Show Taxi License Issuance Awaits Probe by City City Complete Investigation of theoper the oper operating ung p ol 01 I c I 1 e en II of the Inter the Intermountain Intermountain Inter Inter- mountain Transportation Co Radie Radio Ra Ra- Ra d die dio o C Cabs bs and d the Na National Cab Co will be ma made e by the city legal department to determine if the firms are complying ordinances ordinances or or- it was announced Thursday Thursday Thursday Thurs Thurs- day by L. L C. C Romney commissioner commission commission- er Cr of public safety Both firn fir ta s recently were gr granted grant grant- ted t- t ed additional additional- licenses licenses' by the city commission but act actual Issuance of the licenses will be held up until investigation investigation- is complete ete Commissioner Com Corn missioner Romney said The commission Thursday was in ln re receipt of ot a 11 pc petition ti t ion tion from Charles leE A. A Boynton Jr president and general gener J mana manager r Salt Lake Transportation C Co operators of Yellow Cab Co asking the commission commission com coin mission to revoke four tour licenses al already already already al- al ready issued the Intermountain Transportation Co suspend IS Issuance ance aflee of 10 additional licenses ses recently recently recently re re- re- re approved by the commission commission commis commis- sion and end re reassign all 1 14 U licenses to to the Salt Lake e Transportation tion Co Mr Boynton said Thursday he the did not object to the the gran grantIng ting of ot four licenses to the tho National Cab b Co His His' only objection he he said was wu to the licenses held and aid ap approved j p- p proved by the mountain Intermountain Transportation Co The purpose of tho the commis co commissions sion's slon's granting additional taxicab lIc licenses was to provide adequate taxicab service for th the pe people of the the- city Commissioner Romney sold said Thursday The Th ci city ty police surveyed sur operations of Yellow the Cab Co dur during ng September September October October to r and November Commissioner Romney Romney Rom Rem ney continued and lIand found uri the firm had less less' than 70 10 cabs on on- the streets 24 hours hours' a day although it has a total of ot 88 licenses We Va wont won't permit a firm to hoard to oard li U- U censes Mr Boynton said Thursday y his cabs had not been on the s1 streets ets in full lull number because eca J irresponsible t drivers ivers could not be found |