Resolution 5003 RESOLUTION NO. 5003
A RESOLUTION FAVORING AND REQUESTING
THE ERECTION OF A UNION STATION IN THE
CITY OF MIAMI, FLORIDA,
BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF MIAMI
BEACH, FLORIDA, that
WHEREAS, the City of Miami, by its Resolution No. 13217,
has requested the Railroad Commission of the State of Florida
to hold formal hearings to determine whether or not the Sea-
board Air Line Railway Company and the Florida East Coast
Railway Company shall be required to provide a modern, joint
or union depot within the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, the laws of the State of Florida empower the
Railroad Commission to require two or more railroads entering
the same town or city to erect, operate and maintain a joint
passenger and/or a joint passenger and freight terminal or
union depot; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach is without railroad
facilities other than those located in the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, many hundreds of thousands of passengers from
without the State of Florida visit the City of Miami Beach
annually using the railroad facilities of Miami, as well as
the bus, air and steamship facilities; and
WHEREAS, the City of Miami Beach is for that reason in-.
tensely interested in the establishment of railroad facilities
within the City of Miami suitable and convenient to the handling
of the great tourist traffic entering the City of Miami for the
purpose of coming into and leaving the City of Miami Beach through
the railroad terminals of the City of Miami; and
WHEREAS, it is evident that the railroad terminal facilities
in the City of Miami are entirely and in all respects inadequate
to handle the great amount of passenger and freight business
flowing through said terminals to the City of Miami, the City of
Miami Beach, and other cities in Dade County, Florida, served by
the said terminals; and
WHEREAS, it is likewise apparent that such terminals are
badly located for the convenience of the general public who is
using the same, and who is served by the same, and the duplica-
tion of facilities on the part of those terminals are confusing
to the general public, and cause additional traffic hazards and
inconvenience because of the duplication of all facilities at said
terminals; and
WHEREAS, it is the opinion of the Council of the City of
Miami Beach that public good and welfare, and the welfare of the
inhabitants of the City of Miami Beach, and the many tourists
visiting the same annually, could best be served by the erection
and maintenance of a suitable union, or joint, passenger and
freight statian within the City of Miami at such point as would
provide easy and convenient access to the public who use, and to
a large extent depend upon, those facilities;
NOW, THEREFORE, be it resolved that the City Council of
the City of Miami Beach join the City of Miami in its request
to the Railroad Commission of the State of Florida to require the
Seaboard Air Line Railway Company and the Florida East Coast
Railway Company to establish at a convenient designated point a
joint or union railroad passenger and freight terminal atalon,
with all the facilities, building and equipment necessary and con—
venient for the use of the members of the public of the City of
Miami Beach as well as the members of the public of the City of
Miami and adjoining cities served by the same facilities, and to
relocate where necessary their tracks, yards and other faciities
so as to combine for joint use those facilities into q designated
location for such union or joint station at such point as may
be readily accessible to the citizens of those communities so
affected, and to the roads and causeways connecting the City of
Miami Beach with the City of Miami,
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED that a copy of this Resolution be
sent to the Railroad Commission of the State of Florida.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 2nd day of October, A. D. 1940.
Acting Mayor
ATTEST:
C. W._ Tomlinson
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