Salt Lake Telegram | 1928-12-10 | Page 2 | Consolidated Bus Head Asks Permit

Consolidated Bus Head Asks Permit Shippers Prefer Trucks 1 to Rail Service W WalkS Walker Walk Walk- lk- lk I er Says S The bus hearing adjourned from Richfield last Friday was reconvened reconvened reconvened recon recon- by the public utilities commission commission com corn mission at the capitol Monday morning The first application taken up was that of the Consolidated Consoli dated Truck Line one of the four applicants for fora a permit fo to operate iata a a. motor bus line Une between Salt Lake and Marysvale S J. J B. B Walker president and general general gen gen- eral manager of or tire tae C Consolidated Truck Line testified that about 90 o per cent of the less than carload carload carload car car- load lot tot freight business to Sanpete Sanpete Sanpete San- San pete Sevier and und Pluto Plute counties Isnow issow is isnow now sow being handled by truck oWners owners oWn- oWn ers mrs operating without state permits and who with one exception pay n no n n ron cl tax After After as the tho financial ability of his company to operate and maintain an adequate and dependable dependable de dependable de- de service he declared that the existing service is haphazard disorganized and generally unsatisfactory unsatisfactory unsatisfactory factory to shippers He added however however however how how- ever that even with tire present unreliable truck service shippers generally preferred to ship this way rather than by rail due to more frequent frequent fre Ire quent deliveries elimination of ot trans transfer er charges and quicker ice Mr Walker roughly outlined aplan a aplan aplan plan for aiding dal dairy y and poultry development In the territory in case he Is granted the franchise claiming claimIng claiming claim claim- ing that the plan pan would be financially financially finan finan- financially feasible as a means of creatIng creating creat creat- ing lag a return haul business The he Rio Grande Motor Motol Way Vay of Utah Inc subsidiary of the Denver Rio Grande Grands Western Vestern railroad Is scheduled to present additional testimony tes- tes testimony testimony tes tes- at the afternoon session on its application for the time same permit The railroad o offered some sonic testimony at tho the Richfield sessions but its chief witnesses are arc yet et to be heard The other two applicants are tho Utah Central Truck Line which seeks extension of Its ils present permit permit permit per per- mit from Provo to Marysvale and Gardner Riggs