HomeMy WebLinkAboutRES NO 19-66 ~REAS~ the Southern Pacific Company has petitioned the
California Public U~ilitie~ Commission for permission co discontinue
San Joaquin Dayligh~ Trains 5X=52 between Bakersfield and Los
Angeles, and
WEE~S~ Southern'Pacific Company San Joa~uin Daylight
Trains 5~52 bet~$een Bakersfield and Los Angeles are the only
existing rail passenger service be~een ~he ~o cities~ end
the City of Bakersfield would ~ve a ~fi~ effect upon the entire
co~ntt7~ and
~ES~ any reduction in any existing transportation
eelice will only sere to burden our already o~ercrowded highways,
~~S~ unique safety factors exist relative to cli~tic
conditions in the Bakers field area. During the ~lnter mon~h~
Bakersfield e~eriencee a concentration of ve~ heavy fog, often
of several weeks duration~ ~is ~kes travel by ~utomobiXe
~zardous ~t beet. ~e ~ame foe ~kes airline transportation
virt~lly impossible, and
~$, ~he Federal Gove~men~ ha8 given subsidies over
the years, inc!ud~g large land grants, to r~il ro~d companies to
encourage eelice to the public throughout the n~ion, end
~~S, railroads, as a public utility, have an
obligation to the public to provide se~ice of $ c~racter~htch
%~[~S~ ~he entire Sta~e of C~lifomi~ is experiencing
a ~pid grca~th and the City of B~ke~mfield~ in ~he c~ing years,
lC~ a~ a result of the projected growth of C~lifo~ia, including
~OW~ ~E~O~ BE XT ~SOLVED by the Co~cil of the City
of ~akersfie~d t~t a~ld City Council hereby declares i~self on
record in p~otest to the proposal of the Southem Pacific Co~mny
to discontinue San Joa~uin Daylight Trains 51052 bedjean ~aker~
field and Los ~geles.
BE ~T F~~ ~BOL~D, that copies of this reso~utlon
$~ll be sent to the Ca~ifo~ia Public Utilities Co~ismion~ to
~o Aas~b~m Jack T. Casey~ to Congress~n ~rl~n Hagen~ to m~X
Utl~i~ies and to all membera of the Sta~e Ass~bly Co~ittee on
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~egula~ meeting thereof he~d on the 18th day of April~ i966~ by the
foi~o~ing vote~
AYES: COUNCILMEN .I~,.L-FANZ, DOOLIN,+!OS.K!.-k~iT, PARK, RUCKER, STIERN, WNITTf'MORr.
NOES: COUNC,LME~:':F'~-r,:,dX~ ~~.~
ABSENT COUNCILMEN:
ABSTAINING COUNCILMEN:
~rian S, ~rvin
Oouncil of the City of Bakersfield