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Show CERTIFICATE DENIED AMERICAN FUEL LINE U-ASTIS'r.Ti N. Oct I. Refusal wna made by the Interstate commerce commission yesterday to grant to the Ballard & Thompson Hallway company, com-pany, operating a short line of railroad rail-road from Thompson to Hoc;n in Grand county. Utah, a certificate that present or future public necessity requires or will require tho operation of thin line ill Interstate commerce This railroad was buill In 1911, but has never operated na a common car-r;er car-r;er its solo lunrtlon being as a facility facil-ity of tho American Fuel company of i i3n. v n i r n o w n s 1 1 The r.tll- f.r the niost part are old and light, nnd not in filtnblo con.lltlen for running passenger trains All things considered, the cofnmia Ion found that the only advantage that would accrue from Issuing the CBftlfl-cate CBftlfl-cate would be to enable the American Fuel Company to secure lower freight rates from Sego; that the general pub-lid pub-lid would derive, no benefit. and It therefore refused to issue the certifl- . ate. |