| Show HARRIMAN REDEEMS PLEDGE i iTO TO PROVIDE THIS CITY WITH MODERN STREET CAR SYSTEM I on Il a rusty rust sidetrack south of the new car barn of the Utah Light RaU Rail Railway way ay company there is standing a long row of street st t cars cans which are all that are left of the conveyances ances by which Salt Lakers Laken were carried hither and thither about the city over oyer the first trolley car ear line Il e built In the City of ot the Saints It is a long row of dilapidated motor ears weather beaten rain scarred ru forsaken But they the are cars which a dozen years ago were the pride of the citizens and they were then considered eon the best ever eer About the center of this historical row of old coaches c ches is one which was pointed out yesterday by an official of the road as the oldest car now in existence that has done in years past faithful service as a part of Salt Lakes earliest street streetcar streetcar car ear system It is not so dilapidated that one cannot still see Sie that it was originally painted a gorgeous royal blue It still bears the number Z 3 32 Zand and there is II still remaining a part of a legend which indicates that it has been bilen pulled back and forth over oer that part of the early street car system known as the Sixth avenue aen line It Is I one of the old horse cars and of ofa ofa ofa a party which visited the car barns yes yesterday yesterday es was one man who could remember remember ber her of having ridden in that car some fourteen or sixteen years ago when it was hauled back and forth by a team teem of mules Across the front of the car is a warn warning warning ing In which it 18 is said decorated the entrance en entrance trance to all the rolling roiling stock of Ithe the system tHen No Smoking And In Inside inside side the car at each end are still hang hangIng hangIn Ing In Ute the old printed framed stereotyped reminders Do Not Spit on the Floor City Ordinance Forbids Extent of Improvements It is conceded by br citizens and visitors that no city of it Its size in fn the country has Salt Lake City Cit faded in any an par particular particular particular regarding street car service It has hall not always been so 50 but within the th past two years the efficiency of the service has so increased that it has caused much favorable comment The extension of the service Ice and the im un improvements that have hae been made have haye been no mean factors in tho the building up of many of the residence districts but it is doubtful if it the everyday citizen not directly interested In the street str t rail railroad railroad road system has more than superficial ideas idess of the greatness and extent of ot the improvements that have been made People realize that the city has bas grown that outside residence districts have hae been built up that hundreds of new homes have hae been erected ana they know that the car lines have hae been ex ox extended tended tt here and there that new cars have been gradually added to the equip equipment ment mont that the th old cars have hae been over oer overhauled overhauled hauled and repainted r and given new equipment that the system has at places been but these improvements have Mye been so gradual that they have not impressed impress d them themselves themselves selves strongly upon the minds of the average citizen A statement of the fact that since the whole street streit car ear system s stem was pur purchased purchased purchased chased by b the Harriman Interests In InO October O t ber 1906 for the U sum of about oo in round numbers over h has s actually been expended expanded in improving hag ing the system and that work now un under under Under der way and immediately to be Q started will cost coat close clOfe to more will be rather an This means that by the end of the present year the street railway system s stem of Salt Lake City including the original origInal original inal purchase price will have cost the present owners very close to It lit will mean that E H Harriman will ill have made good his Ids statement of three years ago when he lie took over the theline theline theline line that he would give glye Salt Lake City as 88 good and excellent ex a street str t railway system as has lias any an city of its size in inthe Inthe inthe the country and incidentally it will mean that to make good his word it will have cost nearly nearh more than Mr Harriman estimated at that time It was then figured that the ex cx expenditure expenditure of in all would put the road Just where it should be That It will cost so IO much more than that is due to the fact that the city has grown faster taster than was expected and has con consequently consequently increased its demands Trip of Inspection The excellency of the street railway system em of this city the importance and extent of qt the improvements that have haveR b besa m R mad made e recently that are being made and nd that are contemplated were impressed ed upon the minds of ot a fortu fortunate fortunate fortunate nate party MIrty of newspaper men who yes yesterday yesterday es esterday accepted an invitation of f the management of oC the Utah Light Rail Railway Railway Railway way company to take a trip with officials officials elsie of the company over oer a large part of the system and see with their own eyes eyeS some of the big projects that have hae been completed and are under way wa The trip was made in one of the fifty or sixty old cars of the system which have haTe Just come out of the repair shops It was newly painted and lettered and looked as clean elean and bright as a great many ma R Salt Lake women would have haY looked on Easter Sunday with their new new if it the weather had been right i I I i I I i I It was the first trip of this car since its renovation It was in charge of Con Conductor ductor J A venson and Motorman J J Hadley and the following officials of ot the company went with the party part to answer anser anwer questions make ke the trip pleas pleasant pleasant I ant and aDd explain the work that is being t done d o I Joseph S Wells general manager R B RE RE BE E Hunt assistant general gener l manager F H II Knickerbocker secretary A E Bong superintendent t of ot roadway O C A ACohen ACohen ACohen Cohen superintendent ent of power plants and stations Lee A Dragon chief en engineer inser O 0 A Honnold Honn ld electrical engi engineer engineer engineer neer J H Tempest assistant engineer W WV r S Anderson chief clerk of ot the ear car service a anti and a Dan S Spencer i specially ly representing W H B L Ban Bancroft vice sice president Went and general manager of i the Oregon Short Line Lin railroad and at atthe ati the head of the Harriman Interests i i here hen j New Route to Fort Forti i I The Th trip started with a run to Fort FortI II I Douglas 8 over oer the Third avenue route I by way of Federal Heights which in inbe Inthe he the days day when hen Mr 11 Spencer was as a bare barefoot barefoot foot toot boy was known as 8 Butchers hill This new route has baa not yet been opened for traffic tra k but is practically i ready to be he put in commission and will flU probably be the best single piece of road from every point of view few of ot the system It is 18 laid entirely with If f rails the ballasting being all il II x kut quality gravel grav l freely us used l lland land I and the hill bill to the fort tort is climbed cUmbe l at atan atall atan an all even enn angle making it much easier anil an mr of ascent than th present r route ut by way of Second Secondi i j Smith 8 th and Mt oj j Ii tt pt I Ti Tl bright ar iT r fresh from its rest in inthe inI I I the th hp frisky frisk is a Just in from t r rast rr ivl 1 j i i b gh spirits perhaps ii f jj tar U Ui honor of or iI I the nt occasion ut up its Us first and only t 4 of the trip mi ULI the hill hUi on the way to the fort torL Coming to a sidetrack the front trucks took the main line and the rear trucks tracks attempted to take the side sidetrack sidetrack sidetrack track up the hill bill There was a delay of about four tOUl minutes while the conductor and motorman coaxed the two trucks to make up with each other and con continue continue continue the th Journey together From the fort tort the trip back to the city was made over the tracks of the theline theline theline line now in use and it was explained by the officials that as soon as the new newline newline newline line is put into commission the old tracks from front the fort to just east st of Mt ML Olivet will be taken up the govern goern government government ment demanding the land in the old right of or way across the reservation in return for the land conceded for the new right of way wa The rest of the Mt IL Olivet line it was stated is to be re laid with rails in the place of ot the rails raUs now in inIn use In most moat parts of the city sixty pound rails raU have now been substituted for the light rails and the change is to tobe tobe tobe be made gradually all over the system On the trip back to the city the In Information information formation was given out that work on the new line on Eleventh East to Twelfth South would be started on Monday and that the line would be ready for use us by May IS Ii 1 Officials also gave out the information th t t within a abort short bort time the service on every line in inthe inthe the Ute city is iI to be improved More cars they stated would be put on giving more frequent service faster Caster time would be arranged for and the time for forthe forthe forthe the last cars or on each line to leave Main street at night would be extended from the present pr nt hour 1235 to IO 10 with perhaps still later cars during the period of ot the Grand Army Anny encampment These Thee changes change which have ha ye not all been worked out in detail are to go into ef effect effect feet ott on either May fa 15 or May lay M 30 Hunt Is Gratified The great improvement in the effi efficiency efficiency of the service is indexed by b a statement state ent made during the tha trip by b As Assistant Assistant General Manager R B E Hunt It is almost aJmo t impossible to believe bell eye he said aid that so IO much has been done with within withIn in the last latt two years as our record sheets show Why two years ago it itis itan is 1 an actual fact tact that we had an aver average average average age of about e cars per day da off the track Now they dont average one per day d In fact a car oft off the track is iI a very rare occurrence We e keep a dally daily record for the master me mechanic of ot the number of each day cars that go wrong In some re respect respect and have to be taken to the barn Two years ago the number of each day da averaged to about 25 per cent of the cars we had in commission ion The average now is about 1 per cent of the cars we have in commission per day al although although although though for the last ten days da II the pull ins have nave been only of 1 per cent of our total rolling stock And has this been principally due to track improvements was asked Largely but not principally was the reply chiefly due to improved equipment better cars new motors the thc installation of on nearly ev eY ever er ery car in the service to skillful and prompt repairs when a car is damaged to keeping right after the equipment and seeing to it that everything that is being worked is in proper prop r shape and re repair repair pair pk The New Car Barns A visit to the new car barns was made by the party varty and here is where the relics of the old street railway service servIce service ice in this city were viewed The work on the car barns is progressing very Vel satisfactorily The roof of he gigantic building Is now going on and it was stated that the building would be en entirely entirely completed as well as the ma machine machine machine chine shops and repair buildings in con connection connection by b Aug 1 Cars are being barned there now When hen completed the new car barn will wili be able to house Bous HI cars The big roof will cover sixteen tracks each feet in length And Aid the barn will be date In every particular The trip of the newspaper er men yes yesterday yesterday 96 was a pleasant one and it gave them a perception of the greatness of the Salt Lake street car system that they could have hae gained in no other way wa but there were many improvements that they the could not see or realize even een by such a trip Many things were ex explained explained explained by the men who are in the busi busl business b si ness who have hae brought them about Among the important improvements and additions that have haye been made to te the service since the system was taken over by the Harriman interests should be mentioned the installation of the new luminous arcs in the western sec see section section tion of the city by means of which the service has bas been greatly improved by more frequent service The under underground underground underground ground system on Main street has lies been installed The company has put In one 1508 K W motor generator Besides miscellaneous lighting and power lines the following trolley trolle lines have been built or rebuilt r built Sixth avenue tine line Third avenue line Jine to Fort Douglas Fast Second South Sugar House H use line lin Ash Ashton ton avenue Hue Poplar Grove lIn Jordan Jord n bridge line lino Waterloo and Center street North orth Salt I I Lake line North Temple from Main street to the fair grounds un I East First South to the university During this thi time the company campan has I rebuilt all the passenger pas enger car equipment I that was wu suitable for service aid ald has purchased about fifty lilLy new cars ears f r up i patterns pa Resume of Improvements I In addition to Uw the improvements which have bave been made in the past Palt the I following is 1 memoranda of improve improvements improvements ments meets that are now under way or that I Iare are to be carried out till this year One jWO o K Vf W V n for street railway service Two rotary converters for Edison system or elevator service te one being for fM reserve raene Rearrangement ement of connections to switchboard hi rd in the West Temple and Jordan substations to giVa gits the high highest est eel and an division ot of 0 loads for forthe forthe I Ithe the lighting Wl av power and street rail railway railway railway way service Half dosen dOllen 1000 K W SV each trans transformers transformers formers for fo 0 Jordan substation s to take care of the current from the high tension tendon lines Unes Extension to the building of Jordan substation to care ca for these trans trails transformers formers and rearranging of or the appa apparatus apparatus ratus mus contained therein Latest lightning arresters which will afford allord better protect on in h lightning i terms tor torOne One steam turbine and 1150 K W generator being an add addi addition tion to the present team steam ne Kew an ar temps id d noose necessary s sexy sary ry apparatus for tor the entire western portion of the too city Completion of Devils Deil Gate power plant in Weber canyon with a capaci capacity ty of ot 2500 K U W Transmission line lino from the Devils DeUs Gate Gatt plant pant to a Junction wit U ft t the pres pros present present ent eat Ogden and Salt Lake ti lines to be of steel tower lOwer construction and include the latest Improvements Improvement which when completed will be a n amodel amodel model transmission tran line and the stand tand standard ard ani for rebuilding such lines in the fu fo future future ture Completion of underground district all cables material etc having been ordered 1 and expected almost almot any time Steel trolley troll poles removing the poles from center of the street on tnt tM balance of the underground district t South Temple to Fourth South and State street to West relit Temple inclusive also aleo on Main street from Fourth to t Ninth South State street Fourth to t |
