The Delta independent., 1923-06-29

was convenience and a necessity. He also
showed that the express by auto was super
ior to that furnished by rail, and related an
experience of shipping ice cream from Mont
rose to Paonia by The American Express
Company for Masonic banquet The train
should have been in Paonia at 5:18 p. IN.
The banquet was held at Z 100 p. m. and the
train did not arrive until 9 :15 p. M, and the
ice cream was delivered the morning of the
following day. 1t was also shown that ex-
press service twice each day by auto bus, in
each direction, was far superior to that aft
orded by rail in that it was picked up at the
doors of consignors and delivered at doors of
consignees twice each day regularly.
II. w. Robinsin, President of the Delta
County Chamber of Commerce, testified that
there a necessity for quick service for
the carrying of both freight and passengers
between Grand Junction, Delta, Montrose
and Paonia, and that the merchants of Delta
absolutely depend on the truck service Mr..
Robinson went so far as to say that if the
railroads were to cease handling less than
carload business, the trucks would be salts
factory as far as handling local freight is
concerned. He also averred the express and
freight service afforded by rail was inferior
to that furnished by trucks and that the ade-
quacy of the service of The American Rail
way Express Company was not sufficient to
meet the business interests of Delta. He also
said that it was the desire of the merchants
of Delta that certificate be granted the ap-,
plicant herein for hauling freight, as it was
necessary that the local business houses have
the convenience of the automobile truck be-
tween Grand Junction, Delta, Montrose, Pao-
MIA and intervening points.
The applicant, Mr.. De Merschmann tes-
titled that there was no station agency on
the line of the Denver and Rio Grande Wes-
tern Railroad between Grand Junction and
Delta, a distance of 81 miles, and that if one
wished to bill out their goods it would be ne
cessary to take same to either Delta or Grand
Junction. Also, if they were receiving
freight by rail they would be compelled to go
to same places to receive it, with the excep-
ton that they could get same at Whitewater
but there would be no agent there to care for
shipments and no facilities to find out whe-
ther it had arrived.
II. ID. Rose, ice cream and soda water
manufacturer of Montrose, testified he could
get quicker and more dependable service
and that his customers got their ice cream
in better shape over the White Bus Line than
they did over the American Railway Express
Company line. He also said: "Any service
that is genuine convenience is necessity to
business and the White Bus Line has been
decided convenience to me and my custom
ers."
F. E. Spencer, of the Olathe Mercantile
Company, Inc, carrying dry goods, notions,
furnishings, shoes and hardware, and also
G. e. Goddard, representing the Independent
Lumber Company of Hotchkiss each testi-
fled as to the advantages of the Bus Line,
both as to it's convenience and necessity as a
carrier of freight
Respecting the situation as to the appli-
cation covering the transportation of passen-
gers, within the scope of the certificate asked
for, great deal of evidence was submitted
showing how the convenience and necessity to
the travelling public would be met by allow
ance of said certificate. To illustrate, the
auto stage leaves Grand Junction at 8 100 a.
m. for Delta, Hotchkiss, Paonia, Olathe and
Montrose. 1t gets to Delta at 10 100 a. M,
when transfer is made to the Paonia bus
and the passengers arrive at the latter place
at II As a. m, thus consuming but three
hours and forty-five minutes for the trip
To make this same one-way trip, using the