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RESOLUTION # /4/0
A RESOLUTION REQUESTING THAT THE AGENCY STATION AT BATESVILLE, ARKANSAS LOCATED
ON THE LINES OF THE MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD COMPANY NOT BE ELIMINATED.
WHEREAS, the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company has filed notice of
application with the Arkansas Transportation Commission to eliminate the agenc
station at Batesville, Arkansas; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Batesville has long been served by that agency station
and its personnel; and,
WHEREAS, the City of Batesville is currently experiencing rapid geographic
hand economic growth with the agency station having a vital role in that growth;
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and,
WHEREAS, the proposed telephone replacement of the agency station is not an
adequate replacement and would inconvenience the citizens of Batesville; and,
WHEREAS, the agency station is necessary for the economic preservation of tie
City of Batesville and Independence County; and,
WHEREAS, the general welfare of the citizens of the City of Batesville will
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best be served if the agency station is allowed to remain in operation.
NOW, THEREFORE, BE IT RESOLVED BY THE CITY COUNCIL OF THE CITY OF BATESVILL ,
ARKANSAS:
(1) That the City Council requests, on behalf of all the citizens of
Batesville, Arkansas, that the agency station located on the lines of the
Missouri-Pacific Railroad Company, be allowed to remain in operation.
(2) That the Mayor of the City of Batesville, Arkansas, is authorized to
send a copy of this resolution to the Missouri Pacific Railroad Company and
the Arkansas Transportation Commission.
ADOPTED THIS _ DAY OF MARCH, 1980.
APPROVED;
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ATTEST:
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OFFICE OF
ARKANSAS TRANSPORTATION COMMISSION
IN THE MATTER OF ELIMINATION OF )
THE AGENCY STATION AT BATESVILLE,)
ARKANSAS LOCATED ON THE LINES OF ) CASE NO. R-2678
THE. MISSOURI PACIFIC RAILROAD )
COMPANY )
NOTICE
Pursuant to Arkansas Statutes Annotated, Section 73-809 (b) , the
Missouri Pacific Railroad Company on February 7, 1980, filed notice of
this application to eliminate the agency station at Batesville, Arkansas;
and instead to be served by toll-free telephone service .through Newport,
Arkansas.
Unless within sixty days a Petition signed by at least twenty-five
(25) qualified electors residing in the city, town, or political subdivision
where said station is located, requesting that the agency station be not
eliminated and such petition is filed with the Commission, the proposal
of the Company will become effective ninety (90) days from the date it
filed said notice.
.T,NNIE L. FURR, SECRF.iA::Y
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Dated at Little Rock, Arkansas this 20th day of -February, 1980.
cc: Mayor
Batesville, Arkansas 72501
Don Beavers, Director
United Trainmen Union
Suite 602
1515 West 7th St.
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
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Postmaster
Batesville, Arkansas 72501
Michael G. Thompson, Attorney
First National Bank Bldg. , 20th Floor
Little Rock, Arkansas 72201
Chamber of Commerce
Batesville, Arkansas 72501
Tommy E. Mitchum
State Representative
Batesville, Arkansas 72501