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June 10, 1924 Street to COUrt Street, thence along Oourt, ~ythe and Fo~vth Streets t~ ~eI~ St~eet~ thence along Lincsln Street to a point'near wh~t was fomm~l~n0w~ a~'~th~ ~--G~t~to th~N~vyYard; and also to abandon the use ef ~he t~mcklccAted on Lincolm Street between said Mai~ Gate and Fourth Street. Upon consideration whereof IT IS 0_~ERED, Ths~t the said petition be received~dfiled, ~nd~h~t tl~iS~matter beset for hearing in the~ceurt'room of this Cemissien at RiChmond, Virg~i~, cn ThUrsdmy,~he~nine- teenthd~y of ~une, 1924, at ten e'cl0~ A~., at which time and Dlace thi~ oomisSion will proceed to hemr s~ch testimony~ud receive such evidence, make such decisions and enter~such orders as the needs of this case may require~ and IT IS FURTHER ORDERED, That the said VIRGINIA RAIL~,~YANDP0~'00MPAtIYca~e to be pub' lSshed in some newspaper h~ving general circulatieR ink, the 0ity sfP~ts~0uth, at'least twice a week for two suocessiveweeks, notice of the filing of i~s said petition and al~lication in the following language, that is to say: NOTICE TO TEE PUBLIC The Virginia P~ilway and Power Oompauy will on the .l~th'day or'June, 192~, atZ0 o'clock A. E., in the Cour~ Room ef the State Corporation Commi'S~i~h, m~2~' ~li~C~ien ~'"the' Co~mis- sie~ for authority'to discSntinue the~operaticn of the electric Street r~iIwaylin&~k~wn as the Navy Tard Line, extending ~rom the Ferry loop along'High~ Street te Court'Street, thence a~or~gOourt, Wythe and Fourth °treets to Lincoln Street, thence alcng l~c~L~ Street to a point near whmt was formerly known as the M~in Gate to the Navy Yard, and~ tc abandon the use of the track located cn Lincoln Street between said Gate and Fourth Street, A True ~Copy Tests: VIRGINIA RAILV~AT AND POV~R By T. Norman Jo2es, Jr., General ~nager," R. ~. ~ilson, Clerk ef the State Oerpcration Oemmission., "COMM0~ALTH OF.VIRGINIA DEPART~E~ 0F TEE STATE O0RPORATIGNGC~MISSION Case No. 221~. CITY OF_KIG~O~D, J~i~ 6th, 1924. X~ the~atter of application of VIRGINIA RAt~AND POWER C0~P~NYto suspend operation ef certain lines and to ab~ndsn certain tracks, all being p~rt of its street railway system in the Cityof Portsmouth. This day camde VIRGINIA RAIZWAYANDPG~ER C~PANY, by counsel, a~d filed its petition pray- ing for ~ermissisn to- ~us_nend the o~eratien cf street cars on that portion of the Pert N~rfolk-Pin~ers Psint Line, commencing at the intersection ef Mount Vernon Avenue and Eart- ford Street, thence along Eou~t Vernon Avenue te ~y~ View Beulev~d, thence ~leng Bmy View Beulev~d te C~utm~q~Ave~e, thence ~e~ Oh~tmuq~ Avenue te Detroit S~e~t, thence mle~ Detroit Street te Hill· Aven~e, then~ mleng~ll Avenue to Careli~ Avers, thence along 0~olimm Avers to ~pencer Ave~e, a~ thence along Spencer Ave~e tc the end of the ~me at er meat Se~De~d Avenue. Effective ~tilthe f~ther order ~ the State O~permtien Oo~i~sie~ of Virginia. Discontinue the opermtion of street cars On the 'P~rk View an~ CeEe~ez~y Line and tekb~ands~ th? use sf the street railway track conunenciPg at the-~nter- section ef Anne ~ud Hatton'Strsets~ ,, ~thence ....alsn~g Amne. Street to ElmAvenue~ ~hence alonEnESs_Avenue te Glas- gow Street, and thence mlong Gl~sgo~ Street to the end ef the line at or ~ea~Godwin Street. In li~m sf the operation of the present High~Stree% li~e and the Port Norfolk-~inners PoLutLine, will opermte between the Ferry ~op and~the c~r barns ,Birney s~fety Cars' on m ~even an~ m hmlf minute base he~dwmy~ Effective till the further order sf the State Corporation Con~ission of Virginia. All ef said lines, cars and tracks being Dart ef the Virginia Railwmyand Power Gempany PortsmeUt~a~lw~y~ · Division and being in the Oity of ~ortsmouth, Virginim, ..... Upon c~nsideration whereof,..IT I~ ORDERED, that ~he said petition and the e~hibits attached thereto be received and filed, mhd that this m~tter be, and the s~me is, hereby set for hearing in the~2~rt room of this Co~ission mt Richmond, Virginia, on Thursd~y, the nineteenth d~y ef