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Show Helper to Vernal j The Duchesne Stiige & Transportation Transpor-tation company, weathering the greatest great-est hardships, contending with almost al-most impossible roads, lighting the' heavy mountain storms, has built a I business that has been no small fae- tor In the upbuilding of this great! basin. Starting with : -"nail equipment in tin": year Kill! t ' ? company had to make, what w ir irdly more than a trail over tin ;;Kiunlains lo t'ol-ton. t'ol-ton. a road thai ould be traversed by automobile. It cost $S,000 to ac-j (omplish this. realizing the great necessity of a western gateway to j this fust growing country they spent j the money cheer fully and today have j a highway that is a credit lo the ha-; sin In the meantime the business of. the.Diichesne Stage & Transportation company has grown lo a very large j industry. From the two automobiles! from which the start was made the: equipment today consists of fen pas-1 honger autos and trucks and all arc 'in daily ib. Twenty men are employ -1 ,:d regularly. Seventy head of horses, j two heavy ami two light stages, and i six large express wagons are requlr-J i-d to handle the heavy mall and ex-j prss shipments over the mountain.! Two stations, Grant station I I miles out of Helper and Ross r.tutlnn, 2 1 miles froin lnwhi snc: have been e.s-J tablishod. 1 From Helper to Duchesne, a distance dis-tance of 1S miles. I wo 11 passenger Duick automobiles are used to convey con-vey passengers. Arriving at Duchesne Du-chesne about noon the passengers are transferred to a seven passenger car-fpr car-fpr Vernal a distance of 65 miles, and Intermediate points. Two JJuick j(i'h aro kept for auxiliary use and with this equipment passengers are given excellent service. The heavy mall and express is ' handled by a 2 '4 ton Hco t ruck and for the lighter mail and express two C4 Jiulck trucks are employed. R to f, tons of this matter are handled dally. The company is now building a concrete structure at Duchesne to house their cars and equipment. The dimentlons are 50x100 feet. A fully equipped repair shop will occupy a space 20 feet in the rear of tho building. build-ing. A commodious office and express room will occupy 20 feet In front of the building. An opening Into the new posloilice b illding now In the course of construction con-struction will allow the handling i of mail and parcel post under coer: The Duchesne Stage & Transportation Transporta-tion company Is a $25,000 corpora-, tion. The affairs of the company arc! ably conducted under the manage-! mo.nl of A. M. Murdoc.k assisted by Hyram Nicol and Monte Young. |