Salt Lake Telegram | 1948-12-25 | Page 20 | Bus Service Seekers Appeal for Help

Let George G orge Do It If Bus Service Seekers Appeal for foro or Help B Ive Jve been living in the Glendale Park development area West Vest and South for more than five m months 0 nth s sJ J J writes Mrs F. F K Jackson 1040 d Concord st st. and andl andall andall l all during that r time Ive I've been f h e looking v vainly a i n I y I. for bus service W When 11 e n w vf e moved here the thereal thereal thereal real estate agent gent promised t that hat h at I wed we'd have bus George service provided within the month Despite the appeals of myself and neighbors to Salt Lake City Lines nothing has been done and we still must cut through fields and ditches to get to a bus line Can anything i ibe be done to solve this problem 1 I Not until paved roads are laid out in your neighborhood Mrs Jackson according to Glen L. L Stanley Stanle superintendent Salt Lake City Lines He said the risk in involved involved involved in- in in sending these huge passenger passenger passenger pas pas- buses over muddy roads is too great both to equipment andI and I passengers alike to warrant regular regular regu regu- I lar service I 1 Another seeker of bus service Mrs Daryl Rowe Fulton st. st writes Cant something be done about our needs We Ve live in the city and yet et we do not have a single privilege that should normally normally normally nor nor- mally be ours Our greatest need at present is bus service The nearest bus line is two miles away and our only mode of transportation Is that which we create ourselves There are several families living in this neighborhood South and West and they all agree that even a few buses a day would greatly alleviate the situation Queried on this Mr Stanley promised an investigation will again be made of the area in which you live Mrs Rowe but he said previous investigations revealed the area not sufficiently populated to warrant bus service He said the nearest bus lines run along North Temple to the airport and south along Redwood rd Some people might suggest the airport bus be sent south to this area but this should be much too dangerous as there are numerous railroad tracks to cross he added