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<br />,",' 1 <br />~ j <br /> <br />TUESDAY <br /> <br />AUGUST 24, 1971 <br /> <br />ADDENDUM <br /> <br />Nationwide Homes, Incorporated is encountering a rather large <br />problem getting its product from its new plant in Martinsville <br />through the city and on the way to its market area. The problem <br />is two-fold: <br /> <br />1. The matter of restricted hours and routes of travel through <br />the City of Martinsville; and <br />2. The matter of permit charges made by the City of Martinsville <br />for the privilege of using its streets. <br /> <br />The limitation on routing and times of travel effectively <br />prevent our products from leaving the Martinsville area prior to <br />the middle of the morning each day, by restricting shipments going <br />North to the hours between 9:00 a.m. and 3:00 p.m. (and after 6:00 <br />p.m. until sunset) and those going East to the same hours. Approxi- <br />mately 96 to 99% of the other cities and towns in the State of Virginia <br />through which we must move our wide load units have no such time <br />limitation, although some do require advance notice of the arrival of <br />our units at the City Limits. These limitations work a terrific hard- <br />ship on our shipping schedules, requiring over-night layovers that <br />would not be necessary if we could get our products on the road at an <br />earlier time. <br /> <br />As we work to expand our facilities, employ more people, and <br />promote the general welfare of our community, we think it is <br />unfortunate that the city in which we are located is the most <br />restrictive of all of the cities in the seven states in which our <br />units have traveled. Admittedly, there are certain periods of the <br />day when traffic congestion on certain streets would make transport <br />of these .~its impractical. We do not desire to have our vehicles <br />or employees involved in such congestion since the obvious delays <br />constitute unnecessary expenditures to us. We believe that our own <br />analysis of our own economic benefits would produce a shipping schedule <br />which will keep our units out of these congested areas and will minimize <br />any hinderance they may cause to the normal flow of traffic. <br /> <br />In addition to the exemption as to the time and route limitations, <br />we request that you consider exemption of our vehicles from the fee now <br />charged for permission to transport our units through the city. <br />Exemption from these fees would, in our opinion, be appropriate even <br />if limited to manufacturers located within the city since these manu- <br />facturers are already subject to the city real estate, vehicle and <br />s imi lar taxe s . <br /> <br />Since we are only speaking of eleven units going North and East <br />(two loads per unit) per month for the next twelve to eighteen months, <br />we do not feel that the city will be taking an undue risk in removing <br />these restrictions, even if only on a trial basis. <br /> <br />If any of you have further questions concerning our position and <br />the information we have gathered concerning the similar problems of <br />other cities, please contact me or any of our company's officers for any <br />assistance we may render. <br /> <br />S/ James W. Severt, President <br />NATIONWIDE HOMES, INCORPORATED <br />