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1911. ~ Fifth ~ashington =~rr_son, from to from sorth to Hospital Gate ~ 0 we attach hereto a communication from the uorfotk and Portsmouth Traction 0o. which is self em- on~t the be adopted. p!anatory, and we recommend ~- same Chairman ~. of '~ ~ae follov~.ng is the eonmmmication referred to above: ~PAVING. '0halrman Street Uommittee, ~Portsmouth. ina what would usually be called to level that section to the top vet on the iides of such parking, way tracks to be 22 feet wide. "~y Dear ~ir:-- ~Fotlowin'g my oral statement Bade to your committee in the matter of the paving and track work construction, as required by the paving program of the city of Portsmouth for the year 1911. in so far as it affects streets over which the lines of our company are operated, I tender the follov~ng written proposition for s~omission by you to the City Council: "Let me premise by saying that we v~ill not have a meeting of our ~ecutive Committee until the 10th of Ray. This proposition is subject to the approval of that Oon~ittee. "As at present advised by co'musel, we ars not liable for any paving sxpense upon London Street. If we can~ agree, we will waive this point for this particular paving, without prejudice to the rights and privileges of the company hereafter. Subject to this understanding, our proposition is as fei- "First. that instead of using girder rail~ as requested by the 0ity Engineer. we request that we be allowed to use the 81 penn&high T rail-this for reasons heretofore given to your Oommittee ~nich it is probably unnecessary to restate here. ~Sscond.~ that instead of using plastic pavement between the r~ils, or creosoted wooden block, we be allowed to use vitrified brick, because of its greater ~earing qualities in the area traversed by th~ railway tracks, using, if desiredby your committee or the 0ity Engineer the Ligonier or Leopold block alongside of and touching the rails° The work to be done in a thorough and wor~anlike manner with patent joints, and similar in every respect to the work now being completed by this company on 01ney Road and ~otetourt St. in the City of ~orfoik, ~ith ~he exception that,~ because of the lighter travel on the streets to be paved in ~ortsmouth. the concrete in depth to agree ~ith the specifications of your Engineer, ~ich we understand is five inches. "Third, we agree that the specifications, upon which we award our contract are to be approved by the 0ity Engineer and that he is to have supervision of the work during its progress. "Fourth, should the 0ouncils or your Committee decide to park certain of the wide streets upon which we have track, ws will agree to the propesition made by your co~uittss to pay the cost of curb- the neutral ground - that is~ the parts through ~nich our tracks run- of such curb. ~nd if called upon. to plant hedge of 0slifornia pti- such strip or neutral ground or area set apart for the s~reet rail- ~President." ~Very t~ yours, have no reason to doubt that our ~mecutive Committee will approve this proposition." ~ortsmouth. Va.. E~y 4, !91!~ To the Honorable ~e.- - ~_~,Oounoii:- ~entlemen:-- follows: i would sidered: First. sq. y~rd. This I base, at a cost Second. }rovided the Counoii agrees to use plastic pavement. would recommend Trinidad asphalt on a 5" concrete is a mercer of y~r ~treet Committee I respectfully submit a minority report as recommend for the material to be used for paving under the program now being con- ~r~=~ed brick on a 5" concrete base; Each brick to be used az a cost of $2.30 = believe to be for the very best interest of the Tity. instead of a brick pavement, I of $1.62 per sq. yard~ o~:~o~ts l'm. ving been read. mr. ',,:z-~ny move repo~t there substitute the minority ~ ~, ~o~ (Sigmed). ~o T. Hanvsy. the ~t~on of the majority report, and I~[r. Entry to The Ohairman of the Committee explained at some length u,~e reasons for the ma~Ormuy Feport, and _,_u~_~ ursed She suhsti~tion. whereupon, a vote being taken, first on the m~nor~ ~I~ report, :z was lost, and ~ne~ ~he ma~ -~'~ ~-~' remort was adopted by the following vote: