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February 12, 192,A It is obvious that a safety oar costs loss to operate than a double truck car. 'This due to the fact that the safety ca~ we~ighs a~loprox, l?,000 pounds, whereas a double truck 'car weighs ap~_reximately 38,000 pounds. This m~.kes -for decrease-in power consumption, decrease of wear amd tear cf track~, and due to the s~ze of the -vehicles. etc, a d~ease in ~intenance cost per unit. In addition te which we have the. ~ges for erie man on the safety car, as against two cn the dotf~le truck car. Therefore in order .to determine with a still closer degree cf accUrAcy cost on lines on which only safety cars are used, the Accouuting Department h~s used the actual cost by months for the operation and m~intenance ef the Petersburg Railway Division, where all ef the cars operated, I Believe, with eno exception are safety ears, and where the ws~.e scale for operatsrs is the same as Norfolk, Portsmouth and Rieh~nd. This ~ives us a mmmt cost Which is, I ~elieve, somewhat -~uder the cost for similar operation in Portsmouth, but it is close enough fo= all practical purposes, aud when this unit cost per car mile, per month, is multiplied by the numl~er-of ~ar miles made on any given linc by safety cars during the same month, the operating cost sc obtained is more nearly representative ef the actual cost th~n would result from the use o~ a car mile cost fi~m~re, representing the average cost of safety and double truck cars. The items entering into operating co,ts a~ the following: ~at~tenance of tracks - " of everhead.~ines - " of buildings " of ca~s and equipmeht -~ Oost ef power - ~ages of motormen and cemductors ~perating c~rs (ether t~ above) ~ges and Leg~Ex~nses - ~ecutive and General E~enses - Deprecimtien - You~i!l note that the costs listed as operating expenses do not include fixed charges; .taxes, licenses, bond,interest or si~king fund eha~ges. Ir~uch as you presented our petition te the Council on the ~2nd, ~ill you Act kindly present the enclosed statement of earnings and expenses to Nr. Brinscn, Oity Clerk, along with ~ much of t~e ..~planatien as above given as you thi~.k will be cf interest to the 9eunci!. As n ~r. Brin~on's letter to me .he says 'The Coumcil does not consider the reasons givem ar~ suf- ficient as they do net cover e:ough time, and they instructed me ~e write and ask that you give in detail furthe~ imform~tion bearing on the subJect.'~ Very truly yours, T. Norman Jones, action on ~n motion cf Er. 0ast~/the commmu~icatien was deferred umtil the next regular meeting- of ~O~cil, ~d the ClSrk~w~ instructed te re--rd copies of the co~icatien amd strident A peti$ien was ~eadfrom E. C. Doughty and others that the City lay a four-foot sidewalk through property im ~est Park View acquired 1~y~essrs. [. E. Sykes and F. ~. Wilder, ~ust west of the 0a~_Greve Cemetex-~, the approximate cost ef whi~hweuld On motion, the pe~ition was referred te A~ request of property~ o~ers on ~diSon street, ~etween Fifth and Sixth streets, for a sidew~l~u~ fron~ of their homes on said street, was referred to the City ~nager. A communication from the Citizens Protective League co~cernimg the urgency o~ certain street improvements in West Park View ~nich have for several months been on the City's improve- ment program, was.:referred~tc ~he ~ity Nonages, A~d onI motion, the following commmnicatioms were referred to the ~lnance'.Committee: Request.of the City Collector that the Guaranty Title & Tm_st Co. be refttUded $~2,V4, paid in error for City taxes~ for the Year 1919 assesseSagainst ~ric-Louise Niemeyer. · ~eque~t of. the City Collector that C. ~. Cartwri~t be. refunded $2,$0 paid in ester for def~nin~ l~nes ~ee. ~8,~192~;.~ Petition of Nfs. N~ry~. Du~uing te be relieved frem payment of taxes on a house assessed on lots 3~ &35 on Virginia Ave., Port Norfolk, for the Years 1921, 1922, ~nd~1923, as there is no house o~ the lots, ~etition cfR, R. RoDertson, asking that Azmie E. Watts be relieved from payment cf taxes' ena double house nt~aber 82$ and 828 Queen St., fo~ the Years 19~1, 1922, azld 19~, $1~J$8 with interest and pen~ltles fo~ oaChmYear. Ce~municati~n frem A. A. Bangel concerning application ef G. Russo for a. refundef money ~aid~y~htmumder an erroneous assessment ef personal property, Request of ~rris Isentet to be refunded taxes paid erreneeusly~ sn eno jib l~t East Side of Second Ave,, ~enrce Ward, for the Years 1916-t922, inclusiv~ ReqUes~ ef Elizabeth $. Ward to'be refunded taxes paid by her on part oftpla~t"B" ef the Wilson Estate, ~ap Book. ~1, Page #~?, for. the Yea~vs 19L8-1923, inclusive. . ~ Cow~Lni~ation from ~he Bchool BOard inquiring ~he stat~ of ~he ~ch~o~ Bo~d,s ~ldin~