Show u RAILWAY COMPANY WANTS ANOTHER YEARS YEAR'S TIME The Uintah Railway company ap ap- lied to the Ithe public utilities commis- commis ion for an extension of one year in he time allowed to it for the rom com of its proposed branches rom ram Watson and ana Bonanza anza In Uintah h mI JUB un c company Mecca has lias hasu u 11 of time granted bj by the commerce commission al- al owing It to complete the branches y December 31 1925 The original nal federal certificate te of and necessity provided ll a hat at construction work on the new now I ranches ranches' should start by July 1 I ari arid and the work should shoula be com com- eted by December 31 1923 The I Utah commission r required simply hat shat I the extensions should be completed completed com corn within a reasonable time The company applied to the federal commission for tor an an n extension of ot one veer vear and was granted an extension of or two years years However in its application application cation filed with the state commission commis commIs- lIon sion recently it simply asks that the extension be until the end ena of 1924 1924 with the provIso that this shall not affect its right to apply for an additional extension should subsequent quent luem quent events justify In extenuation of the fact that on the branches is not now being prosecuted with vigor the tho thoi i company cites the fact that traffic on In the line has decreased to such an p tent as to cause the company to be- be teve t that at present business would not the extension at this time It Ii s 's cited that while tons toes of were hauled over the Ithe line n 1920 only t tons ns were hauled jn In 1921 This it is stated Is because because be be- cause owing to the prese present l business depression tho the demand demana for gilsonite for commercial purposes has materIally materially mate mate- r decreased and it will increase very slowly The present demand can easily be supplied d from the existIng exist exist- ing mines It Is asserted d. d |