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Show The National Enterprise, Page four All is not quiet on the western front. The fleet is expanding and mobilizing its attack against the opposition in Salt Lake and other key western cities. In a campaign to become a major car rental competitor Internationally, Econo-Ca- r national has augmented its fleet at 2085 W. North Temple by 150 percent, from 12 to 30 It engineered the vehicles. build-u- p this month by repur- chasing a two-year-o- ld fran- chise originally sold to realtor Michael Holt, and importing capital and personnel. "Were making purchases and increasing our personnel in hopes we will become more visible in the marketplace, Rich Mouton, western regional director of Econo-Ca- r said. "Its a direct result of the Inpurchase of Econo-Ca- r ternational by Gelco Corp. Gelco. Minneapolis, Minn., a holding company specializing in transportation manage- the national Econo-Ca- r in April. Econo-Ca- r has since been expanding by leaps and bounds in the old frontier, nourished by Gelco capital. ment, bought We have 260 locations nationally, and not many of those are in the western market, Gelco Michael Manning said. "We have big plans for corporate offices and new franchises in Utah and across the West. Rental cars are the ideal vehicle for our expansion in transportation interests. A vice-preside- nt has also added 38 cars to its Denver fleet and has established franchises in Portland, Ore., Reno and Pocatello since Gelco bought the corporation. Econo-Ca- r 15. 1977 Restrictive zoning threatens development mounts attack Econo-Ca- r June to Summit Countys proposed zoning ordinance is threatening a housing development targeted for the north slope of the Uinta Mountains. An amendment County planning director Max Greenlaw says commissioners have only recently created a "wilderness forest zone which would seriously hamper plans by Compass Corp. of Salt Lake City to build a planned unit development on 800 acres of forest land it Light sells faster than sound. owns on the West Fork of Blacks Fork of the Green River. He says the ordinance, scheduled for submission to Summit County voters this summer, e imposes a per unit restriction on the zone, which "virtually prohibits any type 100-acr- of development. Developer Alan Cooke has talked with Summit County officials on the matter and believes "as soon as we can convince them we know what we are doing, Im sure well be able to get a zoning Cooke perceives change. the commission as "zoning everything as radical as possible at first, then going to more permissive zoning as developers present workable plans. Greenlaw, on the contrary, indicates the county intends that no development take place on private parcels surrounded by national forest The commission has lands. agreed to meet with the developers, he says, "but I honestly dont foresee them permitting this project. Compass Corporation's land is part of a checkerboard of private parcels surrounded by U.S. Forest Service land, most of the private land being owned by the Union Pacific Railroad. Firms negotiate farmout pact Two Salt Lake City firms have jointly announced the signing of a farmout agreement involving four sections of land in Rio Blanco County, Colo. Next time you hove to impress a client, V'L. bock up your word with color photographs processed and printed According to Richard L. Christensen, president of American Resources Management Corporation, and Anthony G. Hatsis, president of Toledo Mining Company, the project will call for the drilling of as many as 15 wells in search of oil and natural gas in the Trail Canyon Field on sections adjacent to land already developed by ARMC. They said the number of wells actually drilled will depend upon various governmental approvals and results of the cAardlvark & Son PHOTOGRAPHIC LABORATORIES 433 EAST BROADWAY, SALT LAKE CITY. UTAH 84111 (801 ) 534-110- 1 drilling program. i Wc use Kodak paper. For a good look. Since some of the wells will be drilled as offsets to 14 natural gas wells already developed by the two companies in the Trail Canyon Field, both firms anticipate successful results. |