Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1910-01-30 | Page 27 | Big Order Placed for Electric Cars

BIG ORDER PLACED FOR ELECTRIC CARS I Bamberger Road Will Be Oper Operated Operated By Electricity Within Few Weeks The Bamberger road officials have placed a big order with the Jewett Car company for a number of electrio Inter Interurban Interurban urban cars which are expected here with withIn In six weeks These cars will be placed upon the line between Salt Lake and Ogden which will be electrified before the openIng of spring The poles and wires ires have been placed along the line from Salt Lake to Ogden and the power has been provided for so that the only remaining feature Is the Installation of electric car service when the new cars arrIve The advent of electric car service on the B Bamberger tine Une will mean menn a boom for Lagoon the summer resort to the north as well as augmented traffic be between between tween Salt Lake and Ogden and Inter Intermediate intermediate mediate points A short service will be given during the day with service at shorter Intervals during the busy hours at the resort That the Bamberger line Is dawnIng upon a more prosperous era Is shown b by the recent announcement that Jesse Knight and others would build an elec electric electric Interurban line from Murray to Pay Payson Payson son In U Utah lh county touching Lehl Lehi Amer AmerIcan American Ican Fork Provo and other towns This line eventually will connect with berger system In Salt Lake That does not necessarily mean that the Bamber Bamberger ger and KnIght Interests are working to together together gether In the matter The Knight rod road rodIs Is to be built entirely Independent of the Bamberger road although It will of course use the Bamberger tracks through Salt Lake to make connections with the tho north The Bamberger line has a valuable franchise through the city from Its pres present present ent depot at Third West Vest and South Tem Temple Temple streets to West Temple and First South thence south to Postoffice place and east to Main street The advantage of this franchise Is beginnIng to bo boreal real realIzed although for several yeas the tracks have never been used