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Show FIRM CHARGED WITH VIOLATING PROMISES Promises by Iho Utah Light and Traction company that it won "hi have its conductors ask all passengers if they desi red t rausfers, made at I he time the city commission permitted the consolidation of company 's f ramdiir-cs, have not been carried out, according lo W. H. Shearman, city commissioner. Mr. Shearman wrote a letter to the company yesterday calling attention to the matter. When the franchise malter was under consideration a Proposal was made by Commissioner Shearman to have i he company abolish its rule of giving transfers; trans-fers; only at the time fare is paid and only upon requeM . The corn p:i n v objected ob-jected strenuously to (he suggestion, 'but agreed that i I, v uuld inst ruct its conductors to ask eac.h passenger at the time fare js paid whether or not a transfer was desired. Commissioner Shea rman t iionht tha t this procedure j would do away with the many difficulties difficul-ties that a rise wh'n passengers momentarily mo-mentarily forget to ask for a. transfer, land then are refused when they think i of it a tain. If a i". 7 such i nst r net ions were von to comhicf.ors, there is no evidence of lit in the st rer cars, Commissioner ; Shr-arman dfidarH. |