29 of 1963 - A resolution expressing the City Commission’s opposition to any lessening of passenger train service Resolution No. 29
By Conrad B. Harrison
COMMISSIONER
Expressing the City Commission's ,
opposition to any lessening of
passenger train service between ,
Salt Lake City and Los Angeles
and intermediate points and ex-
pressing its position that the
Union Pacific Railroad Company
should be required by the Inter-
state Commerce Commission to
maintain passenger service there-
fore, sufficient to carry all
persons who desire reservations
between such points.
Presented to the Board of Commissioners
AND PASSED
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CITY RECORDER ++
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November 15, 1953
Mr. H. D. McCoy, Secretary
Interstate Commerce Commission
Washington 25, D.C. 20433
Dear Sir:
Here is a copy of a Resolution passed by the Board of
Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, November 13, 1963,
setting forth the position of Salt Lake City in the matter
of the application of the Union Pacific Railroad Company
to discontinue trains Nos. 9 and 10.
Yours truly
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ROLL CALL Salt Lake City,Utah, November 13 196 3
VOTING Aye Nay
Christensen . . i/ I move that the Resolution be adopted.
Catmull . . .
Harrison / / . /< <C C
Smart . . . . �.
Mr. Chairman .
RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
WHEREAS, the Union Pacific Railroad Company has proposed the discon-
tinuance of passenger trains Numbers 9 and 10 between Ogden, Utah and Los
Angeles, California; and,
WHEREAS, the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City is of the opinion
that the convenience and necessity of the inhabitants of Salt Lake City
requires that passenger train service between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles
and intermediate points be maintained at its present level,
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SALT
LAKE CITY, UTAH:
That this board does hereby express its strong opposition to any
lessening of passenger train service between Salt Lake City and Los Angeles
and intermediate points and that it expresses its position that the Union
Pacific Railroad Company should be required by the Interstate Commerce
Commission to maintain passenger service between Salt Lake City and Los
Angeles and intermediate points sufficient to carry all persons who desire
reservations between such points; and
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that the City Recorder be instructed to forward
a copy of this Resolution to the Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington,
25, D. C.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah, this
13th day of November , 1963.
Comthissioner Mayor
Commissioner C' mmissioner
Commissioner
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