Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-12-23 | Page 1 | Holladay Asks Toll Removal

I I HOllADAY ASKS ASKS ASKS' TOLL REMOVAL league eague Prepares to File Petition Petition Petition Pe Pe- Pe- Pe With Utilities Body The Holladay Hollady Civic Betterment league Saturday prepared to petition the state state pub public ic utilities commission or iti toll U on on t telephone tele l phone calls between Salt Lake and Ho A special telephone committee of the he league reported to the tion ion at a meeting Friday night that attempts to obtain a compromise from the Mountain States Telephone and Telegraph company had failed Authorization Authorization Au Au- for the committee to represent represent rep rep- resent the case to the utilities commission commission com corn mission followed E. E C. C Knowlton chairman of ot the committee said the action would be betaken betaken betaken taken soon A campaign for elimination of toll charges began in Holladay several weeks ago and the league appointed the committee to seek an arrangement with the telephone company Action of ot Holladay subscribers was followed by customers o of the telephone telephone telephone tele tele- phone company in Murray where a petition was circulated last week asking asking ask ask- ing elimination of ot toll charges on calls to Salt Lake Midvale and Holladay It was reported in Midvale that a similar petition would be circulated there as a result o of the action in Mur Mur- ray The Holladay league at its meeting also agreed to sponsor improvement of the Cas Casper r cutoff between Holladay Holladay Holla Holla- day boulevard and Highland drive It also decided to petition the Utah Light and Traction company compan for bus service from the Salt Lake business district to Holladay between 10 a a. a m. m and 4 p p. p m. m and for operation of one bus at night after theater hours Warwick C C. C Lamoreaux secretary of the Consumers Consumers' Welfare and Research Research Research Re Re- search league told the meeting of at the consumers' consumers organization campaign for lower utility rates in Utah