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Resolution No. 5
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i , By, Mayor J. Bracken Lee ,
V COMMISSIONER
Protesting the proposed discon-
tinuance of the RPO cars on Trains
7 and 8 of the Denver & Rio Grande
western Railroad Company between
Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt
Lake City, Utah
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AND PASSED
FEB8 1966
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POST OFFICE DEPARTMENT
DENVER REGIONAL OFFICE
NEW CUSTOM HOUSE BUILDING
P.O.BOX 1979
DENVER.COLORADO 80201
February 16, 1966
Mr. Herman J. Hogensen
City Recorder
Salt Lake City Corporation
200 City& County Building
Salt Lake City, Utah 84111
Dear Mr. Hogensen:
Please refer to your letter of February 8, 1966, transmitting
resolution passed by the Board of City Commissioners pro-
testing withdrawal of RPO service in Denver & Rio Grande
Trains 7 and 8 and diversion of mail from Train 7.
When the Council Bluffs Terminal was closed on January 16,
1966, distribution of Utah parcel post and circular mail, and
Nevada parcel post, was transferred to the Salt Lake City Post
Office. As a result of this transfer, a minimum of 35 additional
positions were added at the Salt Lake City Post Office.
Utah and Nevada mail, formerly offloaded from trains at Council
Bluffs for distribution, now continue through to Salt Lake City on
the same train. This not only improves the service to Salt Lake
City but also results in a savings to the taxpayers by eliminating
the railroad unloading and loading charges at Council Bluffs.
Railway Post Office service in Trains 7 and 8 between Grand
Junction and Salt Lake City is being discontinued March 25, 1966
in order to provide an improved service at a reduction in postal
transportation costs of approximately$75,000 per annum. As
you are aware, Train 8 leaves Salt Lake City at 5:15 p.m. which
is too early to receive a significant amount of the same day's mail.
Also, Train 7 arrives Salt Lake City at 8:00 a.m. which is too
late to effect citywide carrier service the same day.
REP. 08-65.200
ROLL CALL
February 8 6
i VOTING Aye Nay Salt Lake City,Utah, ,196
Barkers. . ✓
I move that the Resolution be adopted.
Catmull . . . ✓J
Harrison . . . --
Holley. . .
Mr. Chairman .
Result . RESOLUTION
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WHEREAS, the United States Post Office Department is
proposing to discontinue the RPO cars on Trains 7 and 8 of
the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad Company between
Grand Junction, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah; and
WHEREAS, said department has heretofore diverted mail
from said Railroad Company's Trains 7 and 8, being now
transported from Council Bluffs, Iowa to Salt Lake City,
Utah by another railroad; and
WHEREAS, the proposed diversion of mail from said trains
will result, and the diversion of mail from said trains al-
ready accomplished has resulted, in great in great inconven-
ience and loss of time and service to the citizens of Salt
Lake City, Utah and communities in Utah served by the Denver
& Rio Grande Western Railroad Company, and will result in
loss of jobs and payrolls in the State of Utah:
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE BOARD OF COMMIS-
SIONERS OF SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH, that said Board does hereby
protest the proposed discontinuance of the RPO cars on
Trains 7 and 8 of the Denver & Rio Grande Western Railroad
Company, and respectfully request that such discontinuance
be abandoned and rescinded as such action will be in the best
interests of the citizens of Salt Lake City, Utah and the
State of Utah.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution
be provided for transmission to the Post Office Department
and to such other agencies or persons as may have an interest
therein.
Passed by the Board of Commissioners of Salt Lake City,
Utah, this 8th day of February, 1966.
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