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RESOLUTION NO. 5497
A RESOLUTION STRESSING THE IMPORTANCE OF THE
INTRACOASTAL WATERWAY AND URGING THE DEEPEN-
ING OF THE SECTION BETWEEN JACKSONVILLE AND
MIAMI AS A MEASURE OF NATIONAL DEFENSE.
WHEREAS, the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway has been
deepened to 12 feet to Jacksonville but the section from Jacksonville
to Miami has a controlling depth of not over 8 feet , restricting
the usefulness of the entire project for shipping war supplies,
and
WHEREAS, with the entire waterway deepened to 12 feet,
this facility can be used to largely replace coastwise shipping
by making possible efficient and economical waterborne transporta-
tion, and
WHEREAS, with this facility so improved the railroads
to the ports of South Florida can be utilized for the safe shipping
of vital war material over protected inland routes and such
supplies can be transhipped over shorter sea routes to the net-
work of island bases so the submarine hazard can be reduced to a
minimum;
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED by the City Council of
the City of Miami Beach:
1. That the Federal Government is urged to expe-
dite the deepening of the Intracoastal Water-
way, Jacksonville to Miami , to a depth of
12 feet in order that the entire Atlantic Intra-
coastal Waterway system shall have a controlling
depth of 12 feet suitable for the transportation
of vital war supplies.
2. That the Atlantic Intracoastal Waterway system
and the railroads can then ship these vital war
supplies by safe inland routes to South Florida
ports where they can be transhipped over shorter
sea routes through a network of island bases,
relieving many war craft and merchant ships for
other necessary service.
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3. That the City Clerk is hereby authorized
and instructed to forward certified copies
of this Resolution to our Senators, our
Congressmen, to the Atlantic
Deeper Waterways
Association, to the
Harbors Congress, to the Secretary of War, to
the Secretary of the Navy, to the Commandant
of the Seventh Naval District.
PASSED AND ADOPTED this 1st day of April, A.D. , 19L2.
7W/lf
MAYOR.
ATTEST :
CLERK.
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