Show D ar G GW W to petition for marysvale Marys vale train stoppage kossof mail contract will cause train to curtail passenger and express service th the e denver and rio grande western railroad is forced tope the utah public service commission to allow the rill railroad road to discontinue its ger service between salt lake city and marysvale Marys vale was the statement made by R knox ox bradford executive vice president odthe of the D ar G W wednesday night at a richfield lions club banquet mr bradford pointed out that th the ernail mall contract which expired july 1 I 1948 has not been renewed and I 1 that there is no Indica indication from the post office department that it will be renewed lie he stated that ablate as late as six weeks ago the post office department through second assistant post master miller had made it definitely clear that the mail contract for the branch line would not be signed without a mall mail haulage the branch passenger and express service is econe economically out odthe of the question even with a renewed mall mail contract the branch line would suffer more than a thousand colars a month out of pocket loss he said post office under fire it was mr bradfordt Brad Bradfo fords ids flimie tinn belief that the post office department was was very desirous of continuing the train service but that the post office was reluctant to negotiate a new contract because their special contracts had been questioned by the appropriations committee of the representatives and the interstate inter state commerce commission Commiss loii special Conti contract act since 1930 up until the late I 1 the marysvale Marys vale branch made money on passenger service as did most branch lines with the advent of quicker more efficient highway passenger service the trains took significant losses and in 1930 to keep the train mall mail service a special contract was entered into between the post office department and the D R G as was made with other railroads where bythe by the marysvale Marys vale train would receive 20 per cent more than th anthe the regular mail haulage rate at the same timothe time the train schedule was adjusted so that it would run to fill the needs of the postal service and pick up all of the last nights mail out of salt lake city this odd night schedule further cut down on passenger traffic in spite of the special contract that has been renewed every two years since 1930 the service has lost money mr bradford said 1 that tha tithe ahe passenger mail and express line lost in 1947 and estimated a loss jn in 1948 highway service costly cosily mr bradford doubted that a highway star route via truck would be anywhere near as efficient as train service and believed that the cost would be much more than any contract with the railroad he pointed pointe dout out that as well as the regular mail there would be an almost per cent increase it if trucks were mere used because packages coming express now would have to be sent through throng the mails maib petition Not Bluff the pe petition being prepared for presentation to the public service commission for the train stoppage is is not a bluff bitoff mr bradford said but it is is a necessary step I 1 on the part of the company to protect the interests of the stock holders ile he stated they would stop the service with reluctance and would be glad to suffer a thousand dollars a month loss on i a renewed contract for the general goodwill good will of the area his concluding statement was that if the post office department can find a cheaper and better way to handle the malls it is obligated todo to do so but that if the I 1 post office is converting to bostl costly y highway transportation because of red tape the taxpayers are obligated to correct the situation after discussion the lions club went on record as favoring doing all in their power to keep the service of the marysvale Marys vale branch line lion president H W gore stated they will work with the richfield chamber of commerce in notifying proper proper governmental 1 agencies ot of their desires |