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4'7 <br />TO THE UTILITIES COMMITTEE FOR STUDY AND REPORT. <br />THE CITY TREASURERS LIST OF DELINQUENT AND ERRONEOUS TAXES IN THE AMOUNT <br />DELINQUENT 8c ERRONEOUS TAX <br />LIST PRESENTED OF ~'~,1~g,5Q AND $67,14Q,57 RESPECTIVELY 4JAS PRESENTED AND REFERRED TO A COMMITTEE <br />COMPOSED OF MR. MICHIE, MR. HAGGERTY, THE COMMISSIONER OF REVENUE AND THE DIRECTOR <br />OF FINANCE. <br />ON MOTION BY MR. HAGGERTY, SECONDED 8Y MR. MICHIE, THE FOLlO'.dING RESOLUTION <br />WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: <br />WHEREAS, IT HAS COME TO THE ATTENTION OF THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY <br />OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT THERE IS PENDING BEFORE THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE <br />COMMISSION AN APPLICATION FILED BY THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY <br />IN FINANCE DOCKET NO. 2116, WHEREIN THAT RAILROAD SEEKS AUTHORITY TO AFFILIAT!" <br />RESOt..UTION RE: <br />C & 0 RAIL4JAY COMPANY ~,.'ITH THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD COMPANY AND <br />'vJHEREAS, THE DEPRESSED CONDITION OF THE RAILR04D INDUSTRY, GENERALLY, <br />IN RECENT YEARS IS A MATTER OF COMMON KNOWLEDGE AND HAS BECOME A PROBLEM OF <br />GREAT LOCAL AND NATIONAL IMPORTANCF~ AN^ <br />WHEREAS, IT iS IN THE INTEREST OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE THAT <br />AN ADEQUATE, EFFICIENT AND ECONOMICAL SYSTEM OF RAILROAD TRANSPORTATION BE <br />MAINTAINED AND PRF.SFRVED THROUGHOUT THE COUNTRY AND <br />WHEREAS, THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY HAS PROVIDED <br />RAILROAD SERVICE TO THE CHARLDTTESVII..LE AREA FOR A GREAT NIJMBER OF YEARS AND <br />IS REGARDED AS ONE OF THE MOST EFFICIENT AND PROGRESSIVE CARRIERS IN THIS COUNTRY <br />AND <br />WHEREAS, IT IS IN THE OPINION OF THE CITY COUNCIL THAT AFFILIATION OF <br />THE CHESAPEAKE AND OH10 RAILWAY COMPANY AND THE BALTIMORE AND OHIO RAILROAD <br />COMPANY IS A DESIRABLE AND COMMENDABLE STEP TOWARD THE ULTIMATE STRENGHTENING <br />OF THE RAILROAD INDUSTRY IN THIS COUNTRY. <br />NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED: <br />1 THAT THE INTERSTATE COMMERCE COMMISSION BE, AND IT IS <br />HEREBY REQUESTED TO GIVE FAVORABLE CONSIDERATION TO THE APPLICATION <br />FILED BY THE CHESAPEAKE AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY IN FINANCE DOCKET ND. <br />?1160 AND TO APPROVE AND AUTHORIZE THE TRANSACTION BEFORE THE COMMISSION <br />IN THAT PROCEEDINGS AND <br />~. THAT A CERTIFIED COPY OF THIS RESOLUTION BE TRANSMITTED <br />FORTHWITH TO THE INTERSTATE CnMMERCE COMMISSION IN ORDER THAT THE CITY <br />COUNCIL MAY GO ON RECORD AS SUPPORTING THE APPLICATION OF THE CHESAPEAKE <br />AND OHIO RAILWAY COMPANY IN FINANCE DOCKET NO. ?1160. <br />ON MOTION BY MR, HAGGERTY, SECONDED BY MR. MOUNT, THE FOLLOWING RESOLUTION <br />WAS UNANIMOUSLY ADOPTED: <br />WHEREAS, THE COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE IS DEEPLY <br />INTERESTED IN THE ORDERLY GRf'WTH OF THE CITY AND THE WELFARE OF ALL OF <br />ITS PEOPLES AND <br />WHEREAS, THE CITY COUNCIL IS OF THE OPINION THAT THE BUILDING PROPOSED <br />RESOLUTION RE: <br />CONGRESS ENTERPRISES, INC. TO BE BUILT IN CHARLOTTESVILLE BY CONGRESS ENTERPRISES, INC. WILL ADD NEEDED <br />OVERNIGHT ACCOMMODATIONS AND DESIRABLE CONVENTION FACILITIES, AND WILL IN OTHER <br />WAYS REFLECT CREDtT ON THE CITY OF CHARLOTTESVILLE AND, IN GENERAL, IMPROVE THE <br />DOWNTO'dN AREAS AND <br />WHEREAS, THE CITY~S CURRENT SIGN ORDINANCE PERTAINING TO HOTELS AND <br />MOTELS IN THE HIGH STREET AREA LIMITS SIGNS TO SIX SQUARE FEET AND. <br />