Show O ODEAS ARE ARf EXPECTED 0 DON IN H 1 7 U UTAH Mil H J Prevailing Conditions COnditiOn Such as Practically to Necessitate Federal 1 Management Is Claim Iq r I OFFICIALS of the interurban railway lines of Utah are daily expecting orders fro from V Washington notifying ing them o othe of the taking b over ocr of of their systems system by the government That That prevailing conditions In the tha fright d departments of the various lines Une are such as to practically necessitate government control and operation J Is' Is s 's the belief expressed by local interurban system officials They Thy declare t tha that J the inter interurban urban roads ar are ure now com comp e eling alJ al- 1 ling lug ing with the government controlled d steam railroads in the carrying of coaT coa flour and other commodities and that such a a condition will probably not be permitted d to prevail for many more days SEVERAL TA TAKEN EN OVER Several interurban sj systems stems of the West and the Northwest have already ii been placed under government control control These are These arf roads which devote d ote a great portion their their energies to the carrying carry carry- ing of freight and inasmuch as most of the Utah roads loads are similarly I situated the belief is general that tat the gov government will wil soon do likewise with the Che Utah earning carrying freight The Bomberger and Orem lines es especially especially especially es- es th the Itter l tier are carrying considerable considerable considerable consid consid- erable rial roal and flour flouT as well as other comm commodities s in direct competition t with the steam Hearn railroads under government government government gov gov- control a condition which local lo local lo- lo cal railway men believe will soon bring government control for the CONs ON ON ON PLAN The placing of the under under un un- der government nt control Is said to be in direct line with the national admin admin- t i. i k policy of eliminating all aU Un tIn Unnecessary tin tin- necessary competition as far as the railroads are cone conc concerned rne 1 That their competition with the the steam railroads has been en permitted as long as it has lias Is a matter of surprise to the interurban interurban interurban inter inter- urban officials ls Approximately 45 per cent of the business of several of the Utah inter inter- is In the carrying of freight and it ii such is-such systems in other tarts farts of th the country that have been placed under government control It Is believed in some quarters that the assumption of the control of in in- in in Utah will probably bring about consolidations similar to those made effective with the steam rail rail- roads |