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364 e I 124/58 --- _.~-_._-~-~ ._---- - --~--~-------~-- ---.- ------ - - ---.----- ~-_._---~-- , -- ~- - -- ~- --- - ---.-..- -------- - ------ ----- - - - --- -..- - - ----_.- ------ - -- . . , ' ,. - - -- J COUNCIL B'LLNo. 4484 - RE: ADOPTING PLANS AND SPECIF'ICATIONS F'OR'PAVING,OF' 30TH AVENUE fROM I I I CHARNELTON TO LINCOLN STREET WAS SUBMITTED AND~READ,THE fIRST.T.lME I N fULL. IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT tHEBILL..BE READ THE SECOND TIME BY I COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF' THE COUNCIL. MOTION CARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE SECOND TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY. .' - I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN :THAT THE RULES. BE SUSPENDED ,AND THE BILL BE ! READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS .CONSENT OF' 'THE COUNCIL~ MOTION CAR- l RIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS READ THE Tttl'RD TIME BY ,COUNCIl BILL :NUMBER 'ONLY. I I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN 'THAT THE BILL BE APP~OVED AND GJVEN fINAL I PASSAGE. ROLLCALL VOTE. ALL COLUNCILMEN PRESENT VOTING AYE, THE BILL WAS DEQ.ARE~ PASSED AND NUMBERED 11364. . . ~ , ,.'. ' , , ' , - , " , , . .\..' , .. . - . .. . ~ . r ~. .. I,. i .' . ' 2 COUNC I L B I:L L No. .4485 - ,RE: Bus ,F:RANcH I SE;, e I THE MAYOR ANNOUNCED THE HEARING ON COUNCIL BILL No. 4485 HAVING TO DO WITH GRANTING A F'RANCHISE I fOR BUSSES WOULD .BE OPENED..... I . 'I"~ . '-. ; -,' . l ~.. " . '.- . ' " " , ..- . MR. HALE THOMPSON,. ATTORNEY fOR EMERALD TRANSPORTATION 6~STEM, INC.,.SPOKE AH~.INOI~ATED THAT EMERALD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC., WHICH IS COMPOSED Of DRIVER OWNERS WHO WERE F'ORMERLY DRIVERS F'OR CITY TRANSIT LINES, IS STILL EXTREMELY INTERESTED. IN QBTAI~ING A~RANCHlSE. ,HESPLKE, Of THE DR I V I.NG I lj RECORD Of THE F'ORMER DRIVERS WHILE WITH CITY TRANSIT LINES, INDICATED THEY ARE PROGRESSING AS RAPIDLY AS POSSIBLE, THAT THEY HAD RENTED A GARAGE F'OR,BUS SERVICE AND:OfF'tCE~ACILITIES, HAD PURCHASED fOUR I 22-PASSENGER BUSSES PLUS OPERATING COURTESY CARS F'URNISHED BY KENDALL MoTOR COMPANY, AND ARE NOW EN- GAGED IN TRANSF'ERRI~G .THEIR OWN VEHICLES TO OBTAIN 9 PASSENGER STATION~WAGONS. I MR. THOMPSON,.ALSO I,NDICATED~THAT THEY HAD'PROVIDED INSURANCE-Of $IOO,OQO:AND $300,000 AND THAT I I THE EQUIPMENT WILL BE INSURED WHILE ON,THE STREETS.: HE,FURT,HER,INDICAT~D..THAT:S,CHEDULESARE PRINTED, I I I I THAT THE COMPANY OWES'NO PAYMENTS,:THAT THEY:HAVE TITLE TO THE F'OUR BUSSES CURRENTLY BEING OPERATED . AND, IN GENERAL, ARE IN GOOD ~[NANCIAL SHAPE. II ,.-,- i I .HE INDI.CATED THAT .BY REASON OF' A SUIT AGAINST CITY TRANSIT LINES F.'OR,BACK WAGES. THE DRIVERS EX- I PECT TO RECEIVE UP TO $15,000 WHICH THEY PROPOSE TO PUT INTO THE F'IRM. HE F'URTHER INDICATED THAT ! THE OPERATION,Of THE COMPANY IS GA I N I,NG ,MOMENTUM AND, THAT MORE F'ARES ARE BE I NG HAULED EACH DAY ~ I , , . . , I MR. THOMPSON INDICATED THAT HE DOES NOT BELIEVE TERMINAL Bus SERVICE SHOULD BE GRANTED A fRANCHISE , SINCE TH IS WI LL CONCENTRATE ALL PASSENGER:OPERAT ION, I NONE F' I RM.: HE ~ fURTHER INDICATED HE BELIEVES ! TERMINAL ""SHES A FRANCHISE TO PROTECT I,TS.TAX I INTERESTS. , I ' , . , I , I I NilH IS CLOSI NG REMARKS, MR. THOMPSON STATED HE, BEll EVESEMERALO' TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, I NC. SHOULD I BE GRANTED THE fRANCHISE SINCE THEY ARE THE ONES WHO HADc,WORKED DILIGENTLY TO PUT A PUBLIC TRANSPORTA- I TION SYSTEM BACK IN BUSINESS AND SHOULD HAVE THE OPPORTUNITY Of REAPING ANY BENEfITS fROM THEIR LABORS. I )1 I - . -. .. j II MR. KENNTH POOLE, REPRESENTING TERMINAL Bus SERVICES, SPOKE AND REVIEWED THE OPERATION Of THE Bus I SERVICE IN THE CITY SINCE AUGUST 12, 1958 WHEN CITY TRANSIT LINES SUSPENDED OPERATIONS fOR A ONE DAY j I II PERIOD. HE LIKEWISE COUNTtRED:MR~'THOMPSON'S STA~EMENTaCONCERNING~A MONOPOLY_AND INDICATED THAT I PEOPLE WHO RIDE BUSSES RARELY ,RIDE TAXJS AND'PEOPLE WHO, RIDE TAXIS RARELY RIDE BUSSES., .HE LIKEWISE I STATED THAT SCHEDULES MUST BE MADE AND ,BUSSES, MUST ,BE PAYING THEIRQIIN.WAYWHICH,THEY_CANNOT DO IF THEY ARE NOT ON THE STREETS. -... . _. ' ! ' , , .. , . J \ ~ . ' _ . . , -" ..... .. . I I~ THE CASE OF TERMINAL Bus, MR., POOLE INDICATED THAT , OVERHEAD EXPENSE:AND OPERATIONAL EXPENSE COULD BE REDUCED BY DUAL USE OF-GARAGE, FACILIT.lES fOR. BOTH BUS AND: TAX.I. OPERATION" QY. VOLUME PURCHASE OF GASOLINE AND OTHER SUPPLIES, BY ONE: MANAGEMENT OPERATING BOTH COMPANIES.AND,BY REASON Of OTHER fACTORS. HE FURTHER STATED HE BELIEVES THE CITY IS ENTITLED TO A BUS SYSTEM WITH GOOD MANAGEMENT, - GOOD BUSSES, PUBLISHED SCHEDULES AND FARES, WITH_DEPENDABLE,rRANSPORTATION OVER THE YEARS TO COME, AND HE INDICATED THAT TERMINAL Bus SERVICE IS READY AND WILLING:TO PROVIDE SUCH:~RANSPORTATION~, , I AT THIS POINT A NUMBER Of-QUESTIONS AND',COMMENTS WERE. MADE, BY MEMBERS Of THE COUNCIL AND BY A I NUMBER Of CITIZENS PRESENT. ' ., , " .. I ! fOLLOWING THESE COMMENTS; IT<,WAS,MOVED BY MR. EDMUNDS SECONDED BY MR. SHEARER THAT ,THE HEARING I i BE CONTINUED TO THE SECOND MEETING IN DECEMBER (DECEMBER 22, 1958) ON COUNCIL BILL. No. 4485. AfTER , I j SOME DISCUSSION THIS MOTION WAS DEfEATED. I , I 1 ; il ,I IT WAS THEN MOVED BY MRS. LAURIS SECONDED BY MR: HARTMAN THAT THE BUS F'RANCHISE BE GRANTED TO EMERALD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, INC., EFF'ECTIVE NOVEMBER 25, 1958. ' MOTION CARRIED. II 1 COUNCIL BILL No. 4485 - RE: GRANTING BUS F'RANCHISE TO EMERALD TRANSPORTATION SYSTEM, II I INC. WAS Ij , SUBMITTED AND REA~ THE FJRST TJME IN.. F'ULL. , . - . '. -.-.. .-' :. '~'. !. I - I IT WAS MOVED BY MR. SHEARER SECONDED BY MR. HARTMAN THAT THE BILL BE READ~THE SECOND: TIME BY I COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTIONCARRIED UNANIMOUSLY AND THE BILL WAS: READ THE SECOND T,IME BY CO:UNCIL..BILL NlJotBER. ONLY. IT WAS MOVED B.Y MR...SHEARER SECONDED ByMR~."HARTMANTHAT THE RULES BE SUSPENDED AND THE BILL BE READ THE THIRD TIME BY COUNCIL BILL NUMBER ONLY, WITH UNANIMOUS CONSENT OF THE COUNCIL. MOTION CAR- l RIED UNANIMOUSLY, AND THE' BILL WAS READ THE, THIRD TIME BY:COU,NCIL' BILL' NUMBER ONLY. . I \ . e I I ii ~: /: "