Show V BAMBERGER OPENS i I NEW NEN ELECTRIC LINE I Christens Interurban to Ogden I With Two Carloads of Guests Quests BUILDER IS THE HOST TRIP MARKED BY BANQUET AT LAGOON Pelted along the way by roses from the hands of pretty girls propelled by electricity brought br all the way from fromi i Idaho and running as smoothly as a ayach yacht yach t glides on ona a placid lake the first Interurban cars c cars rs that ever made a trip In Utah rolled from Salt Lake to Og Ogden Ogden Ogden den and back again esterday yesterday over the tracks oC Salt Lake Ogden Rail Railway Railway Railway way company and thereby through the persistent activity and untiring in industry industry Industry of former Senator Simon Bam Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger berger the age of in this state began Through the courtesy of Mr Bam Barn Bamberger Bamberger berger a merry party went on that I first trip which personally was con conducted conducted ducted by the owner of the road It included newspaper men attorneys physicians and men connected with the concerns which have had to do with the electrification of ot the hitherto seam road The trip from start to finish was a journey of triumph Farmington Boun Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful and Ogden with each oth other other other er in extending honors and Mr Bam Barn Bamberger Bamberger berger r was made the lion of the oc occasion occasion occasion casion by all Starting Saturday the electric interurban trains will run once an hour every hour on the hour as Mr Bamberger puts it Yes Tes Yesterdays Yesterdays exhibition trip followed folIo wed a atrial atrial atrial trial earlier in the week Take the Girls Aboard Mr guests proved themselves equal to an embarrassing but flattering occasion when as the train which consisted of two cars was about to pull out oi of Bountiful on the way to Ogden they slammed shut the doors and kept temporarily imprisoned pretty maids and ma matrons matrons matrons of that city who had boarded the cars with their arms anns full fulI of huge bou bouquets bouquets bouquets of red yellow and pink roses There was a bouquet for every man on the ther train and each bore the words Compliments of the Persephone Club of Bountiful Utah This floral Invasion together with a monster bouquet presented to Mr Bamberger at Centerville by Agent end and Mrs John Bettridge gave the and span cars the Ufe appearance of greenhouses The train rolled on with its load of ot fair prisoners until Ogden was wag wagI I reached where arrangements were made for tor taking the Bountiful girls I home on another set of cars The Per Persephone PerI Persephone I club was headed by Miss Lila Ua i Mitchell president and Miss Blanche I Lewis vice president The other mem members memI members bers in their party were I Mrs Ei Ea E Armstrong Mrs lIrI Nellie Bur Burton Burton ton and Misses Orphelia Lewis Myrtle MyrtIe Willey WIlIey Rosa Hosa Feller Patient Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong I strong Ida Day Ella Howard Pearl Smedley Rose Hoagland Jane Holbrook Hol Hoi Holbrook brook Iris DIckerson Jennie Spencer Lila Howard Katie Hall Maude Wright Hazel Wright Lily Fernly Eva Feller Jean Wright Lily Dawson Edith Dawson Florence Ida Garrett and Vivian Rampton Hilarity on 01 the Way The presence of the young women added to the gaiety on the remainder of ot the out trip and it was with re regret regret regret gret that were said at Ogden In Mr lIr Bamberger s party were Simon Bamberger president of the Salt Lake E Ogden Railway company Sidney Bamberger vice president Herman Bamberger Joshua B Bean secretary W TV J T Barrett and E B Critchlow counsel for the road Dr DrS S C Baldwin chief surgeon L Brand enberger of the Telluride Power com company company company pany which temporarily Is furnishing the motive power H IL A Strauss of the Falkenau Electric Construction company Chicago which company had the contract for electrifying the Bam Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger berger line P D Kline general su superintendent superintendent superintendent of construction of the Falkenau company who had charge of the train Mr Carr of ot the General Electric company Mr Foulks of the Westinghouse Electric Construction company com pan and a number of ot newspaper newspapermen men from Salt Lake and Ogden papers The train was operated by Motorman Kui Ku kel and Conductor Stone Welcome at Ogden Mayor William WlIIlam Glasmann and a dele delegation delegation delegation gation of of which news newspaper newspaper newspaper paper men formed a large part were on hand when the interurban reached the Junction City and it was with regret that they learned that plans which Joseph W Bailey superintendent dent of the Ogden Rapid Transit company com company company pany made for a trolley trip about town and for a trout dinner at the Hermitage could not be carried out on account of lack of ot time Mr Bamber Bamberger Bamberger Bamberger ger having arranged for tor luncheon at atthe atthe atthe the Lagoon After seeing the girls from Boun Bountiful Bountiful Bountiful started on their return trip amid amida a waving of handkerchiefs and flowers flow flowers flowers ers the special car party inspected the new power house at Ogden Oden The return trip as far as Farming Farmington ton was another happy feature A speed of 59 miles mUes an hour was main maintained maintained maintained part of the way from Ogden Farmington was in her prettiest green summer dress and the Lagoon never looked more entrancing than when the party wended Its way to the dining pavilion Bamberger as Toastmaster Mr Bamberger presided as toast toastmaster toastmaster toastmaster master during Informal talks that were made male by the guests following a splendid splendid splendid did luncheon In starting the oratorical cal ball rolling the host admitted he was anxious to make a speech He referred to the fact tact that there has lias been expended in the thelast thelast thelast last year on the road and thanked the newspaper men for their assistance on which he said he always could rely When there Is something I would rather not have the newspaper men print said the president I 1 ask them lot not to print It and they dont I have round found that honesty is the best pol polley policy icy ley cy In dealing with them the same as asIn asIn asin In dealing with everyone else The toastmaster also extended com compliments compliments to the he contractors the elec electric Tlc Ic construction people the railroads counsel and surgeon and to friends along the way from Salt Lake to Ogden The party reached Salt Lake about 9 I |