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~eptember 27, 1919
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<br />At an adjourned regular meetir~ of the City Co~ucll September 2Vth there were present:
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<br />Messrs-- T. A. Bunting, N. P. Claud, ~. H. CulpePPer,
<br /> C. D. Deans, J. ~T. Hanvey, C. H. Herbert,
<br /> E. H. Wright, 7.
<br /> Also the City ~anager.
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<br /> Whereupon, the ordinance with'reference to increase.~.i~ street oar fare in the City, con-
<br />tinued on the table September 19th, was taken ~o.
<br /> In this connection, a co~unicatlon from the Central Improvement League was read, protesting
<br />agatr~t adoption of the ordinance increasing the fare.
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<br /> Then the following o~dinanees and resolution, ordered to lie on the table September 19th,
<br />were taken up and read:
<br /> AN ORDINANCE TO REQUIRE THE RAILWAY COMPANES TO I~T~P CARS NEAT AND
<br />MACHINERY IN GOOD ORDER.
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<br /> AN ORDINANCE REQUIRING THE STREET EAiL'~AY COMPANIES TO REPAIR TR~CKS, NOTICE OF SA~ AND
<br />PE~L~LT~ FOR: FAILURE.
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<br />RESOLUTION IN REGARDS TO IMPROVED STRW~LET CAR CONDITIONS IN PORTSMOUTH, VIRGINIA.
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<br /> Whereupon, on motion, the fifth p~agraph of the resolution was amended so as to read as
<br />follows:
<br /> "Said negotiations and recommendations to be submitted to Council withinth~ty days
<br />after tlne adoption of this Resolution. The City of Portsmouth willeEoeet that a fair perCent-
<br />age of the increased revenueswill be expended by the said Company for~the bettering of the
<br />eEisting conditions each year."
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<br />vote,
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<br /> Then the two ordinances and resolution,~s~amende~l~were adopted and by the following
<br />the Vote being the s~me for each:
<br /> A~es-- Bunting, Claud,'Cu!pepper~ Deans,~
<br /> Hanvey, Herbert, Wright, 7.
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<br /> The Department of Public Service presented the following ~mended c~dinanee with reference
<br />to increase in the fare:
<br /> "AN ORDINANCE TO PRESCHIBE THE RATES OF CHARGE FOR ~ TP~NSPORTATION
<br />OF P~SSE~ERS BY~OTHIC STREET _~AILWA¥S IN THE CITT OF PORTSNOUTH, VIRGINIA.
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<br /> "Be it ordained by the Council of the City of Portsmouth:
<br /> Section 1. That any and all pea-
<br />sons, firms or corporations operating electric street railways in the City of Portsmouth, Vir-
<br />ginia, under any franchise or franchises heretofore granted by the City, may charge for the
<br />transportation of passer, ers within the city limits, eEcept for schos! children for whom special
<br />tickets are hereinafter provided, the su~m of s~x cents per paSSenger, or'five tickets for th~ty
<br />cents, payment of them said fare or ticket shall entitle passenger to a continuous ride to the
<br />end of the city 1L~its, or one fare zone as they now exist. Transfers sh~!l continue to be is-
<br />sued and received as at present ~ud at the present designated points.
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<br /> "Section 2. That tickets herein provided for shall be sold on cars, except school tickets,
<br />which school tickets shall be issued and received as hereinafter provided.
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<br /> "Section 3. That in the m6nths of September, 0etober, November, December, January, Febru-
<br />ary, ~ch, April, l~y and June of each year there shall be sold at some convenient office on
<br />or near High street Lu the said City of Portsmouth during the usual business hoo~s of each day,
<br />other than Sundays and iegal h~ltdays,' to the pupils of any public school within the corporate
<br />limits of the City of Portsmouth, who are mn regular attendance upon ~uch school and not ove~
<br />twenty-one years of age, tickets at the rate of two and one-half (2 1/2) cents each, which tic-
<br />kets sh~ll be good for use only by the pupil to whom and ~in whos~ na~e they are issued between
<br />the hours of 8 AJ M. and 4:30 P. N, of each day from ~onday to F~iday, both inclusive, in the
<br />months aforesaid, ~nd when so presented by the
<br />perSo~mto"whom a~ inwhose'name they are issued
<br />shall~entitle such persons while going to and ret?mrnLug from school to the same rights as the
<br />payment of a regular cash fare.
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<br /> "The said Company shall not sell such tickets in lots or books of less than-twenty, and
<br />then only to pupils whoshall present at the-time of the purchase of such tickets a certificate
<br />of the principal or some regular teacher of the school which such pupil attends C~rtii~ying that
<br />the person presenting~ the sa~e is a regular enrolled pupil'of some named public school within
<br />the City of Portsmouth in regular daily attendance thereon, and is not over twenty-one years of
<br />age.
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<br /> "Section 4. This ordinance is passed by and under the power vested in the Council of the
<br />City of Portsmouth by law and is subject to repeal without ~ause or notice at any time.
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<br /> "Section 5. An immediate necessity thereo~ eEisting this ordinance shall be in force on
<br />and after the 29th day of September, 1919."
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<br /> Mr. W. J. Cale, Auditor for the Va. Ry. & Power Co., presented a financial statement of
<br />the Company ~nd explained the same.
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<br /> The privilege of the floor was granted to any one present who might desire to'speak as
<br />to the ordinance and the following spoke: Messrs. W. F. Wa~d, Foste~, C. D. Lamson, C. F. Har-
<br />per, C. N. ~arkham, Watts, Cone, R. E. Davis, W. H. Fairless, R. B. Esleeck and ~vage; the City
<br />Nanager; and ~ssrs. Niller and Car~oway, from ~he Va. Ry. & Power Co.
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<br /> Then the ~mended ordinance, as presented by t~he Public Servie~Department, was adopted
<br />and by the following vote:
<br /> Ayes-- Bunting, Claud, C~Ipepper, Deans, Hanvey, Herbert, ~right,
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