The Daytona daily news. [volume] (Daytona, Fla.) 1903-1926, 1911-12-16
.Aaloa Of THE eIII e0ANcIL
EXCUSE GIVEN BY The ROAD
Clans Is MADE ALDERMEN DID
NOT STAND sY AGREEMENT
AND ORDER is aENTERED" ~
STATE COMMISSION.

That the Daytona city council Is
pen 10 crikleem because Of failure
3 stand BY an agreement understood
{ ! have been made at . conference
ash the state railroad commission
Q ad Representatives Of the Florida
l asst Coast railroad here las
s ring. ana that the failure to stand
ly such aaa agreement may result IN
4 10 loss of g new depo< here. Is init
! ated IN a 3etter recently sent by
ie state railroad commisslon TO
J Ice President Beckwhth OF the Flor
| ia East Coast railroad.
The letter from the commission to
4 Ne railroad officIal b evidently in
aply 70 one from the vice president
10 the commission. IN which. atten-
en- IS called to the fact that the
ty council OF Baytona had refused
10 caose Magnolia avenue. The raid
oad company ev:den&ly using this
cti0n By the council as q reason for
Ot complying with the order Oh
/ be commission to buid a new depot
4 t Daytona.
It 5 said an understanding between
/ he members of the state railroad
ommissE0n, the railroad represen-
atiyes and the Daytona city council
Fas reached at that conference, the
understanding being the commission
FouId order new depot but.t here.
he railroad would comply with the
irder and the ciy ecuncN WOULD or
i ler Magnolia avenue closed TO give
com for the depot. the grounds aud
,Iatfosm to be extended further
outh. With this understanding the
rider by the commission was en-
cred, preparathona were being made
" the railroad 20 proceed with the
Hecti0n OF the new depot here. but
III proceedings were stopped when
he city eonAcii went back on its
lgreement to close the street
Tbs fact has been put up to the
staae commission by the railroad of
totals and the reply of the commits
sion indicates that the order te
build q new depot here will now bt
merely entered by the state rah
road commission, but there appear
to be no assurance the commission
vial compel the raflroad to bub'd tht
depct, since the Daytona city coun
ek went back ON its agreement
The secretary of the commission
stakes plainly the order Will be zen
tered" but comes out just as plaina.
and asks the railroad official hi
clala.on on just what this orde
should include.
To the average Citizen OF thu
town It looks like there will be n
new depot in DaytOna until the cit
council complies with the agreemen
to close Magnolia avenue.
The Better from the commf5s sol
to Vice President Beckwith copbe
of which were ordered to be sen
to Chamman Oates of the traHspol
tation committee of the board
trade here, and the Daily News,
as IOttObS
<Yours of the 11th. has bee
brought to the attention of the con
missioners, and they have note
your proposed improvements at Dal
tcaa il your present depot.
Il am directed by them to sa
that pursuant to formal notice tn
matter came up for hearing at the
Office in Tallahassee. and was thes'
unon adjourned and further heariT
had at Daytona They regret tn
your proposition for closing up Ma
cola avtnste miscarried by vote
the Daytona city council, and yo'
tu..d,ng of a depot there was tn
interrupted. However, they a.
still OF the opinion that you sho'A
n.4S = ,.ax., dorseA at this MACE al