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Show THE CITIZEN 11 The above Modem Electric Street Car and Trailer was a big step forward in street car service. There is none better in the world. Such cars are the backbone of the Street Railway System, and they cannot be eliminated from the trunk lines. However,. on the lateral lines the bus comes into its own. Fourth East line, extending from 21st South to the state capitol. The cars TEN ELECTRIC CARS will be run upon the present schedule, ARE ORDERED service, and there .giving will be no increase of fares. All transWHEN THE street railway comfers and passes are good from street pany tore up some of its tracks, peocar to bus or vice versa. ple loudly and vehemently protested, In the downtown district passengers but since they have seen these streets will be taken on at the regular traffic repaired and will see noiseless electric zones, but in the residential district, the new cocah will be driven to the curb to take on or let off passengers ten-minu- te which will be highly appreciated, especially by the women folks and children, and which is an ideal improvement in the present service. The new coach is a luxury as well as a convenience. It is a palace on wheels and is well adapted for regular trade, but is not made to handle large crowds. It is quite a problem to handle 30,000 people, -- morning and evening, and such crowds cannot be handled on rubber. But the coach has its proper place and has ccme to stay. ELECTRIC COACH IS SUPER IN DESIGN Cars put into service in this city. coaches running upon the improved streets, there no doubt will be a gen- eral demand for more tracks to be tom up. The company has ordered ten elec-JCr- ic coaches from the Westinghouse Manufacturing company of Albany, N. Y., and these coaches are supposed to be here ready to be put into service by September 1. The first ten coaches will be operated over the South THE ELECTRIC coach weighs but 16,000 pounds and rolls upon ten pneumatic tires, all under the control of three sets of brakes. The motor is governed down to limit the maximum speed to 27 miles per hour, hence, speeding is out of the question. Each car is equipped with two 250 h.p. motors, which are capable of assuring safe transportation in all kinds of weather. The skeleton of the car is duraluminum, an alloy as light as aluminum and yet as strong and tough as steel, and it will not rust. It is provided with steel sashes and oral transoms to avoid eye strain. The cars are painted a light color, so that kinds of they may be seen in all weather. It has a complete pneumatic doors safety equipment, including which will not open when the car is in motion, nor can the car start when the doors are open. The coach is light to equipped with rear red-sto- p warn automobiles, and has the double automobile type headlights in order that autoists will not mistake the car for a street car. The Utah Light and Traction Company has taken every precaution for safety. Deep leather cushions add to the attractiveness and comfort and ease in riding, and there are no fumes from Passngers are taken on at the front of the car and the exit is in the center of the car. As one steps in front of the door, it automatically opens as soon as the car comes to a full stop and the doors immediately close when the passenger leaves the step. Passengers will not be discharged at the front door. TAMMANY IS ALIEN-MINDE- D. Leaving its political code of public jiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiMiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiaiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiiii 5 E 1 s s The Utah Light & Traction Company 'officials are to be heartily complimented for their progressive business spirit Most of us can follow a leader, but these men are pioneers in new street transports- tion and they have introduced into this city the first electric coach that has ever been made. Transportation companies in all parts of the world are closely keeping, tab on the present outcome of the elec- trie coach in street traffic, and upon its success depends the growth of another large prospective industry, which Will be called upon for cars if the demonstration in this city is satisfactory. It has already proven satisfactory, and the officials of the company are highly elated over the initial success, and they are now anxiously awaiting the ar- rival of the other nine buses in order that the new coaches may be placed, into service. The advertising given to Salt Lake because of this bus cannot be measured in terms of dollars and cents. All the world will be talk- ing about us we are the pioneers. semi-ballo- on morals out of the question, I I i i I I f ? ?.lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllll!ll!lllllllllllllllllllllllllllllllli:illlllllllilllllllllllllllli:illll!l!ll!!l!:ill!l, operation to annoy the passenger. The car is so well illuminated and runs so smoothly that it is easy to read the paper when going home of an evening. The car runs in silence. All the moving parts and gears are confined in a bath of oil and all noise is entirely eliminated. The large tires, a pair of which are worth the price of a small automobile, makes it a pleasure to ride. In case a tire is punctured, the change can be made in three minutes, but as each car is with ten rubber-tire- d equipped wheels, one puncture does not in the least interfere with the runnig of the car. Each car has a seating capacity of 45 people. 5 Tam- Its ideas are many is those of a cosmopolitan city. It never was less national in its history than it is now. Its original purpose was to alien-minde- d. preserve the American Union. In that its record is spotty. Wed not trust it far with the custody of several essential American doctrines now. Senator Robinson might tell his southern auditors that if they go to New York Tammany will treat them with the consideration and courtesy it invariably extends to a newcomer from the Balkans, even if that has to be extended in Harlem. Editorial Opinion of Chicago Tribune. The essence of getting along with people is patience. |