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..... .. J?7 MONDAY, NOVEMBER 25, 1985 unanimously accepted said report and recommendations, with authorization given to in- vite proposals from local banking institutions for a loan of $880,000.00 for the period December 23, 1985--June 30, 1986. Because the potential for industrial growth along the Carolina & Northwestern Railway's Leaksville Junction-to-Hilltop section is greater than it appeared over a year ago and, therefore, the need for the continuation of rail service along this section is increasing, Council adopted the following resolution reiterating its opposition to dis- continuance and/or abandonment by said railway company of this line section, as ex- pressed by Council in a similar resolution adopted April 24, 1984: WHEREAS, the City Council of the City of Martinsville on April 24, 1984, adopted the following Resolution expressing its opposition to the abandon- ment and/or discontinuance of a section of the Carolina & Northwestern Railway line between Leaksville Junction in Pittsylvania Council and Hill- top Freight Station in Martinsville, Virginia, as follows: WHEREAS, by letter dated April 3, 1984, from the Department of Highways & Transportation of the Commonwealth of Virginia, the Council of the City of Martinsville, Virginia, has been notified that the Southern Railway Company has filed an amended System Diagram Map with the Interstate Commerce Commission indicating that the Southern Railway Company may file or apply for permis- sion, within the next three years, to abandon and/or discontinue that section of its Carolina & Northwestern Railway line between Leaksville Junction (in Pittsylvania County, Virginia, near the Virginia-North Carolina boundary) and a freight station identi- fied as "Hilltop", situated just inside the East Corporate Limits of the City of Martinsville; and WHEREAS, if such filing occurs and permission is granted, irres- pective of the fact that some rail service may be continued or provided to the northwest section of Martinsville through a con- nection with the lines of the Norfolk & Western Railway Company, the southeast section of Martinsville and Henry County, which already has some industrial development and also has a potential for greater industrial development, would be without rail service; now, therefore, BE IT RESOLVED by the Council of the City of Martinsville, Vir- ginia, in regular session, that it hereby registers its opposition to the abandonment and/or discontinuance of said C&NW line section, as contemplated.