Show moab garage company gets stage line franchise from price to salt lake city local concern plans to launch new service soon east utah stage lines under one management the public utilities commission of utah on thursday granted to the moab garage company the right to operate tl a passenger stage line service between salt lake city and price in granting the franchise the commission chose between two applicants the moab garage company had already been granted permission to operate a bus and freight service between moab and price the new service extending the line to the state capital ajr aul wul bs operated in connection with the IB moab price line th bus avice will be placed in op R just as soon as the necessary HB equipment can be secured and other arrangements made according to R C clark secretary of the moab garage company who was officially been notified of the commissions decision the successful applicants tor the price salt lake city franchise are R C dark of moab and his associates in the moab garage company and R X braffett H V leonard and C N leonard of price the applicants are to organize a corporation in which the majority stock Is to be held by the moab garage company in addition to the bus and freight franchises between moab and salt lake city now controlled by the moab garage company the concern also holds a permit to operate from moab to monticello and from moab to grand foj junction colo thus the entire pas li and freight service by stage i from salt lake city to monticello or grand junction will be under one PA management as a result of the ari ran gement completed thursday conflicting applications for the salt gl lake price certificates had been made a all by james H wade and W A engle 1 I of price who withdrew at the hearing j and by the rio grande motorway of ij utah which later asked tor dismissal I 1 of its application without prejudice nick and nick karras who HH operate some stage lines in carbon county remained in the contest but i could show assets of only as compared with the of assets shown by the moab garage company wy the new will not be allow cwg cd to furnish local service between gala salt lake and or spanish pork nor between price and V i it has the option of using alternate eve routes between maark moark in spanish OW rk canyon and either or spanish pork the moab garage company an 0 bounces that arrangements tor the ini augur atlon of bus service between moab and salt lake city are now beys ing made and a definite announcement regarding launching the service be made shortly e securing of the franchise is especially ally important to the company by reason of the fact that it operates garages in a number of the towns that will be served by tha line the moab garage company operates branches at price green river moab thompsons Thomp sons and monticello and the company will be able to operate its lines economically by reason of the service that can be rendered by the branches A definite decision as to the type of buses that will be operated has not yet been decided by the company but an investigation Is now being made to determine the most satisfactory of bus for the run it goes without saying however that the company will install the most modem equipment and that the new lines will be operated on a dependable schedule |