Show uTAH liNES ASK NO EXEMPTION Electric Roads Would Is Issue Issue Is Is- sue Mileage Books WASHINGTON March ie 16 16 While eastern easter trunk line roads are preparing to take into court the order of ot the Interstate commerce commission which requires them to sell Interchangeable mileage after May 15 nine which the commission exempted from the necessity of ot selling the the mileage books have app applied for tor permission to do so The They are the American Short Line association the Bamberger Damberger Electric railroad Charlotte Ha Dor Northern North North- ern em Electric Short Line railway Jamestown Westfield Northwestern Northwest Northwest- em ern Joplin Pitts Pittsburg burg Kansas City Kaw Valley Western Vestern Salt Lake Ut Utah Uth h. h Susquehanna New NewYork NewYork NewYork York and the Waterloo Cedar Falls Northern All Au petitioned the commission com corn mission for tor new authority to install sale of ot the books at the 20 per cent reduction which trunk line roads haVe ha been ordered to tomake make The petition asserted that the smaller lines would lose a large amount of ot passenger traffic If it they fail fall to give the same same rates rates and facilitIes facilities facilities facil facil- to travelers that competing I trunk lines give A large number of ot other short line Une railroads however however however how how- ever will not put in the mileage I book system unless required to do doso doso so so It was wall made mad made celar at t local traffic 1 offices of the the Salt Lake Utah or Orem electric I lines today th that while that t while U they eyare are not particularly In favor tavor of the mileage I book If it comes into use these roads desire to participate with other roads in issuing them The effect will be especially convenient to traveling men who wh coming Into Salt Lake ocr on trains with no connections con- con to surrounding towns will willbe willbe willbe be allowed to make use of ot their Interchangeable in interchangeable interchangeable In- In mileage bOOI's over over th the electric roads |