Show Moving of Manti Terminal Explained By Rail Officials With the prospects of having the Monti Manti rail terminal moved to Salina the Manti Lions Club recently wrote to o D. D R. R G. G W W. headquarters in inS S Salt Lake City for an explanation I asking that rail executives come to Manti to explain such a move They were obliged and three rail executives came to Manti last Friday to meet with members of the Lions club R. R K vice president of the Salt Lake division B. B H. H Decker superintendent of the Salt Lake office and H. H J J. J Rigger assistant traffic manager for this area met in Manti with Wm McFarlane Elliott Brown Fred L. L Carpenter Frank Garbe Reuben Reuben Reuben Reu Reu- ben Buchanan Bert Brown and Easton Easton Easton ton Moffitt It is reported these executives executives executives exe exe- were surprised that any question question ques ques- tion lion or feeling should be raised by bythe bythe bythe the moving of the terminal but went ahead and explained the move The visiting official explained that the move was a move of economy for them since the trip to Salina would v cost them less than the present one because it would use one less crew It will cost them no more to run a atrain atrain atrain train to Salina on the new schedule than it does t to run it to Manti 1 at present they explained This is because be because because be- be cause of the change of crews made necessary by the Manti terminal The new run will eliminate one crew This new schedule will also mean meana a better freight service in this dis dis- dis- dis the officials reported When the new run is in effect Sanpete and Sevier counties will get daily freight service where they get service only three times weekly at The visitors expressed the opinion that this new convenience would probably more than offset the loss to Manti since it will mean no mass removal oi of railway workers and will give everyone everyone everyone every every- one a much better freight service |