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Show L C 1- - - lv0FUt? i. MAR I or i . . :- -r , ;RLL.t ::r.-'L- ' :: I, ;E l:,;a:'U.'- f C SPECIAL bitt J - T COLLECTIONS 1i1 X1?k. 2 7 78 DF.1 SfiRIALS ORDER Two steps forward Electricians suffers setback Transit Authority s shuttle run oetween up in arms. Weve lost $60,000-$80,00- 0 the airport and resorts in Little Cottonwood tourism fares from Decemoer to March, Canyon have local transportation companies Yellow Cans Charles Boynton. LVflr Taking away business by Sheri Poe Enterprise Staff Writer Erosion of profits and a stopper on growth arc what local transportation companies are complaining about when it comes to liTAs airp- resort shuttle service. manager Marshall Ault said his first out of state ski customer armed only two weeks ago-rattardv in a season that began three and a half months Ajax said af the driving to whom? Leave ort-ski in Rent-A-C- ar The biggest percentage of our growth problem is that the bus system is taking away our business," Ault complained to the Enterprise. Luckily, he's had to lay off only one employee as a result of the bus run, which began during last year's ski season. hcr ago. And while the Utah Transit Authority contends it is providing a necessary service in offering express buses to and for Little Cottonwood Canyon with a stop at the airport the outspoken Bovnton of Yellow Charles Cab only wishes the Public Service Commission would take as active an interest in the UTA as it has in his own business. "We arc still renting cars skiers who plan to stay in the valley a week or more, but the rest are taking the bus," contends Ernestine Reid of National Car Rental Systems. "We completely lose out on weekend skiers. I think it's terrible, but what can you l i m is the response most it' of the south shores the Great I'll believe it when I sec lining Salt Lake give when they hear talk about water and sewer commitments. The Chamber's decided to soft peddle its push for development thcrc-- at least until the commitment from Stansbury comes through. And its expected two weeks from now. VOLUME 7 NUMBER 38 f U ocal auto sales no dud Economists across the nation arc fretting over more than a quarter's decline in automobile sales. But, as a whole. Salt Lake City's dealers endin'! be happier. M;Trni, executive director of the Utah Automobile Dealers Association, said, "At an informal survey at our weekly meeting of Salt Lakes ear dealers, not one said February sales were down." story, page car tastes arc changing. developers (See TAXIS, page 6) Reid added there was little impact on the industry when the bus raced its motors at the airport last year, since skiers and snow were equally years bountiful powder brought to See related Jag's purring its way to the top. Cadillac is losing ground as a symbol of luxury and elegance in Salt Lake City and even Mercedes Benz can't keep pace with the fast gaining Jaguar sedan . . . There's no question now, would-b- e Onl;i this do?" Inside luxury scarce. The independent electricians in the state took two steps forward and one backward this week in dealings with government officials. First their bad news: Leon Halgren of the Utah attorney general's office denies any investigation of possible collusion of the IBEW and state electrical board. "That controversy is strictly between the governor, the board and the department of registration," Halgren said. "We are not involved in any type of investigation." But independents good news is that the Intermountain Association of Independent Electrical Contractors received a letter of support from Utah Job Service Moab manager Manly Lincoln pointing up a need for reviewing the Sharp contrast Utahs impressive showing contrasts sharply with the figures released last week in the Wall Street Journal. GMs (See AUTO, page 4) SEEKS.- - electrical boards licensing requirements and testing pro- cedures. experience counts "There seem to be dif- ficulties in qualifying what experience is with the electrical board," Lincoln told the Men arc not reEnterprise. ceiving credit for solid experience in maintenance, repairs or mining." Lincoln said journeymen electricians and master should be qualified on their ability to perform, followed by a test. "They should be given credit for varying kinds of experience," he said, "and the test should be given more fre- quently." Lincoln has heard complaints from Moab electricians over the union weight on the electrical board, he said, a bone in the craw of the majority of independent electricians in the state. But, he added, he had not first hand knowledge of any preferential treatment to union applicants for licensing. (Sec PROBE, page 7) ' .... " 'I- - iV.V''" 4 In an Enterprise poll of eleven local dealers, only two said their sales were off during February compared to the same month last year. Duainc Brow n Chevrolet experienced a marginal decline of about one percent, according to new car sales manager Jim Roder-ricAnd Freed Chryslers sales manager Doug Tollstrup indicated a sales drop of 12 percent. Everyone else boasted of impressive sales gains, with the exception of Carlcson Cadillac (see related story page 0), who reported no net change from February 1977. k. MONDAY, MARCH 20, 1978 Luxury car tastes in Salt Lake are changing. Jaguar is gaining the fastest, out Mercedes, Continentals Marc V, and Cadillac are perennial favorites. 50 CENTS |