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RESOLUTION
No. 6, Series of 1969
WHEREAS, the Denver and Rio Grande Western
Railroad Company has requested permission from the Interstate
Commerce Commission to discontinue operation of its last
remaining passenger trains, the California Zephyr, between
Denver, Colorado and Salt Lake City, Utah; and
WHEREAS, the California Zephyr is the only
passenger train servicing Glenwood Springs and the Aspen
area; and
WHEREAS, the discontinuance of the California
Zephyr would work an extreme economic hardship on every
tourist-oriented community along it's run and would certainly
be harmful to Western Colorado and Aspen:
NOW, THEREEORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council
of the City of Aspen, Colorado that said Council hereby officially
protests the attempted abandonment of the California Zephyr
service and urges the Interstate Commerce Commission to order
The Denver and Rio Grande Western Railroad Company to continue
said service.
DATED THIS
/f/~AY OF ~ ~ ._ , 1969.
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City Clerk
I, Lorraine Graves do hereby certify that the foregoing is a
true and correct copy of a Resolution adopted by the City Council
of the City of Aspen, Colorado at their regular meeting held on
the /~z-~ day of ~_ , 1969.
WITNESS MY HAND OFFICIAL SEAL OF SAID CITY this
day of ~ ~_ , 1969.