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November El, 1911. lic thoroughfare, between High and King streets: "~F'~EREAS, the City of Portsmouth desires that Cook street shall be opened as a public tho=ough- fare~ from High to King streets in said City; S~D EHEP~AS, in order to open said Cook street, it will be necessary to use a portion of the propertyof the Seaboard Air:..Line Railway, sad to cross the same; n~D W~P~AS, the City of Portsmouth, in order to open said street ~hrough the property of the Seaboard Air Line Railway, as indicated, is willing to accept the use of the same on such terms and conditions as the Seaboard Air Line Railway ~y indicate; "AND WHEP~AS, the Se~ooard Air Line Railway has given its consent to the use of so much of its property as may be necessary to extend said Cook street through the same, provided it be understood and agreed that such use is to be a license or permission only, and that the s~me is granted with the express understanding and condition that it may be revcked at the pleasure of the Seaboard Air Line P~ilway~ (See letter of General Counsel Seaboard Air Line Railway of this date attached). ~THE~FORE BE IT RESOLVED, That the City of Portsmouth accepts the offer of the Seaboard Air Line P~ilway, as above set forth, and the terms and conditions specified therein as to the use of ~hat por~ tion of the Seaboard's property necessary for the opening of said street; and agrees to keep same in good condition and repair~ while used as a street, and to surrender possession of the same upon thir- ty days, notice, in writing, from the Seaboard Air Line Railway, or its authorized representative, so to do.~ Er. E.'R~.Ba~ksdale. of. the Fifth ward was p=esen~ and spoke:in the interest of said reso- lution. He also advocated the City taking over the lights on High and E~fi~F~ S~re~tS,~which are now being paid for by.the merchants on the said sSree%s. On motion, the resolution for opening Cooke street, between High and King, was refer- red to the Sixth Ward Local Board, but the Chair in-formed Mr. Barksdale that the matter of the City taking over the lights on High and Effingham streets was already under consideration. Whereupon,~Mr. Williams moved that the Light COmmittee be authorized to obtain from the ~irginia Railway & Power Company the cost of the lights now rGn by merchants on said streets, and also the character of said lights. Mr. Langhor_ue stated that the Auditing Cormnittee, Chairmen of Committees, &c., were put to con- siderable inconvenience because of lack of a suitable requisition attached to bills, and he moved that the ~diting Committee be instructed to bring in a new form of requisition tO accompany bills made for supplies. The motion was adopted. ~. Davis presented the following resolution: ~Resolved, That prior to the payment of fir~al amount or reserved amotu~t due the Paving Contractorz, nowputting in 9ith~lithic pavement in the City, the Street Committee be instructed to make thorough inspection of the entire work with the aid of ex- pert and practical assistance, in order to secur~ the class of work ,for which contract was made." On motion, the resolution was adopted. the Mr. Langhorne moved that the Street Committee be instructed to consider the' matter of relieving congestion of cars at the Ferry wharf by route through Queen to Crawford street. The motion was adopted. On motion of M~o Adams, the attention of Effingham streets. On motion, adjourned. the Street Committee was called to holes on Green and