Show If ry Utah Parks ars Company Y Pays Large Sums J IY In V Wages ages i W. W P. P Rogers ROger Superintendent of ot the Utah Parks Company In a talk before the Lions Club Monday gave I much Interesting information regarding regarding re re- garding the company's activities in Southern Utah Its It expenditures and employment etc ell He pointed out that during the thirteen years the company has operated it 1 has ball lost the enormous sum of in operation The peak of the loss 1 was in 1932 1032 and since that time the amount has decreased until un un- 1 til last year it totaled 1113 company of course bourse Is confident that in tile the long run the Ule Investment here will start to pay dividends Up to 1930 1936 according to Mr Rogers the company's Investment in Southern Utah amounted to four and a quarter million dollars and In 1936 1938 was added In new improvements and in 1937 1931 a total of The taxes of the f. f company last year t totaled These figures are for foe Utah Parks j Company alone and do not include any Union Pacific Investments at all aU t Mr Rogers reported that during the peak season of ot 1937 1931 the com coni company con pany had almost employees and during the four tour operating months paid in wages a abig abig abig big per cent of which is spent In Inthis inthis this section of the state He Ire stated that 95 per cent of the employees are from the state of Utah and anet maintained that tha in addition to too scenery one of the finest attractions the company has haa to offer is the young Oung boys and girls from Utah schools who meet the traveler at ataU atall atall all aU parks During the winter months a small force is kept on at atthe atthe the th Commissary the Garage IndIn and nd andin andin in the maintenance department Mr Rogers Roger maintained that the company's hotel at Cedar City the Escalante is one of ot the best hott hotels ls In any part of the country bar none He Ue said that during 1937 the hotel paid but out In hi wages K Ii total of ot and has had an average of 45 employees The expense of the hotel during the year was and although the year was the best in its history it was operated operated op op- crated at a loss of One of the most Interesting things about the tourist business In this section he said Is the ever Increasing number of visitors comIng coming corning com corn ing into this section each year lie He pointed out that a total of people entered Zion last year rear entered Grand Orand Canyon and visitors were registered at Boulder Dam in four months In speaking of the large number of people visiting Boulder Dam Mr Rogers recommended that Cedar City Cily maintain an Inform Information bureau at Boulder city with a al paid employee to direct traffic into Southern Utah At no other place would It be possible to contact so many tourists who are within a few hours hour's drive of the attractions we have to offer He Ue continued that hat there ar are two important things vital to the life and progress of the community and they are the two roads that lead into Cedar City the Union Pacific railroad and state highway No 91 In commenting on the railroad he gave assurance that the Utah Parks special will run Into Cedar City again this year and that tourists would be brought here in the mo most t modern modem conditioned air train on the road He lie also gave assurance that the tourists would be given givena a much longer time in Cedar City than has been the case In the past With regards to the highway he urged continued effort to keep this road up to standard and to have haveIt It widened In order older to keep it the most attractive through highway of this section |