Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-02-15 | Page 13 | Through Stage Service Urged in South Utah

THROUGH U H SIA STAGE f SERVICE UR URGED f fIt It IN S SOUTH UTAH Roundabout Trips Now Necessary Utilities Body Is Told That through rous bus bu service from tram St St. George G rge to Payson Pason would aford afford af- af ford ord transportation which at present is almost almot entirely absent between cities dUe on the tho Zion National Park highway was the Idea dea expressed by practically ever every o witness who appear appeared Wednesday morning at the bearing before beCore the public utilities s commission regard regard- ng the issuance of ot a a. bus p permit Jo Joseph ph S. S Snow Sno a a. business mar marof man manof of or St St. George ted stated that there never had been through service either by tail ran or orbus bus bu except to Ce Cedar Cedar Ce Ce- dar CIt City As Ae a result he ho said ald lU travel ravel between cities clUes on the Zion National Park highway can un be ac accomplished ac ac- c only through circuitous rips trips Difficulty arises arise Mr r. r Snow declared from the Met that the railroad does not Join up an any of the towns owns on the east side aide of or the des des- ert REPORTER TESTIFIES S Testimony of or W. W L. L Cook court reporter of Richfield was along the same general line as that of Mr r. Snow Mr Cook declared however that public convenience and necessity sity eity demands service such as transcontinental transcontinental trans trans- continental bus lines Unes could afford it if f they were permitted to engage in intrastate traffic He lie said that he has baa heard no opposition toward ser zen service vice of or this In any of ot the towns he has visited but has enI encountered encountered en en- I countered approval wherever the subject has been discussed He related difficulties which are areat areat areat I at present encountered enco by travelers tra lie He said that to travel from Be Beaver Beer er erto to a distance of ot 60 miles one must ride tide from Beaver Deaver to MIl MIl- fold b by stage Milford l to Delta to Fillmore by rail To charter a car carand carand carand and travel the 60 miles In three and anda a half hours costs COta 25 or 30 30 ZO The roundabout trip costs 14 ut 14 ut re requires requires requires re- re quires two days daS Stage companies I could carry passengers over this route for tor 3 3 or 4 4 with alt all the he timesavinG timesaving timesaving time- time I saving advantages that a a chartered car could provide he said said- MAYOR IS WITNESS L. L B. B Marsden Maraden of Parowan W. W BAdams B B. Adams of Cedar City and W. W R. R Palmer of ot Cedar City Cily also were witnesses Mr Palmer said sald that Cedar City has adequate te transportation tation facilities a as furnished d by tho the Union Pacific Railroad company but that towns north of ot Cedar City probably would be greatly aided by bya a through bus system Mayor Eugene ChrIstensen of ot Cedar City was one of ot the principal principal principal pal witnesses at t the hearing Tuesday Tuesday Tues Tues- da day afternoon Ho lIo said that transcontinental trans trana- continental bus service through Cedar City was bringing perSons persons persons per per- sons daily to the hotels and restaurants restaurants restaurants ants and was Important to the business business business busi busi- ness of or the tho community He lie cx- cx expressed expressed ex ex- pressed the idea that the operation of ot tho bus lines Jines in Intrastate business business busi busl- ness nels was as a matter of ot necessity which would aid ald In the development development development develop develop- ment of or alt all cities along the Zion National Park highway