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Show ; Ihterurban Gars Now I ' Running to Lehi i .i B They Aro (Iimd Cars, lint Will lie H , Supplanted With I'assciiL'cr M 1 (Mrs This .Monlli. H The lututurban railway has shown Mmy. much activity In Lehl this week. An H englno nui train of cars have been MM' hauling loads of gravel on tho track Hi to tho north of town, whllo a gang HJ of Japanese havo been tamping It un- Hl dcr tho tier. Just north of the wastu ditch It his been necessary to raise H the track over live feet through a H slough, and on tho street lendliiK cast Hj from tho sugnr factory It will he ne-' B ft' ccssary to haul ' In Severn' feet or Hm grade., At tho latter place It Is necefl- ntj ary to back the cars In ahead of the ' '.: englno and unload tho gravel, as the ta ground Is loo sort to hold up tho en- MM! i Bine till after It has been ballasted. H ? Tbo company this week has nlso BJfi p'aced a lot of poles on each side of ft, Third North street, which will carry H.i! tho electric wires that will propel tho electric cars. Tho poles will be H$ HO leet apart. They are thirty feel above tho ground and will also carry k the telophono and power linos. They HSA! Rre being placed on tho street now to Htif carry tho cross lines that wore too Ky! lpwto pormlt tho engine that draws HjU the construction train to pass under. Vjfi The thrco gnsollno cars from Dork rt? 'cy. Cal., arrived In Suit Lake City Hj-X this, week and aro ready for sorvlee. jp Thfly hove u speed of sixty miles per H , hour and will bo used to run from Hlrc Salt Lake City to Amorlcan Fork soon fifi tho grado is sufficiently ballasted H$l to this point. Mr. Armstrong Is uu- fcj thorlty for tho statement that Amer- p'St ican Fork will bo tho terminus of the H jy road till tho rails aro laid to Provo H and tho road 1b surfaced. That the nf gasollno cars will bo used only tcm- HjS porarlly; that soon as tho weather rj breaks men will con.menco erecting fil Polos and stringing wire nnd when Hfl'i consectionc havo been mado with i Provo tho poles nnd wlro construction HI1! wIU also hnvo been completed and K) then tho service will bo changed from Ir'i gasoline to electricity. Ho anticipates . 1 this change will be mado early In t'!! June. Tho electric cars havo been fV ordered and will soon bo on their way ' R ' p Salt Lake City. Tho thrco gnso- u JJno cars will bo used only tempornr- H lly, while tho road Is being construct- f U cd between American Fork and Provo. JOHN WIUITLE JOINS WITH THORNTON & CO. John Whlpplo, who has been with the People's Co-op for"a number of yenrs as manager of their lumber department, de-partment, will sever his connection on March 1 and becomo a member of tlit I American Fork firm of A.K, Thornton ft BonB. Desldes-becoming a member I of the firm ho will also become Its American Fork manager. He will sell I his Lehl home and move his family to I American Fork. I ' I |