| Show D. D R. R G. G To Quit Parity Park City Branch Tho The Denver d Rio Grande Grando Western railroad Monday was Somas authorized by the Interstate commerce commission to Abandon abandon the stretch of Its Park I City branch extending ed from cement to Park City and also also- alsoto to abandon operation of ref the two and a a. half mile mlle Ontario branch the e latter to be bo taken I 1 over and operated exclusively by the Union Pacific railroad now half halt owner of the Ontario branch says Tuesdays Tuesday's t I Salt Inke Tribune In granting ibis authorization the I commission found that the Park City I branch Is In bad Jad ad state oj ot repair and that It would require for necessary necessary necessary sary Improvements The commission that service over the Park City branch Js Is limited to freight and that there Is furnished upon demand about one train traina a n week The 2500 people living In Park City and another living near by now are adequately served by buses and trucks Trucks over the main highway connecting Salt Lake City and Denver which road the Utah highway commis commis- commission commission commission sion Is proposing to make a lane four-lane highway Abandonment of the railroad would make available much of the pres pres- present present ent way right for highway purposes purpose and would eliminate six grade crossings Stages serve Park City three times dally daily and dally daily tru truck freight is maintained between Salt Lake and Park City Tho commission found that the chief freight handled over Park City branch Is ore outbound and coal Inbound for tor Park City The decline In the volume of or orore ore shipments according to testimony at the hearing likely Is 15 to continue As Asfor Astor Asfor for tor Inbound coal It can be handled by bythe bYthe bythe the Union Pacific or by trucks The Utah M tal Mine Operators' Operators Including operators and shippers in Inthe inthe the tho Park City area aren did not oppose the abandonment provided it does docs not result in an increase in freight rates Park City protestants against abandonment offered no witnesses but through counsel ex expressed ex- ex expressed expressed pressed apprehension that abandonment might be followed by increasing freight rates to and from Park City especially on coal The Tho commission says that or ordinarily ordinarily rates are not controlling in abandonment cases |
