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Show C. Of C. Joins Fight On Freight Rates Letter Sent To Washington D. C. Official Urging Retention of March 1 Freight Rate For Geneva Steel; Also Protests Gas Tax Hike Evidencing interest in current problems which directly direct-ly affect every citizen, the Springville Chamber of Commerce Com-merce on Wed nesday sent a letter to the senators and rep- resentatives from Utah county, expressing dissatisfaction with a proposal to increase the gasoline taxes and stated, in brief, that such a proposition was not at this time justified. Also in the letter, the Chamber stated a desire to see Highway 91 brought to standard before any Super-Highway is constructed by- I passing the communities of the county. The letter was as follows : "The Board of Directors of the Springville Chamber of Commerce at their regular meeting held yesterday yes-terday expressed grave concern ov-6r ov-6r the proposed increase in gasoline gaso-line taxes. The directors know there is a great need for better highways in Utah., but until gasoline gaso-line taxes are used only for highway high-way purposes, they do not think an increase is justified. "The Directors also expressed a desire to see Highway 91 brought to standard before any so-called Super-Highway is constructed, bypassing by-passing the communities of our county. "We appreciate the good job you are doing in the Legislature and want to thank you for your willingness will-ingness to sacrifice time from your own business to represent us there."" Signed, J. A. MILLER, Secy. The Springville Chamber of Commerce also joined in the fight to block threats to newly authorized authoriz-ed freight rates on finished steel from the Geneva Steel Co. to the Pacific coast and intermediate points, by sending a telegram on Wednesday to Wm. P. Bartell, Secretary, Interstate Commerce Commission, Washington, D. C. The telegram stated, "We urge your commission to allow reduction reduc-tion of freight rates on products of Geneva Steel Co., to become effective ef-fective as scheduled on March 1. Utah and Intermountain industrial expansion depends on this so Geneva Ge-neva can continue operation." Signed, G. Lowry Anderson, President Springville Chamber of Comm. |