Salt Lake Telegram | 1929-01-25 | Page 2 | Storrs Talks on Transportation

J TALKS AlKS ON TRANSPORTATION A ImN Traction Co Heads Public Pub Pub- lie lic Trustees He Tells Meeting use Because over 75 per cent of the people of of the United States Slates are arc malting making use of public transportation street car officials are ceasing to regard regard re- re gard themselves as heads nf traction companies and are assuming the attitude attitude at- at that they are trustees of pub pub- lie lic transportation Street cars can no longer be compared corn com pared with automobiles for traction companies are augmenting street streetcar streetcar car service with bus bus' service not with the idea of competing with au automobiles au- au but with the idea of affording affording af- af fording cheap convenient transportation tation to the public These were the dominant thoughts in an address made Friday noon at atthe atthe the Alta AIta club by Lucius S. S Storrs d rector of the American Electric Railway association The address was made at th on- on elusion of a dinner arranged fy y E. E A. A West Test and D. D C. C Green of the tho Utah Light and TractIon company and Julian Bamberger of the Barn Bam berger belger Electric Railroad company The dinner was attended by membern mem bern bels of the public utilities commis- commis sion members of the board of equalIzation equal equal- members of the county and city commissions and representatives tives of electric railway and street streetcar car companies Mr Storrs who has been visiting in Salt SaIt Lake since Thursday win leave Friday night for Los Angeles