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<br />PETITIONS AND COMMUNI CATIONS
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<br />AN APPLICATION FOR A PACKAGE STORE LICf:NSE, CLASS "B", WAS SUBMITTED"By'EL'DON R'. AND
<br />GLORIA'M. HUDGINS, DSATHE LITTLE SUPER MARKET, 2900 WILLAMETTE STREET (CHANGE OF' OWNERSHIP)
<br />AS APPROVED BY THE POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY ~. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON, THAT THE APPLICATION BE APPROVED.
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<br />17 AN ApPLICATION F'OR A PACKAGE' STORE LICENSE, CL'ASS "A", WA.S SUBMrTTED:BY fRANCIS M.'
<br />BRODERICK, DBA QUINN'S MARKET, 1123 MONROE SII'REET (CHANGE OF' OWNERSHIP) AS APPROVED BY THE
<br />POLICE DEPARTMENT.
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<br />"T WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED BY MR. WATSON,' THAT THE APPLI CATION BE APPROVED'.
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<br />"A PETITION F'OR WAIVER OF' THE ONE F'OOT SETBACK F'OR SIDEWALK IMPROVEMENT ON 21TH AvtNUE
<br />BETWEEN UNI VERSI TY AND POTTER STREETS", NORTH SI DE OF' tHE STREET (51 DEWALK TO BE ADJAC'ENT TO
<br />T~E' ~~RBl WAS SUBMITTED WITH SIGNATURES REPRESENTING 48.79 PER CENT OF THE F'RONT F'OOTAGE OF'
<br />PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE
<br />PUBJ;,IC 'WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />','A PETI TI ON F'OR PAV I ~G DANNA COURT F'ROM 34TH PLACE TO THE SOUTH WAS SUBMI TTED WI TH
<br />SIGNATURES REPRESENTING 58.33 PER CENT OF' THE F'RONT FOOTAGE OF THE'PROPERTIES TO BE ASSESSED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE PETITION BE REF'ERRED TO THE
<br />PuBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />A PETITION F'OR'PAVING WEST 25TH'AvENUE F'ROM MADISON TO MONROE S~REETS WAS SUBMITTED WITH
<br />SIGNATURES REPRESENTING 58.33 PER CENT OF' THE F'RONTF'OOTAGE OF' THE PROPERTIES TO BE:ASSESSED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. KOPPE, SECONDED BY MR. OWEN, THAT THE PETITION BE REF'ERRED TO THE
<br />PuBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIE~.
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<br />21 PETITION F'OR, PAVING THE ALLEY BETWEEN 16TH AND 17TH,AvENUES F'ROM,HILYA~D TO ALDER STREETS
<br />WAS SUBMITTED WITH SIGNATURES REPRESENTING 59.64 PER CENT OF' THE ABUTTING PROPERTIES TO BE
<br />ASSESSED.
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<br />IT WAS MOVED BY MR. BOOTH, SECONDED~BY MR. KOPPE,~THAT THE PETITION BE REFERRED TO THE
<br />PUBLIC WORKS COMMITTEE. MOTION CARRIED.
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<br />22 COMMUNICATION F'ROM THE CITY T~ANSIT LINES - RE: REQUEST FOR AUTHORITY TO REVISE"THE
<br />PRESENT TIME SCHEDULES AND HOURS OF SERVICE F'OR PURPOSE OF' ELIMINATINGTHE'NIGHT SERVICE NOW
<br />OPERATED WAS SUBMITTED AND READ AS F'OLLOWS:
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<br />"THE CITY' TRANSIT LINES RESPECTFULLY REQUESTS AUTHORITY TO REVISE 'THE PRESENT TIME
<br />SCHEDULES AND HOURS OF' SERVICE FOR THE PURPOSE OF: ELIMINATING THE NIGHT SERVICE NOW
<br />OPERATED. WE PROPOSE THE F'OLLOWING:SUNDAYS AND HOI:.IDAYS,'THE PRESENT SCHEDULES:AND:
<br />ROUTES TO BE OPERATED F'ROM e:45'A.M. TO 5:45 P.M. WEEKDAYS, THE PRESENT SCHEDULES AND
<br />ROUTES TO BE OPERATED TO 6:45 p.M.,'eXCEPTING FRIDAY "NIGHT STORE OPENINGS'! WHEN PRESENT
<br />SERVICE AND ROUTES WILL BE OPERATED TO 9:15 P~M.
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<br />THESE PROPOSED CHANGES IN SERVICE WOULD NOT AF'F'ECT 95% OF' OUR PATRONAGE. PATRONAGE
<br />OF NIGHT SERVICE, AF'TER7:15 P.M., ACCOUNTS FOR ONLY 5% OF' THE REVENUE, BUT REPRESENTS
<br />15% OF' THE DAILY OPERATING COST.
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<br />WE HAVE BEEN MOST RELUCTANT TO,TAKE THIS STEP'AS WE'W[LL KNOW IT WILL WORK A HARDSHIP
<br />ON SOME OF'OUR PATRONS. WSEN THERE WAS SUF'FtCIENT DAY TIME REVENUE AND PATRONAGE TO
<br />'OF'F'SET THE LOSSES'INCURRED BY NIGHT OPERATIONS, THERE WAS NO QUESTION AS TO THE CONTINUED
<br />OPERATION OF' THIS ALWAYS UNPROFITABLE SERVICE. HOWEVER THE DECLINE IN D~YTIME AS WELL AS
<br />NIGHT TIME PATRONAGE HAS BEEN 50 SEVERE THAT TO CONTINUE OPERATING THIS SERVICE IS NO
<br />LONGER POSSIBLE. THE SUBSIDY,FOR THIS SERVICE HAS BEEN AT THE EXPENSE OF THE DAYTIME USER.
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<br />NEW BUSSES WERE PURCHASED AND PUT INTO OPERATION LAST AUGUST. THIS MODERN,AND
<br />COMFORTABLE EQUIPMENT OPERATES 85% OF' OUR SCHEDULES. WE HAD HIGH HOPES THAT PUBLIC
<br />RESPONSE TO THESE MODERN VEHICLES WOULD BE EVIDENCED BY INCREASED PATRONAGE. UNF'ORTUNATELY,
<br />SUCH WAS NOT THE CASE. To THE' CONTRARY, UNBELIEVABLE AS IT MAY SEEM, WE ARE CARRYING
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<br />F'EWER PASSENGERS SINCE THE INTRODUCTION OF THE NEW BUSSES THAN WE DID WITH THE OLD EQUIP-
<br />ME~T. fo~ THE FOUR MONTHS OF' APRIL TO JULY 1955 INCLUSI'VE, OUR GROSS REVENUE wAs I::
<br />$74,738.00; rOR THE F'OUR MONTHS OF AUGUST TO DECEMBER 1955 INCLUSIVE OUR REVENUE WAS
<br />$73,013.00. I
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<br />To F'URTHER I LLUSTRATE THE SEEMI NGLY' NEVER ENOl NG DECREASE I N P~TRONAGE, rOLLOW'-NG Ii
<br />ARE REVENUE, COST or OPERATION, PROF'I T OR LOSS FI GURES F'OR THE ,PAST THREE YEARS. I:
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