Show basin truck line he heads a ls meet here on new rates hearing of the freight rate readjustment case of the sterling transportation por tation tatton company operating truck cenice between salt lake city and veral 1 I I 1 b held januar 20 23 at the I 1 car capitol itol in silt lakee before the otate public utilities and r 4 h by uintah col nt nty c ars at a colfe nee cr of c the lie tron port por atlon tation company urd ard loe ei went at ve rill jarri jarn s 11 1 wallis weldene wel dent nf of lh th local lions raub A tl TI teodoa doe do e johndon and ern paton first vice jr aident of the uintah county airm bureau were invited to a attend the hearin hearing the purpose of the visit of theve r insil ml citizens it is to brini bring about an equitable readjustment of rates which the transportation company contemplates contemn lates at the vernal meeting willard richards of salt lake president of the company explained the necessity neves sity of reclassification of the freight rates and promised the vernal representatives that a just rate schedule would be adopted present at th conference last week were fuere mr richards A T burton of bait stilt lake general manner cf the transportation company A 7 jone jones a assist nf alo of sa t lake mr air wallis E peterson uintah county silent A 0 nord supervisor of ash ley national corp fort t W 8 render ton son manager of the L H 11 woodard compa company riv all the vernal llona lions club A theodore johnson and ernest eaton president and vice president of the uintah county farm bureau the follower follo tre I 1 letter in answer to a comuni communication cation sent to the public util itley by president james H wallis of the lions club shows the position that body takes tn in the situa tion mr air james 11 wallis P baiden ibm clib vernal utah dir sir your letter under dal ot of january 17 1023 1923 Is acknowledged for lor emeral months the stage and ana lines operating in the state ol 01 utah over the public highways for hire have bad iad under con de ration a tn immorm orm in parti with reference to freight and abit they desire to adopt and ba 1 c LI U comal sons eons approval as being explicable to all stich a arvice rendered tendered in the statu of utah this proposed application it if made effective will result in increases in gome some instances and in re in others under the public utility of this state rate increases may not be made effective by the carriers without hinves tt ti gatlon gation and determination on the part of the utilities commission as is to their being just and reasonable when this proposed classification Is 13 finally and fully worked out opportunity will be afforded by the commission to the public to give the same its consideration in cases u ahelf here there are ard mall material er changes revil milting ting in rate increases and the commission will ill be under the 1 necessity of holding hearings at which your organization will be afforded an in i opportunity to be heard I 1 we might say further in this connection that owing to the fact that automobile transportation so materially effects the int interests rests of the uintah basin we hai have ug to the carriers that they these matters to the civic organization with a view of trying to arrive at korn I 1 twi ing I 1 ng as to what would be ajust just and reko rates to be made effective by the carmn commission aslom yours very truly P 1 cruit IES commission OF UTAH |