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J~ly a7, 1908.
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<br />tended westerly; thence westerly, parallel with Duke street, if extended westerly; and distant one-
<br />h~mdred and four and one-half (104.5) feet southerly therefrom, to a point two-hundred and ninety-
<br />two and eight-tenths (292.8) feetfrom the eastern edge of the r±ght of way of the ~orfolk and Portsu
<br />mouth Belt Line Railroad; thence northerly parallel with and distant two-hundred and ninety-two and
<br />eight-tenths (292.8) feet ~from the eastern edge of said right of way and along the center 'line of
<br />Confederate Avenue, extended, and the center line of said &venue to the north side of High street,
<br />extended west; thence east ~10ng the north side of High street, extended, to the center of 01d ~es-
<br />tern Branch Read; thence northwesterly along the center ef said Read to the eastern edge of the
<br />right of way of the Norfolk and Portsmouth Belt Line Railroad; thence northerly along the edge of
<br />said right of way to the north side of Glasgow street; thence east along the northern side of Glas-
<br />go~ street, to the head of the branch of Scott's Creek; _thence northerly dorm the center of said
<br />brsmch, its various courses, binding on the west the ~upin tract of land, to the center of Scott's
<br />0reek; thence southerly down the center of Scott's 0reek to the present limits of the City of Ports-
<br />mouth.
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<br /> -2. The necessity for and expediency of a~mex~tion are as follows:
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<br /> Necessity and Expediency.
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<br /> A. The present limits of the Oity are toe much eentr~eted; building lots ~re scarce and such lots
<br /> ss now remain unimproved sell for such priees.~s put it out of the power of the ordinary business ~an
<br /> or mechs~ic to purchase and build. This results in driving from the 0ity not only those who would
<br /> seek homes amongst us, but also the younger class of our people who reluctantly sever their political
<br /> connection with us and leave eur City to secure homes at moderate me,ns in our suburbs; such worthy
<br /> people should not be required to depart from our City in order to secure the comforts of a home and
<br /> the benefits of a freeholder. Besides the erowded and congested conditions, at present existing,
<br /> make it almost impossible to secure desirable houses for rent.
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<br /> B. ~t the territory above described, and which it is desired ~o azmex, is lai~out into b~ilding
<br /> lots for residential p~poses, and its improvement is due to the over-grow~h of this City, Nost. of
<br /> the better class of residences being the houses of former citizens of this City. In rm~ch ef said
<br /> terr~to~r~, the houses are compactly built, presenting the appearance of a town, and, ms a whole, con-
<br /> taining m population far in excess of that required by our State ~onstitution for the formation of
<br /> a city, ~ith such conditions and population county governments are not e~peeted to de~l; they~ean
<br /> and. should be m~intained, mac,ged and controlled by municipal authority.
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<br /> C. ~h~ the present and prospective systems of public improvement of the 0ity, such as the estab-
<br /> lishment of the width and grades of streets and alleys, the plans and const~ction of sewers, cul-
<br /> verts, drains, and wa~erand gas m~ins, may be designed, adjusted, and made so ms to avoid unneces-
<br /> sary ~n~oyance and d~m~ge, necessarily occurring where property is b~ilt upon and developed before
<br /> such systems are designed, adjusted, and made.
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<br /> D. The fact that z l~rge part of the territory proposed to be a~exed is already built upon with-
<br /> systems of
<br /> out sewers or any ether~improvements, make it not only e~Dedient, but necessary, that some complete
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<br /> system of sewerage be promptly provided for the proper-sanitation ~ud improvement of such territory
<br /> which is at present in an unsafe a~d ~eplor~ble condition.
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<br />E. ~hat large portions of the territory desired to be ~z~exed and contiguous to the City, are dense-
<br />ly pspulated by m class of irrespomsible people, brought thither with the hope of securing luc~tive
<br />~empl0ymen%, during the sprimg and sneer, in the nearby t~ek fields; the remainder of the year they'
<br />chiefly spend in idleness among the bar-rooms with which these localities ~ra plentifully supplied;
<br />such eonditions~have~ ~o, and will ever lead to erime,~endangering the safety of life and prsperty,
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