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Show The Enterprise Review , December 22 , 1976 Page 3b Hearings Over Service to Rural Areas Unresolved Public Service Commissioners contin- ued a hearing to determine Yellow Cab Cuts Rates for Elderly maintaining equipment could either be spread among all Mountain Bell customers, or it could be paid for by the rural residents themselves. Clayton Hogstrom, a rate engineer for the Commission said the $220,000 figure sounds reasonable, based on preliminary research. He said when extended service was first offered residents of the Salt Lake valley, all customers paid for it. But. for some reason, residents of Lark and Copper-to- n were left out. Hogstrom said the February hearing will allow time for the Commission staff to cross examine Mountain Bell representatives, bringing to light various assumptions on which the utility based cost estimates and pricing alternatives. whether Mountain Bell should provide extended telephone service to residents of Lark and Copperton. The next hearing is scheduled to begin Feb. 22. The Commissioners heard residents from the rural area explain they must pay long distance rates to call a doctor, lawyer, school or other emergency center. Mountain Bell representatives told the Commissioners that equipment allowing extended service to the residents w'ould cost $220,000 to install, and an additional $100,000 annually to maintain. The equipment would include translators, trunks, repeaters and switching equipment. The utility representatives told the commission the cost of installing and Yellow Cab Co., Salt Lake City, has cut its cab fare rates by 50 ture. people. Company president Charles Boynton called the rate decrease a two sided marketing move to render The State Department of Parks and Recreation intends to operate south shore facilities as a state park allowing for private concessions in the Blackrock-Sunse- Beach t area. The south shore exper- ienced an extraordinary increase in visitations during 1976, according to the chamber. About 60 to 70 percent of those 1.3 million visitors elderly or handicapped people, he said. Those fares represent about $1.50 per day in fares for each cab. Boynton said the firm spent about $4,500 to advertise the new rates. Yellow Cab ran an introductory ad in one of Salt Lakes daily newspapers on Dec. 19 and better service to needy people and open a new cab market for many people who do not normally ride taxis. The new rates became effective Dec. 19. Boynton said Yellow Cab will absorb 30 percent of the rate reduction and cab drivers, who lease cabs from the company, will intercept a 20 percent loss. Boynton hopes the cab company, a wholly owned subsidiary of Salt Lake Transportation, will realize a long-terprofit other print ads are planned, he said. The company also plans to run a series of radio spots on KLUB Radio, Salt Lake. During 1975, Yellow Cab took in $1.5 million in meter receipts. m were There were approximately 300,000 beach patrons in 1973 and about 357,000 in 1974. Surveys by Utah State out-of-state- for percent elderly and handicapped Salt Lake Chamber Backs $5 Million Lake Project Continued from page lb 50 percent of that departments capital for 1977. Salt Lake County has agreed to surrender its one acre of land on the south shore to the state. The county has also volunteered to submit 200 acres of lease interest land there to the state in trade for support at the Capitol. Sands Brooke, economic Development Director for the chamber will head the development project. Development proposals include a visitors center, marina, new beaches and installation of sewage and plumbing facilities to be extended to the south lake from Salt Lake International Airport Plans call for a $1.3 million visitor center near Blackrock to accommodate visitors to Utahs second greatest tourist attraction. About 60 to 70 percent of the money needed could come from the federal government if the state legislature and Bureau of Outdoor Recreation find the committees plan feasible. because of the increased number of elderly and handicapped people who will now be able to afford to ride the taxis. Cabdrivers report two to three trips daily carrying rs. FREE PICKUP DELIVERY & Universitys Outdoor Recreation Department indicate a high degree of correlation between length of stay and expenditures by resident and visitors. The average stays one-hahour in the area and spends 43 cents. Paper Banners Screen Process Graphic Design Magnetics & Decals Convention Signage Machine Showcards non-reside- nt non-reside- nt lf 2365 So. Main PHRANQUES GALLERY OF FINE ART i 1954 EAST 27th SOUTH , SALT LAKE CITY, UTAH f.'1 '. V mi - ' 0 Lake Level One obstacle facing the chambers committee will be II maintaining of reducing the present water level of the lake Proposals include pumping excess water into the west Utah desert,, upstream diversion or impoundment, pumping water into the north arm and ;'.-- . .TV I - It. V. , 0 -- o & modifying the Southern Pacific causeway which has bisected the lake since 1956. Brooke said any physical development of the south shore is at least a year away. Before any construction or development can tm sSZ, O " d Wivw SL begin money must be granted, studies completed and various environmental impact statements filed. Salt Lake City has already completed cost estimate of utilities. The cost of all utilities would be about $4.5 million, according to the city's conjec ORIGINAL OIL PAINTINGS BY FRANK ERICKSON AND OTHER NOTABLE ARTISTS. OPEN MON.-SA- T. 1:00-7:0- 0 p.m. 467-960- 1 II |