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Show Salt Lake Lines Seeks to Buy Airways System Feb. 1G has been set for a hearing hear-ing of the application of Salt Lake City Lines toi purcnase outright the properties and operating oper-ating rights of the Airways Motor Mo-tor Coach Lines which operates bus service to Mill Creek, Holladay, Hol-laday, Riverton, Murray, Mid vale, Sandy and Draper. In the application the Salt Lake Lines offered $125,000 for the entire system which has 23 buses and two trucks listed as its rolling equipment. I "If the commission sees fit to grant the transfer, our firm will make every effort to give efficient and adequate service to the communities involved," declared Glen L. Stanley, general gen-eral manager of Salt Lake Lines. He said upon granting of the application his firm would continue con-tinue the present schedules until un-til a survey could be completed after which the service would be revised as necessary to fill the public's needs. He said further fur-ther he would be pleased to meet with the Holladay Lions club and other groups to discuss their views on the service. Salt Lake City Lines purchased purchas-ed the Utah Light and Traction Co. June 12, 1941, at a cost oj $925,000. Sellers of Airway were listed in the applications as C. II. Mc-Farland. Mc-Farland. N. Z. Larson and L. W. Larson, each the holder of 130 shares- of common stock-Airway stock-Airway is a Wyoming corpor ation. with 390 shares of common com-mon stock, all held by the three owners. Airway Motor Coach Line? was charged in a complaint issued is-sued by the USPSC on Jan. 23 with operating mechanically defective, de-fective, overloaded, unclean, lm-' lm-' properly ventilated and cold buses. |
