Salt Lake Telegram | 1933-02-18 | Page 3 | Amendments to Bus Bill Looked For

AMEIIDMEIUS TO BUS BILL LOOKED FOR Changes in Llcsnsing Act Loom After Hearing by Committee Amendments to the senate bill pro-1 posing to tax and regulat truck and buses on public highway appeared likely Saturday- following a hearing on th proposed measur before the senate state and municipal, affaire committee at the Ncwhouae hotel Friday Fri-day night Committee member Indicated they would consider amendments sfter opponents op-ponents to the bill protested It on th ground it would penalize communities communi-ties which have no railroad service and are dependent on trucks snd buses, and would impose a burden on manufacturers and Jobber who operate their own motor lines. Railroad officials snd labor representatives, repre-sentatives, who were principal proponent pro-ponent of th measure, pointed out it was not a "railroad bill," but was drafted by public utilities commissioners commis-sioners at a national convention a year ago a a model code for regulation regula-tion of commercial highway traffic. Manufacturing, Jobbing and distributing dis-tributing Interests opposed the bill. Among those who spoke sgainat it were Sidney Lockhart, vice president presi-dent and manager of the Morning Milk company; Fred Perrin, representing repre-senting the gilaonite Interest of the Uintah basin; J. H. Felt of th Felt Electric and Auto Supply company; Byron D. Anderson, representing (he Motor Moving company; Joseph S. Nelson, representing four Independent Independ-ent bus lines; W. O. Rurhel. secretary of th Utah Automobile association; Heber Scowcroft of John Scowcroft ti Son company; E. F. Baldwin, circulation cir-culation manager, Telegram-Tribune, and C. E. Farr of the Intermountain Flour Dealer association. Chief proponents were Frank Open-ehaw, Open-ehaw, representing the Union Pacific Pa-cific Employes' Boosters league of Salt Lake and Ogden; Irwin Robertson, Robert-son, representing railroad employes; Orman W. Ewlng. Democratic national na-tional committeeman; Randall L. Jones of th Union Pacific; E. O. Muir of th fruit and vegetable Jobbers and shippers, and George H. Smith, Union Pacific attorney.