Show IV AL RAILWAYS FIGHT FOR PERMIT I co CORPORATIONS RACE A 1 TO BUILD STEEL ROAD OA OAI I N UTA H New Company Asks State Board t to th Deny Permit to Old Capitol Co for Line LineA County A NOT lER company advises JL A 3 the state public utilities commission that it has arranged to build a railroad to connect C Cedar daF City Iron county with Lund on the Salt Lake Route and that it will therefore contest the application application ap ap- for a permit made by the theOla theOle 01 Ole Ola 1 Capitol Petroleum company In the he following communication re received re- re today by bythe the utilities commis- commis the members discern promise o of a a. fight mis 1 nIS flIs is to advise your honorable body that this company has arranged t to construct lCt constrict a a railroad between Lynndyl Lynndyl Lynndyl Lynn- Lynn dyl and Dugway and b between tween Lynnd Lynndyl r and Lund via Holden Fillmore Sulphurdale Sulphurdale Sul- Sul le Beaver Parowan and Cedar City Our road is fully financed and amI engineers are now in the field making a permanent location I r 1 think that the commission will recognize the fact that we are opening up a vast territory now without transportation trans- trans facilities s To grant the application aforesaid wl will seriously interfere with Jf if f not de defeat defeat de- de feat our plans to t construct our road as financial interests wIll not finance c c competitive mp roads at this time We Ve therefore ask that before action is taken on the petition hereinbefore stated stated stated stat stat- ed this company be be given an opportunity opportunity opportunity to be heard In opposition to the granting of f the application Of tot the Old Capitol Petroleum company This protest is signed by G. G W. W Craig as president of the Salt Lake Fillmore Kanosh Railroad company The application heretofore made by bythe bythe bythe the Old Capitol petroleum company for fora a permit to build and operate a line from Lund to Cedar City was signed by Abe president and nd J. J J J. McClellan n secretary |