Show Airline Service Loop Road Topics of Chamber Meet A joint committee committe meeting of the Vernal Vernal Ver Vcr nal Area Chamber of Commerce Industrial Industrial Indus Indus- trial Development and and Trans Committees was held Wednesday Wednesday Wed Wed- noon of last week to discuss the threatening curtailment of air service service ser ser- vice in Vernal by Frontier Airlines GLENN H H. H Cooper chairman of the industrial Development Committee conducted conducted con con- ducted the meeting and read a letter concerning replacing the Uw presently used used us us- ed d with a smaller pas 15 99 This change in inthe inthe inthe the Vernal route would eliminate the heavy air freight service the oil service service ser ser- vice companies and Vernal Sportswear Company depend on to efficiently operate operate oper oper- ate their businesses in this area A letter to Robert S S. S Campbell le legal Ie Ic- gal counsel for Utah Agencies by Richard Rich ard and A A. A Fitzgerald Sr vice president of Frontier Airlines was read which explained ex ex- explained ex th the problems concerning the Vernal route class rate structure and the lack of sufficient subsidy to pay for the air service in this area STEWART L L. L Ashton reported that in talking to Scott Keller Frontiers Frontier's manager of operations it was decided that the 99 couldn't fly in inthe inthe inthe the mountainous area of Salt Lake City and Denver and the would stay on the Vernal route for a at t least the next six months until route changes were made Manager of the Vernal Frontier terminal ter minal minai l Frank rank Merrill reported that at ata a recent meeting of all Frontiers Frontier's ter minal managers the Vernal route problem problem pro pro- blem was the biggest problem they had Mr Merrill stated slated that Frontier planned plan plan- ned to drop the Hayden Colorado route as soon as its i certificate ran out this year Also the Hock Rock Springs route will willbe willbe willbe be integrated Into another schedule and this leaves Vernal the only other stop left on the Denver to Salt Lake City flight AIR FREIGHT into the Vernal terminal terminal ter ter- minal does not pay for the air service stated slated Mr 1 Merrill 1 Most 1 flights nights and economic subsidies arc determined by passenger miles flown The air freight at the Vernal terminal averages about pounds a month and nd it has been the backbone of the economy economy of the he Vernal terminal Because of the reduction reduction re reo re- re in flights and the presently awkward awkward awk awk- ward schedules coming into Vernal the passenger patronage has fallen off previous pre pre- previous years At the committee meeting It was decided decided de de- de to write Frontier Airlines explaining explaining ex ex- ex the Importance of their service service ser sera vice to the economy of the area Many companies' companies depends on air freight into the Vernal area IN OTHER business brought up at the Chamber hamber committee meeting Jim Dunning Dunning Dun Dun- ning superintendent of Dinosaur N Nation tion al Monument stated he was optimistic in getting a start on the Point of the Pines road at the monument This road is the connecting link over the mountain moun tain tamp from the Jensen quarry via the Chew ranch to tu the Harpers Harper's Corner road This would provide a loop road between the Dinosaur Colorado headquarters head quarters and the Jensen quarry area Superintendent Dunning stated staled he thought the Vernal and Craig areas along with Senator Moss 1 of Utah and Senator As Aspinal pinal of Colorado could carry enough influence to get a priority high enough for the road to start construction construction construe tion in the near future ANDREW McCONKIE Ashley Forest supervisor confirmed Superintendent Dunnings Dunning's gs g's statements by saying that the urban populations are getting the federal federal fed fed- eral funds to develop recreation areas areas and the rural areas areas are being cut out but the urban people are all coming to the rural areas expecting improvements in recreation facilities It all goes goes back to the theone the one one man vote policy poncy stressed stress stress- ed by the Supreme Court that is causing causing caus causa ing the rural areas to loose representation tation t Mr McConkie McConkle noted It was agreed at the meeting for a atop atop atop top priority study by Chamber Committees Committees Commit Commit- tees to see see what can be done on the Point of the Pines road Also the Jones Hole road and Dowd Mountain road projects projects pro pro- are re top priority items stems on the Chamber Chamber Cham Cham- ber road transportation and committee |