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°' 373 <br /> <br />future. Particular reference i~ made to manufacturing plants within the city limits in the <br />Port. Norfolk section where fire protection is not sufficient because of the lack of suitable <br />size water maine; your_committee recommends that this be remedied as soon as funds are avail- <br />able. <br /> <br /> The present City Ordinance regulati~ the Water Department, requires the payment of a <br />charge for fire hydrants, hose connectioffs and sprinkler heads used ex*lusively for fire pro- <br />tection and located on private property. <br /> <br /> Tour committee recommends that this Ordinance be amended so as to permit a consumer, if <br />he desires to do so, to place a meter on his fire protection line at his own expense for meter <br />and installation, 'and pay the schedule rates for water as registered by the meter instead of <br />the flat rate charges listed in the paragraph of the City Ordinances referring to fire pro- <br />~ection. <br /> <br /> There should be no Ready to Serve Charge or minimum appli6<l to meters on such services <br /> used exclusively for fire protection. <br /> <br /> Para~raph-eB. ~. <br /> What method should be used to attract additional m~nufacturing interests. <br /> <br /> The,~lty, in order to induce manufacturing industries to locate in our section, should <br />give such prospective industries every facility for examining factory sites, ~nd should co- <br />operate in every way i~ assisting them to select a location and in the operation of their <br />'plants after they have located. The tax rate for industrial properties should be as reason- <br />able as it is possible for the City to' make it. <br /> <br /> The City, through some of its Bureaus, or by an official employed for that purpose, should <br />gather and disseminate industrial information; if possible suitable factory sites should be <br />optloned by the City at reasonable rates and such sities recommended for the considerati°n <br />of prospective factories, so.tha~ excessive prices for land could not prevent the 15caring <br />of factories in our~vicinity. It appears that some attention should be given and a suitable <br />appropriation made for advertisin~Cto=y sites in the City and suburbs. <br /> <br />Paragraph"C" <br /> <br /> "How can better conditions be obtained by co-operation with the lamming inter- <br />ests of this section in the way of a better understanding as ~o marketing their crops and the <br />development of the outlying rich waste lands for mgricultural pumposes, which are badly needed <br />to i~c~e~se the food production of-the country.· <br /> <br /> Co-operation now exists among farmers as to shipment of farm products, but in order that <br />such shipments may bemade by water direct from Portsmouth, the steamers should land at Ports- <br />mouth wharves, as recommended in paragraph "D." <br /> <br /> Develop mutual confidence between the farmer and consumer so that the farmer may have re- <br />gular customers for his products and the consumer may be served regularly by the farmer. <br /> <br /> Assist ~n.thesale of the uncu22ivated land adjacen2 to Portsmouth, and reclam~ation of <br />the rich swamp tands~for the purpose diversified crops; ~aising stock and dairy farming. <br /> <br /> Liberal 6redit~ with long term notes should be given farmers by our local banks. <br /> ~Para~aph ."De <br /> <br /> "The promotion of better water and highway transportation facilities for the agricultural <br />and business world." That permament smooth roadways be constructed on the principal highways <br />leading into th~ City, the cost to be borne equitably by the City of Portsmouth and the County <br />of Norfolk. <br /> <br /> The eonstx~c~ion-of a road to Cradeck should be given early consideration. <br /> <br /> As the Steamers of the Baltimore Steam Packet Company now land in Portsmouth the City <br />~overnment should, by every lawful, e~l~'~i'ent, endeavor to have the Steamers of the N.Y.P. AN. <br />Ry. Co~, Norfolk &Washington ~teamboa~iCo~ and Chesapeake Steamship Co. land in Portsmouth, <br />and the service now b~ing rendered-by the C. & O. Ry. 0ompany improved. <br /> <br /> That the Virginian~Ry. Co. be requested to establisha freight and passenger station at <br />~radock. <br /> <br /> In re~erence to the use 9f Crafdrd's B~y for a small boat harbor, we suggest that the <br /> land and water ~ont~ad~acent (owned. almost exclusively'by ~he'S,A.L. Ry, Co.)is too valuable <br /> and~e~essary for development and_~se as Steamship Piers and Railway Union Station to w~rrant <br /> the establi~hment-i~ this loc~ti0n of~a small boat harbor. However, the establishment of a <br /> small boat ~arbo~wh:ere farmers 'and truckersmay without charge land their boats, sell ~heir <br /> products and purchase supplies from Our merchants, is-of the utmost importance'to the City. <br /> <br /> · The Seabo~dlgilarf an~Warehouse Co. now leases the Eastend of Wythe, Harrison and <br /> Randolph st~eet~; the unrestricted use of these streets greatly: enhancin the Value of the <br /> property to thisCompany; in fao~ the wharves of the Company could scar$cely be used for <br /> mooring vessel. ~ withOUt occupying these~ street ends. . <br /> The Seaboard Wharf and Warehouse Co. own also the. unimproved land between the Cat Hole <br /> and Bart Sts.,~T~ontlng two hundred fee~ on the Southern Branc~ of th~ River. <br /> <br /> The stree' ends referred to above, (for!which the City reoeives'lonly $30.00 <br /> ~ few years and We recommend t~at:the City Counci~ make a new lease <br />of these st ~ ends in exohange~for a lease to the City for a like number of years of !he <br /> <br /> <br />
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