Show Bus Line Voters May Have To Decide Proposals for public acquisition of the Ogden Bus Lines and annexation of the Ogden area to the Utah Transit Authority may be placed on the ballot before the voters in the November A CONSULTANT making a study of the bus transportation systems along the Wasatch Front stated the Ogden bus lines are valued at approximately Robert Leigh of Alan Voorhees and Associates of Denver reported his findings at the recent meeting of the Wasatch Front Leigh stated the value of the buildings and grounds at and Grant at rolling office furnishings and its subsidiaries at and operating rights at THE company's 33 busses were described as in poor condition at Five charter busses at Included in the Utah Transportation Authority was the Lewis Brothers Stages which operate out of Salt Lake City to Tooele and Leigh's appraisal of the company's operating rights was He stated that while the annexation of Weber and Davis Counties into the Transit Authority would help stabilize the he could not recommend annexation at the present LEIGH explained that no bus line operating in a transit system can make a profit and the best financing method is by a legislative The most popular method is the mill levy approach in some cities with favorable He said that he is not able to recommend which type of financing be Members of the Regional Council Executive Committee suggested charter rights of bus lines that cannot be acquired by a transportation system be sold thus lowering the purchase This would be a large part of the value of the bus |