L. J. Roper, on this Subject° Dr. Roper has given this.matter-much
<br /> thought for several years, and I approve his.r~commendations.
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<br />Mr. Frs~uk C. Haurahan,
<br />City Manager,
<br />Portsmouth, Va.
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<br />Dear Sir:~
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<br /> IA re our conversation of this date concerning the proposed road leading to the City
<br />Park from the Suffolk Highway, beg to state that I submit for your lm~formation the following:
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<br /> During General Jerve~s administration as City Manager, Messrs. Hedges & Heath re-
<br />quested that the city connect up the City Park with a road leading to the state highway. Gen-
<br />eral Eervey agreed to do this,_and made a temporary road connecting the Park with the highway.
<br />This road, however, has not been maintained by the city. The road made bisected ~essrs. Hedges
<br />~ Heath's land. This was about three years ago. Prior to this time, however, there were two
<br />approaches to the 0ity Park from the state highway; one between land owned by ~essrs. Hedges
<br />& Heath and George Ivans. Another which goes through George Ivan? property and enters the
<br />City Park at a righ~ angle with the cedar hedge. In connection wxth the ~irst mentioned route,
<br />affter the road was blazed Messrs. Hedges & Heath atte~oted to get a right of way over the At-
<br />lantic Coast Line R.R. This the Atlantic Oaast Line R.R. agreed to furnish provided, however,
<br />that these gentlemen should become responsible for all accidents occurring at this crossing.
<br />~ne ~esults~'~ere that no lease was si~ed, and this road which meets the Atlantic Coast Line
<br />at right angles Darallet the Atlantic Ooast Line track for about 200 or 300 feet crossing the
<br />tr~ck at the same location as the road which divides Messrs. Hedges & Heath's land and Mr.
<br />George Ivans land. In other words, prior to the construction of this road there were two normal
<br />approaches to the south end of the City ParkEd cemetery.
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<br /> The question has arisen as to the advisability of constructing a permanent road from
<br />the state highway to the Park and cemetery. This is a matter which I believe should be given
<br />serious consideration for several r~asons. In the first instance itwould divert the direction
<br />of traffic from the state highway through the City Park, the approach being through Olive Branch
<br />Cemetery and thence into th~ Park. With the present condition of ou~ roads in the Park and '
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