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TIMP whose sum summit it is crowned cro by the only glacier in Utah This mountain is one of the scenic features fea fea- u tunes hIres in the territory of the Salt Lake Utah railroad Cross marks the approximate location of the glacier l. l One may take an electric car at the thc Salt Lake Utah station and after a aride aride arille ride rille of oC about an hour and fifteen min min- minutes minutes utes through a country of or unusual beauty reach a n point from which excursions ex excursions excursions ex- ex to ono one of ot tho the scenic wo wonder wonder- et- et lando landa of Utah may maj be made The road is iR comparatively new but In spite of oC this fact foet the track is in excellent shape and one glides along over over o the rails with scarcely a Jar Tho The equipment of oC the road is all an new The The coaches are In excellent ea condition with high backs comfortable seats scats that rival rl a aa parlor car In luxury Tho The cars themselves are examples of the last word In electric car Building Four great motors slun slung from the axles of ot tho the trucks furnish the power The speed Is controlled b by a contact system I that cuts cut to a great eat extent the tho consumption consumption con con- of ot motive motivo power powel The brakes aro are controlled b by air ar which Is furnished by br a compressor attached at at- inched under tho the car This compressor Is operated b by an electric motor which is started and stopped b by a switch controlled b by a pressure gauge gaug connected connected connected con con- with tho the air Two plants m modernly equipped provide provide pro pro- vide Ide tho the power between Salt Lake an and Provo Tho The road Toad does a a- good commuter f business business' and also carries largo large quantities quantities quantities ties of r freight Its earl early trains bring the milk from tho the nearby farms to Salt Lake City Until about a year ear ago the road was considered of little value QS os a n. I line but comments by bJ tourists who I made malIc tho trip to Provo over the tho road I caused tho the officials to feature tho beauties beauties beau beau- tI ties s of the route In their advertising i The result was an increased Increase tourist trade from which Provo Pro benefited greatly The prize trip after one reaches Provo Provo Provo Pro Pro- vo on the Salt Lake Utah Is to os a glacier capped mountain mountain mountain moun moun- tain a few miles from tho the city For the mountain climber this mountain mountain moun moun- tain rivals man many of ot the Alps and tho the scenery on the climb up and the view vies from rom the peak well repays tho labor of the anent anent- It Is possible to reach the tho summit and return In a a. day but hut most of at those who ho have c made the time climb prefer to take two days for tor forthe forthe the tho Journey Journe On an a a. shelf shelt just below the summit there are two lakes which receive their water from flom the tho glacier These supply many little streams f that trickle down tile the side of the mountain and Irrigate tho the aIle valley below bolo T The e glacier Itself Is s perhaps a mile long and varies arles in width from a n few hundred hunared feet to a quarter of ot a mile The ascent of the glacier requires about an hours hour's hard I Ij j climbing and from the top of ot the tho glacier to the peak is a a. rather I cult climb requiring requiring- about thirty minutes min nUn utes Ross Beason Reason traffic tr c manager of ot theOrem the theOrem Orem lines and Coach Roberts of ot then the B. B Y 1 U IT were the first to discover or the beauties of ot Boason Beason I advertised ad tho the character of the tho mountain mountain moun mOUn- tain along the tho lines of at tho the Orem road and Roberts nobert has acted as guide for climbing parties for the last couple of years j The Time mountain climb has now be become como 1 a a. feature of ot a a- trill to Provo over the Salt l t Lake LlIe Utah l' l ll Plans are under wa way now for th the tho purchase of ot some somo ob observation cars carB These it is said ald will rival In equipment equipment equip equip- I 1 ment tho the cars of ot the transcontinental lines It is probable they will trill be b bought b by next year car and with their arrival scenic Journeys will become a ft feature of ot Salt Lake Lako 8 Utah service ef |
