Show SALT LAKE BEGINNING s F t TO WAKE UP AT LAST r k Application of Grand Gland Junction Motor for Permit to Company Operate in Uintah Basin Creates r Quite a S Stir Slim 1 Salt Sait La Lake e is at last t beginning ing to tor o realize r alize Uze that Colorado is s taking the th bulk fulk of the Uintah basin trade In Inthe Intine tine the ie Tribune of July 3 appeared the t following Ving ite Item under big bl black ck he head head- I d-I I pes nes I That Colorado is n making a bid for the business of the Uintah basin is Indicated by jibe application filed with the state biro utilities commission yesterday I by 1 the Motor Transportation con com com- ny of Colorado which se seeks ks permission per per- erni er- er mission ni to carry passengers s freight d express by automobile automobile between n Vernal erual and the Boundary s The company is already operating b Between tween Grand Junction Colo and andR Rangely R Colo Clo s seventeen miles from froni the the Utah line The distance between Grand Jun Junction ion and Vernal Verna is approximately approximately approximately ap ap- proximately miles The applicant applicant cant ant states states- that it oft lias an investment 1 ill automobiles machine shop and passenger depots anaK and ana K eral equipment and merchandise of approximately It owns O I seven s- s sven ven automobile busses and passenger pass anger enger nger cars with a caP capacity cay of from frol s even even to twelve passengers for etch eich t ii and employs seven auto trucks rucks with a a. capacity or from one nd nd a half halt to three tons according ac- ac j ac-j cording to the petition The company compa y sets out that freight now transported Grand Sanction Junction to Vernal by shipping it iter iter er ar the Denver Rio Grande to Lack lack Colo over over the Uintah ra rail rail- I- I ay to Watson Vatson and thence by stage vernal Vernal Auto true uc s are between Mack and Vernal three mes flies mes a a. week It is av averred by the I p. p petitioner that the me tr transportation freight over the the pres present nt route is u unsatisfactory satisfactory and that the the c charges e excessive Such merchandise as s may be Lipped b by parcel post ITom Grand unction action to Vernal must Te shipped r m Grand Junction I to 10 Price ence euce to Fort Du Duchesne and Vernal V Ver- Ver fal nal faland and Is three days n Fran transit the thet he t transportation company says cays The applicant proposes to es establish tab lish I 1 h auto passenger service three e mes Ines a week between Grand Junc- Junc bit on an ami Vernal J |