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Sep ~emoer 28, 1926
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<br />Total per capita costs of Virginia cities:
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<br />Portsmouth 16.21
<br />Petersburg 19.00
<br />Roanoke 20.44
<br />Newport News 22.23
<br />Richmond 22.8i
<br />Norfolk 28.95
<br />Lynchburg 29.27
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<br /> examination of these tables s~ows that each item in Portsmouth is lower than i~ Lynch~
<br />~g, s~ve for ~ebt service. The excessiv~e deb~t service charge in Portsmouth is sxeeilentAn
<br /> ~ o~ the~ w~tefmi ~nd ~j~t method om ~km~ all ~rovements from the proceeds of bond
<br />proc ~ - ...... ~ ~~ ~ been t~ken em the State law which oermmts the assess-
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<br />merit for sewers, szdewa. ~ and ~ileys and by a* policy adopted by the Oity of L~chbu~g which
<br />seo~es the vol~t~ ~reement of property owners to be~r ~ p~t of the cost of paving.
<br />expiation of the total per e~pitm costs sho~s that the t~x per i~bita~t in Portsmouth is
<br />lower th~n i~ ~y ethe~ City of the
<br /> This is the l~st bu~e~ which will be p~pmred by me a~ I therefore am going to
<br />e~nestly reco~nd to ~ successor ~d ~e the Co,oil to mvoid special appropriations, to
<br />=e~e the seweral dep~tme~ hemd~ to exercise due e~onemy m~ to again t~e under ~visement
<br />~ modification o~ t~e C0nsti~tion of the State which will permit the assessment of
<br />oEe~s to ~efr~y in p~t mt least the cost of publi~ ~rovements~ A method of doing this with-
<br />out iEedi~te increase in taft'on ~s ~ecently been suggested ~ the public p~ints by ~. W.H.
<br />Tmyle~, Director of ~b~c Works,~*~lk-~ ., V~., w~oh is well worthy of
<br /> Get~ml buret, ~s referred
<br /> 0n motion of Dr. ~ford, the co~9~ti~n togethe~ with the ~
<br /> to the Finance Co~ittee.
<br /> 10th. "0n July llth, a son of ~. E. J. N~rrell, w~s i~ed by stumbli~ over the rem~i~
<br /> of mn old hitch~g- post which prot~ded above the s~f~ce of the sidewalk ~pprox~tely 2
<br /> inches ~t the north emst corner of Green ~nd High Sts. ~ne only witness we h~ve to the ~cciden~
<br /> was ~. Ray Hutchins, who s~w the boy ~medimtely ~fter the ~ff~r me--red ~nd states ~the
<br /> boy's suit w~s ~mined ~d his ~ee w~s sk~ned. ~ ~. ~rell, ~the boy's fmthe~, has been very
<br /> re~sonmbie in the ~tte= and only ~asks =e-imbursement for the suit of clothes, worth $17.00,
<br /> ~d $8.00 fo~ doctor's ~d~g bill.
<br /> It is =e~oEended t~t m special ~pp~opri~ion o~ $25.00 be ~de fo= this purpose."
<br /> On motion of ~. White, the =ecoEen~tion was referred to the Fiance OoEit~e .
<br /> lith. ,As ~ere will ~ a ~l~nce mp~rently ~ the bo~d issue provided for the ~ving
<br /> of Hi~n St. ~nd Elm Ave., it is recommended that Gla~ow' St. between Oo~t ~d Washi~ton
<br /> be~ covered with sheet asphmlt ~nd t~t ~lph St. betwee~ the creek ~d ~d St. be paved
<br /> with bit,incus ~cmd~, the ~o~dw~ys en e~eh street being ~rowed to 18 ft. The esti~ted
<br /> cost of the G~sgow St. work is $1,500.~ and o~ the ~dolph St. work $5,000.00.
<br /> ~dolph St. wo~d h~ve been ~ed ~t the s~e t~e t~t othe~ streets in~ the
<br /> Fourth ~a~d were pmved, h~ it not been thought ~t th~t~time that the ~ eutfall sewer for
<br /> the 6th, yth and 9th ~ards would p~ss t~o~h this street."
<br /> 0n motien of Er. ~ite, the comEieation w~s referred to the Fiance Co~ittee.
<br /> U~INiS~D
<br /> ~ro~ ~he
<br /> The follewi~ o~E~m~atie~ whmch ~d been ~id on t~he t~ble ~til this meeti~ of 0curt-
<br /> oil, w~s t~en up mhd read:
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<br /> "~. S. R. Richards, lessee of m p~cel of p~0perty beto~i~ to Ers. 0. Sullivan
<br /> located on the northwest corner o~ A~ta Ave. ~nd ~e St., ~s ~pplied for per~ssion~to
<br /> build ~ fr~e store thereon.
<br /> ~ order ~o get the p~ope= percentage of ~ssents from neighboring o~erS, it will be
<br /> necessary fSr~the 0itY, ms the owner of the ~ke St. schoel proper?y, to ac~iesee ~ the
<br /> D~sed constE~tion. I have ~efezred the ~tter to the.Superintendent of Schools who objects
<br /> to the co~truetion on the ~ounds- first, t~t there ms one sto~e ~lre~dy ~ the neighborhood
<br /> theft ~ply provides for ~ll the needs of the school children; second, that a store in
<br /> prox~lty to m ~chool is not desirable; third, t~t ~.other s~=e wo~ld tend to make ~this ~
<br /> so~t o~ ~enter fo= the congregmtio~ of peopSe ~nd boys out of school which ~s feu~d to be quite
<br /> ~ nuis~ce at the o~' school on Elm Ave.
<br /> In view of the fo~egoi~, I recommend that the 0ity decline to ~ssent to ~he cons~ction
<br /> a~d t~t the proposed~loc~tion ms ~ site fo~ ~ store be dis~proved by the Council."
<br /> !n this co~cti6n, ~. ~yo presented~m petit~n from certain property o~e~s livi~
<br /> in the vicinity of the corner of ~ke a~ ~lmnta streets, st~ti~ that ~hey do not ob~ee~
<br /> to S. B. ~ic~r~ ope$i~ m store on ~e s~d corne~ to con,et a mercantile ~siness in eom-
<br /> p!i~ce with the ordi~nces of the O~ y of Porte,nth.
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<br /> 0n motion of ~. ~ite, ~e ~ecoEen~tion of the M~e~ w~s con,fred ~.
<br /> The followi~ co~X~tmo from the M~er, which ~d been laid on the t~ole ~tif thi~
<br /> meeti~ of God, oil, w~s t~en ~o ~nd read:
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<br /> "~s. ~. R. sellers ~s ~e ~oplic~tien to b~ld a one story fr~e grocery store mt the
<br /> ~ut~est so,er of EyZhe & ~d Sts. This site is o~osite the som~hwes~ corner of the Wythe
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