HomeMy WebLinkAboutResolution 777 Protesting App. of Northwest Airlines to suspend service to Bozeman
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COMMISSION RESOLUTION NO. 777
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A RESOLUrION OF 'rm COMtrrSSIJN JP THE CITY OF BOZEMAN,
M)NTA~JA , PROTESTING TIm APPL T CA'rION OF NURTf{WEST AIRLINES,
INC., AS AtlliNDED, BEFORE T'-fE CIVIL AERONAUTICS BOARD, WlSH ::NG'rON,
D..C., DOCKET NU1\mH~R 4474, FOR AN ORDER AUTHORIZING THE
ELn/IINA'rION OF '10ZEMAN,
M'YJTANA, FROM ITS CERTIFICA'rE OR
TEMPORARY SUSPENSION OF' ITS SERVICE TO BOZEMAN, MONTANA, AND
URGING THE CONTINUANCE OF SUCH SERVICE.
WHEREAS, ther,") has been
Dresented to the Commission of the City of Bo:"eman,
I Montana, a copy of an amended
Application of Northwest Airlines, Inc. ,
for an order
of the Civil Aeronautics i30ard
eltminat:tnc~ Bozeman, M'JntDna, from its Certificate or
for suspension of its service to Bozeman,
Montana; and
1JVHEREAS, the City of Bozeman
is a joint owner wIth the County of Gallatin of the
airport facil;ties at Bozeman,
known as Gallatin Field,. and as a taxing authority
levies and imposes a tax upon its citizens for the partial maintenance and operation
of said airport facilities,
and as such is an interested party to the aforementioned
Application of Northwest Airlines,
Inc.,; and
"'HEf? EA S , the citizens of
the City of Bozeman and the I..iounty of GalLatin have
expended large sums of money
in furnishing more than adequate airport facilities at
said Gallatin Field and are presently spending large sums of mmey annually for the
maintenance and operation of sald facilities,
which facilities were originally designed
and provided largely at the behest of said Northwest Airlines,
Inc., and are now
maintained and operated principally f'or their use and convenience in operating their
airline servlces to this
area; and
1NHETIEAS , this Commission
is informed and verily believes that the aforementioned
I airport facilities at said Gallatin Field are adequate to handle any traffic of
said Northwest Airlines, Inc.,
that weather conditi'ms are above minimum requirements
for commercial siline operation ninety-seven
(97) percent of the time,
that said
Northwest Airlines,
Inc., is not now and never has operated its regular passenger
stops at Bozeman, Montana,
at a monetary loss, and that said Northwest Airlines,
Inc. ,
has enjoyed a substantial annual increase
in passenger, mail, and express revenue
in each uf the seven years
it has operated its Bozeman, i'qon tana ,
stop; and
WHEREAS, the steady growth
of this community and the trading area wfuich it
serves and the greatly increased enrollment at Montana State College require the
maintenance of airline service
to this area by Northwest Airlines, Inc.
NOW, 'rf1ER ':POFE,
BE IT RF.:SOL\rED BY 'rEi!: COMMISSION OF THE CITY ,JF BOZEMAN:
Section 1. That the Commission
of the City of Jozeman hereby protest the
amended Application of ~orthwest Airlines,
Inc., for an order of the Civil Aeronautics
Board eliminating Bozeman, Montana,
from its Certiftcate or for suspension of its
service to Bozeman, Montana.
I Section 2. 'rhet the Commission
of the City of :}ozeman respectfully petitions
the Civil Aeronautics joard to deny the
said Application of Northwest Airlines, Inc..
in its entirety and respectfully petitions said aoard to order the continuance of
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uninterrupted commercial airline service to the City of So zeman, M ntana.
Section 3. 'fhat the Clerk
of this Commission be, and he is hereby,
directed to
forward properly certified copies of tJlis Resolution to the Civil Aeronautics Board
and all interested parties.
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Section 4. That this Resolution shall be,
and the same is her~by declared to be
effective as of the date of its passage and adoption.
Passed and adopted by the Commission of the City of Bozeman at a regular session
held on the 6th day of October, A. D., 1954.
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Mayor
Attest:
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Clerk of the City Commission
State of Montana )
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County of Gallatin )
I, L. G. Shadoan,
C13 rk of the Commlssion of Thn Cit\T of Boze-uan, do hereby
certify that therorep:;oing Commission Resolution N0. 777 was published
by title
and nllffi;)er in the Bo zeman DEily Chronic..: Ie, a nowspaper of
general circulation
printed and published in said City in the iSBu.e of October 8th,
l'J5Lj, and due proof
of such publication is on file in my office.
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IN WITNESS WTTEREOF I hereunto ~3et my hand and af'fix the corpo:rate seal
of my
office this 9th day of October, 1951+ .
dfr~
Ck'k of the Cormnis sian
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Resolution Th. 777