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<br />Jan.~y l&, 1919
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<br />Portsmouth, and in view of these facts I have granted a per, it to t~he U. S. Housing Corporation
<br />to occupy the enti~e width of High Street east of Water Btreet for highway or ferr~~ terminal
<br />purposes, and have requested through the present Board of COntrol that the~ p~oceed with the
<br />erection of said requital in High St., and should there be any differences between the U. S,
<br />Housing Co~poration and the Seaboard Ai~ Line Railway, to refe~ said differences to the City
<br />of Po~tmuouth in reg~ds to our rights in connection therewith.
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<br />~Hespectful~ submitted,
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<br />~W. B. Bates, City
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<br /> The followin~ report was received l~om 'the Keeper of Cemeteries of lots and graves sold
<br />in Oak Grove Cemeter~y ~ing the month of December, 1918; and the City .~.ttorncy was inst~'~oted
<br />to dmaft deeds for the lots sold:
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<br />December
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<br /> 2, to H. B. Hutchins, lot No. 8@ ~ Ave. i.
<br />2, Matti~ Reis, adult'~ grave, lot No. 921, ave.
<br />3, W.B. Smith, lot No. D15, Ave. I.
<br />5, Alex. Early, lot No. DiV, Ave. J.
<br />19, W.H. Q~llins, lot No. 81 A, Ave. J.
<br />19, Joseph Ethe~idge, N. ~, lot No. BI~, Ave.
<br />28, J.H. Hayfield, N~TH. lot No. 91, Eve. A.
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<br />NEW BUSI~SS
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<br /> At thms pemnt, the p~mv.~lege o-. t, he .floor ~was ~g~s~u.t?d to a c. omm~t~tee_f~rora ~he 9en.t~a.1.
<br />Labor ~i,n who l~aid before t¥~ .Council the'_~r p.~m~u_ zor the stsc.tm_on o~.a ~aoor ~'smp±e mu ~n~
<br />City,~ and they ~sked the donation of the old jaml let, corner High az~t Washington streets,
<br />this purpose; and a ce~mzuuication concerning s~me was read i¥om ~ne Labor Temple Committee.
<br /> Then the matter was referred to the DePs~tment of Public Property,
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<br /> An application was read ~om J. N, Owens fo~ the position of Justice of the Peace, to fill
<br />the vacancy ~a~sed by the death of Mr.. J~mes F~ PabCo, ~and same was referred to the next regain-ar
<br />meeting of the ~ody.
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<br />The following major ty and minority reports on the ferr~y appraisal were read:
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<br /> Majority.Hepor~t:
<br /> "Purs-ma_~ to the ter~s of a certai~ I~denture of ~ease made the thirty-
<br />first day of Narch~ Nineteen H~eds~ud Ni~e (1909) tb which bhe City of Portsmouth and the
<br />County of Norfelkare pa~ties ef the first psat and R. E. Jordan ispa~ty of the second part,
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<br />Nineteen ~dred and Eighteen, between the ~ity of Portsmouth a~d the County of Norfolk on the
<br />one pa~t andthe Ferries Comps~ry on the other part, the following na~ed parties were chosen to
<br />make appraise~ent of the properties to be su~renderedby the lessee to the lessors according
<br />to the terms of said Indenture of Lease, that is t~ say: ~. ~. Col~a and J. M. Emery were
<br />chosen by tl~e ~lessee and J. Wiley Ealstead was chosen by the Board of supervisors of Norfolk
<br />County and Charles F. H~mp~r was ohose~y the Co~ucil of the Cityof Portsmouth. On the fourth
<br />d~y of November, Nineteen Huudred and Eighteen the said appraisers met and Cornelius Thomas
<br />~-$hem unanimously chosen as the ~i~th appraiser ~ the said five appraisers met and the City
<br />of Portsmouth, the County of Norffo!k and the Ferries Compan~ w~re respectively notified that
<br />the said appraisers would meet on Mor~l~ay, Decembevtthe second, NLueteenHundred ~a~d. EiEhteen
<br />at the Council Chamber of the City of portsmouth at ten o'clock A, N, ef ~t daY, ~o proceed
<br />with the said appraisement and to hear such evidence of the value of the ferry p~.operties or
<br />such other matter as the said parties might desir~ to offer, and t~rsus-utto such notice the
<br />said appraisers m~ at the time and place indicated in said notice and the City of Portsmouth
<br />and t~ ~ounty cf Norfolk and the Ferries Company, then and there appeared by their respective
<br />Co~e~, to-wit: Joh~ W. Happe~ for the City of Portsmouth; A. B, Carney for the County of
<br />Norf,~; R. R. Hicks and ~. R. L. Taylor f~ tt~e Ferries Compare; and t~reupen t~e appraisers
<br />proceedad from day to day to.hear t~eZvi~e~e pr?~ented by~.t~ seye~a.l?it~e~s~s.~or t~ sa~d
<br />parties and made a personal mnspectaon o~ the sai: properties, an~ navm~g near~ ~ne sal~ evm-
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<br />d~ed and Eighteen, to be as follows:
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<br />The Btes~m Messel ~Norfolk County". ........................ Value
<br />The Steam Vessel_'!Twi'n City~' ........... ....-. ............ . Value
<br />The Steam Vessel '~City of POrtsmouth"., ................... Value
<br />The Steam Vessel "Winthrop~'........ .... -.-----.-.-- ....... Value
<br />Two Laund~hes ~Bessie ~ Margarette~ . ....................... Value
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<br />Portsmouth Terminals:
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<br />~m~ Bui~dt~ug, machine shop, ~tore room, carpenter shop,
<br />stable 'a~d *thor small buildings ........................... Value
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<br />Dgoks, bulkheads, bridges, pontoons, piles, foundations,
<br />~ames, all the appur, tenanees and equipment .... .. ......... V~!ue
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<br />Paving . Value
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<br />Terminals at Norfolk:
<br />Buildings and wings of ~ame. ................ .... ........ .. Value
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<br />~ocks, bulkl~ads, bridges, pontoonS, piles~foundations,
<br />· l~ames, all-the appurtenances and eq~tipment .............. . Value
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<br />~24000o00
<br />11200.00
<br />19600.00
<br />8~00.00
<br />500,00
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<br />15201.51
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<br />13'~ 47, ~3
<br />1349.17
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<br />vogv.3V
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<br />1'[60@ .70
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