48 of 1969 - A resolution objecting to the partial discontinuance of Trains Nos. 101 and 102 - “City of San Franc Resolution No. 4S
B Mayor J. Bracken Lee
Y
COMMISSIONER
Objecting to the partial discontinuance
of Trains Nos. 101 and 102 -"City of
S at Francisco"between Ogden, Utah
and Oakland, California by the Southern
Pacific Company and petitioning the
Interstate Commerce Commission to
deny the request for such change.
Presented to the Board of Commissioner'.
AND PASSED
SEP9 1969
Ctit y RECORDER
•
III'
i I
j�l
September 26, 1969
Honorable J. Bracken Lee
Mayor and Commiesloser of
Public Affairs and Flame
211 City and Ccunty Building
S It Lake City. Utah
Dear Mayor Lee:
The Board of City Commissioners, at its meeting today. approved
your motion as follows:
I move that the City Attorney be directed to repre-
sent S L..ke City to its objections to Finance Docket
No. 25784-The Western Pacific Railroad Company
discontinuance of Traits Nos. 17 sad 18 between San
Francisco. California and Salt Lake City. Utah-and-
Finance Docket No. 26793-Southern Pacific Company
partial dtasontimtaaee of Trains Nos. 101 and 102
batmen Ogden, Utah and Oakland. the
Interstate Commerce Commission's hearing et t the
same scheduled in salt Lake City on October 27. 1969.
Yours truly.
City Recorder
CC:
Law
Files
Resolutions-2
October 22. 1222
Honorable J. Bracken Lee
Mayor and Conmelssioner f
Public Affairs and Finance
211 City and County Building
Salt Lake City. Utah
Dear Mayor Lee:
The Board f City Commissioners, t its rreettng today, ,,pproved
your motion as fell-wa:
I move that I be authors eel to represent s It L =e
City at the Interstate Commerce Con' . ::st n's hearing
on'Monday, October 1'7. 1969. on the:;r posed 'ts-
o:,ntlnuance by the Western Pacific Railroad Company
of Trains Noe. 17 en't 1e, "California enhyr 'between
Salt Lake City end Oakland, Calif rat , anil the pro-
posed partial discontinuance I Trains D'' . 101 sal;
111. 'City of San Francisco":ietween Ogden, Utah
and Oakland. California by the Southern Pacific
Company.
I farther mow that the City Attorney c di'ect :1 ie
prepare resolutions setting forth the city's ebjectl n,;
to said discontinuous.
Yours truly,
City Recorder
CC:
Law
J. Thomas Graeae
rues
Resolutions
Mayor's Report 0122
R.. ee- o
ROLL CALL September 9 196 9
VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah,
Barker . •
I move that the Resolution be adopted. -
Catmull . . .
y ,
Gam h`' is yr���L / ��L`- b` '
.16....
Harrison , C4J��1' � _
Mr. Chairman . C ;%` • /
RESOLUTION
Result . . . .
WHEREAS, passenger train service has been provided for many
years between San Francisco and Oakland, California, and Chicago,
Illinois, through Ogden, Utah, by trains Nos. 101 and 102, known
as the "City of San Francisco"; and
WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific Company operates said "City of
San Francisco" between the West Coast and Ogden, Utah; and
WHEREAS, residents of Utah, Nevada and California have come
to rely on said trains for daily passenger service; and
WHEREAS, these passenger trains contribute to the economy of
these areas and to the convenience of the citizens of communities
and states served by said trains; and
WHEREAS, the Southern Pacific Company has petitioned the
Interstate Commerce Commission to reduce the daily service offered
by the "City of San Francisco" so as to provide only a tri-weekly
service; and
WHEREAS, the reduction in service by these trains would leave
Salt Lake City and other communities between Ogden, Utah, and San
Francisco and Oakland, California, without adequate daily train
service; and
WHEREAS, this would result in economic loss and inconvenience
to said communities and their residents; and
WHEREAS, this reduction in service would not only adversely
affect those who are residents in these western areas but also
deprive non-residents traveling to and from these areas of this
important daily service provided by the "City of San Francisco"; and
WHEREAS, daily passenger service is in the public interest,
convenience and necessity on this important transcontinental "Overland"
route; and
WHEREAS, the reduction in service of these trains between Ogden,
Utah, and the West Coast could adversely affect the entire run of
the "City of San Francisco" in making it more difficult to provide
daily service between Ogden, Utah, and Chicago, Illinois, over the
route of the Union Pacific Railroad Company from Ogden, Utah to Omaha,
Nebraska, and over the line of the Chicago, Milwaukee, St. >Iaul &
Pacific Railroad Company from Omaha, Nebraska to Chicago, Ill:inois;
and
WHEREAS, the reduction of the daily service offered by the
"City of San Francisco" to a tri-weekly service might cause a further
deterioration of this service and thereby impair its future opera-
tion contrary to the public interest.
-2-
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS
OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, that said Board does hereby object to the
reduction in service of the "City of San Francisco", Trains Nos.
101 and 102, from a daily service to tri-weekly service, and respect-
fully petitions the Interstate Commerce Commission to deny the request
of the Southern Pacific Company for said change.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMISSIONERS OF SALT
LAKE CITY, UTAH, that this resolution shall be filed with the ICC
Hearing Examiner at one of the scheduled hearings of this matter in
the State of Utah and that a copy of this Resolution be transmitted
to the Interstate Commerce Commission in Washington, D.C. to each
of the United States Senators and the United States Congressmen
representing the State of Utah, and to other appropriate places.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City, Utah,
this 9th day of September, 1969. /
MAYOR
ITY 0 R