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Show EH. QQQ Dear Steve: The matter of the recent posting of Notice of Discontinuance Dis-continuance of Trains Nos. 5 and 6 on January 8, 1968, by the Union Pacific Railroad, as noted by me on my recent trip from Salt Lake to Milford on No. 5, has N brought to mind many personal and local problems which this move will cause if allowed to become effective. In order that we may consider these problems collectively, T have taken the liberty of this communication to you. light transportation; we are far removed from highway bus transportation and, of course, air transportation is a long way in the future. The Railroad Rail-road owes such convenience to the Public as well delineated in the Acts of Congress which made the Railroad possible by liugo land grants and other considerations. The mere fact that a certain service essential to the Public happens to show a local loss does not relieve the Railroad of its responsibility responsibil-ity to the Public which has depended de-pended upon such an established estab-lished service for almost 50 years. May I point out that the Eailroad has made no effort to upgrade these trains in order or-der to capture the mass travel of the Public which is certainly cer-tainly there for the asking. In other areas in the country it has been demonstrated that the Public, given fast and comfortable comfort-able transportation, has respon-ed respon-ed to rail travel on a profitable basis to the Railroad. At this time I urgently suggest sug-gest that all service cluibs, City Councils and concerned individuals respond to this action ac-tion by submitting a formal protest to the Interstate Commerce Com-merce Commission, Washington, Washing-ton, D. C, with copies to the . Utah Public Service Commission Commis-sion at Salt Lake and to our Senators and Representtaives in Congress before Jan. 1, 1968. If we are united in this effort to preserve an essential service to our community the Railroad will be forced to take a long second look at its premature action. It is essential that all protests pro-tests against discontinuing this essential and necessary public service ask for a hearing before be-fore the Interstate Commerce Commission in Salt Lake. Sincerely yours, JAMES D. WILLIAMS. Many of us in business and professional life depend upon 1; ihese trains for weekly transportation trans-portation to and from Milford from Salt Lake and Las Vegas, and, in many cases, from be- ; yond. This is a daylight service serv-ice which has been in continual continu-al existence for at least 30 years, based upon my personal " knowledge, and I understand that it goes at least 10 to 20 :; years beyond that. Now, just who are the people of the Public who depend upon this v, service? Well, there are most I of us in the mining business which is now getting firmly - established in the Milford area on a substantial basis. There i: are many in business and pro- iessional life (who find this a real convenience; merchants, attorneys, salesmen, equipment 3 representatives, g o v e r nment - employees, stockmen and polit- ical agents. Also, most of the section workers of the railroad itself depend upon this transportation trans-portation for necessary movement move-ment for essential shopping. Then too, all of the qualified pass-naers must depend upon uit.se trains. So you see, tnere are a great number of J the public in general who have a stake in this movement to .- deprive us of an essential con- ... veiiiencc. Any argument directed to the tact that a similar service - will be available on trains Nos. 103 and 104 can be summarily dismissed by merely consulting the schedule of arrival and departure de-parture of them from Milford in the early hours of the morning. This is no convenience conveni-ence to the public. The recent loss of mail revenue rev-enue from these trains is cited as the cogent reason for dis-. dis-. continuance and this, in fact, may be true on a temporary t basis. But, one needs merely to read the current published j articles on this situation to realize that the Post Office ci Department will undoubtedly ; 'be taking a second look at this i hasty action. This will be more true as the volume of i mail approaches that predicted ' by the Department itself. So, as a matter of self protection, 3 the Railroad should be wise ; enough to hold this discontin-! discontin-! uance of service on trains Nos. j 5 and 6 for a reasonable per-i per-i iod until all such matters are ; finally resolved. The public should insist upon this. Local communities such as j Modena, Lund, Milford, Delta, Lynndyl and others in Utah as i well as Caliente in Nevada, have no other means of day- |