Show INTERURBAN RAilROADS A A FACTOR FOR PROGRESS General Genera Conditions I Indicate I Sure Prosperity for Coming Year George Goorge M. M Cannon who for two terms was president of ot the tho Salt Lake Lako Real foal Estate Estate Estate Es Es- tate association when asked for his views of ot tho the prospects for tho the year 1913 said fit It It seems to me mo that conditions are favorable for tor th the best bost yen yeat that Salt Lako City has evor known Crops throughout tho the United States have havo aggregated ag as- ag- ag more In money value than over ever before In tho the history of ot our country coun coun- try try which which Is tho the same as saying have havo been worth more than those of ot any country were ever worth In tho the history of ot the tho world This hI condition has haa made mado tho the farmers of or the United States prosperous prosperous prosperous pros pros- and has in turn stimulated the activity of ot every overy other business So that business prospects In the nation at large laro aro are first Hero kIero at homo home we wo have all aU tho the reasons reasons rea rca sons that go to make malto the nation prosperous pros pros- porous and then some somo of at our own During During During Dur Dur- ing the year Utah's first electric Interurban Interurban Inter- Inter Interurban urban has bas clearly elearly demonstrated here that as els this is ono one of the great factors for tOle community gr growth The he Salt Sal L Lako ko Ogden railway Bam Barn berger berg line has not only been neen a a. great factor In tho the growth of or tho the country through which it runs and an Inestimable Inestimable Inesti Inesti- mable convenience to the people carried car oar ned ried but has Itself reaped a Cl rich harvest harvest harv harv- est eat in tho constantly Increasing number of passengers carried In the closing month of or tho the year 1912 the the trains between be ho- tween Salt Lako Lake City and the county seat of ot Davis county have been doubled during the hours at which most people travel This success success' has doubtless had Its ita effect in hastening tho building of ot the tho Salt Lake and Utah county electric line b by A. A J. J Orem and his associates Work Vork on this line has already begun at the tho Prove PlO end of ot the road and under terms of ot the tho franchise is required to begin at atthe atthe the time Salt I Lako ako terminus early In Janu Janu- ary an 19 1918 8 Th The Utah Ulah Light Railway company has hns extended its Us lines in of Salt Lake Lako county during tho year Just ended and has obtained a n. franchise fran- fran chise as far r Into Davis county as thos tho the s south lino of So that these important electric Interurban lines Into Salt Lako are aro already completed or orae as aured To these ma may be added tho the proposition of ot the Denver Denvor Rio TUe Grando Grande railway to electrify Its Utah lines The Importance of ot this thin move can scarcely b be overestimated From now until tho the Panama Pacific exposition In San Francisco Francisco Fran Frail cisco deco In iii 1915 oVen every transcontinental line lino IB is bound to do all It can to attract the enormous enormous tourist traffic sure to attend at at- at attend tend that celebration and t an any line lino that offers otters the tho comforts of ot electric equipment equipment equip equip- ment as compared to a steam roa road is fa bound to secure much of ot the l passenger traffic In Iii the way of ot Improvements three o of the tho larg largest st public buildings buildinG's in the state sato will wIn next year be In full course of construction the construction the Salt L Lake Lako leo City High school the tho main building of ot tho the university uni uni- and th the state capitol Funds are aro already provided for each of ot these thene and tho the bids are aro well within tho the estimated esti estl- mated costs costo AVe We ma may malook look tor steady develop develop- I n m S n a tUt It v ments In all an sections of ot the business busino 1 th tb r of ot tho the south- south Ait at bench will wUl continue to bo ho a a. jo joy to i nO 4 ulC in that region Ion ana tiu a surprise to those unfamiliar with Its s matchless attractions in location view fresh air and freedom from the that In some other parts Is the bano bane of tho Inhabitants and an endless source of discussion to tho amateur engineer en en- engineer who poses as an arm expert on consumers |