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Show Former Democratic Senator Raps Bequest for Bus Fares Increase at Chicago since 1944 as annual service fees." Mr. Elggren asked the Public Service Commission "why it has not forced the Salt Lake City Lines and the National City Lines to make a refund, or at least forced them to draw upon these excessive dividends paid every year to now take care of any needed revenue that may be ! called for?" He noted that in just dividends "alone the National City Lines have been allowed to draw nearly near-ly three times in cash what the I plant cost originally in 1944." Mr. Elggren also cited other instances of large profit by the bus company. i Lorenzo E. Elggren, former Democratic State Senator and president of Consumers League of Utah, this week issued a strong protest against requested in-1 creases in fares charged by Salt Lake City Lines. In his protest Mr. Elggren said: "In view of the excessive cash dividends paid yearly by the Salt Lake City Lines to its bigj holding company and sole own-' er, National City Lines of New York, every Salt Lake citizen and bus customer should most emphatically protest any further decreased service or increased bus rates being granted the local bus company by the Public Serv-1 ice Commission of Utah. "The Salt Lake City Lines have petitioned the Utah Public Service Serv-ice Commission for: A. To eliminate elimi-nate weekly passes. B. Eliminate all tokens for adult riders. C. Iin-crease Iin-crease children's fares for all zones from 5c to 10c. D. Restrict use of student fares to grade schools and high schools. "The official record shows that when National City Lines of Chicago Chi-cago (under the name of its sub-sidary, sub-sidary, Salt Lake City Lines) took over the bus facilities in 1944 from the Utah Light and Traction Co., that the National City Lines at that time paid a cash price of $675,000 for the invaluable in-valuable 50-year bus franchise from Salt Lake City; also for 179 buses and all operating equipment equip-ment and the very valuable 10 acre tract of real estate with its equipped shops and buildings, plus trackage and other facilities facili-ties acquired. "The National City Lines of Chicago is a sole stockholder and owner of the Salt Lake City Lines, represented by 72,500 shares of stock, said stock having a par value of $10. "Excessive dividends paid from earnings each year by Salt Lake City Lines to National City Lines of Chicago on the 72,500 shares of stock are shown by the official offi-cial reports and records of the company. "In addition to excessive dividends, divi-dends, plus the net reserve of earnings held back each year by Salt Lake City Lines, the latter local bus company in 1956 paid a service or operating fee to its parent holding company, National Na-tional City Lines, in the amount of $90,750 and a like fee has been paid each year out of local earn- ; ings to the big holding company ' i |