Show The East Bench Street Railway Company The East Bench Street Railway company is i in a flourishing condition notwithstanding notwithstand-ing the close money market A franchise was granted several months ago by tho city and county for a street railway from the southeast corner of Liberty park to the penitentiary and thence south on Eleventh East to George Crismons farm The country coun-try along the line of the proposed road is building up rapidly Many fine homes have lately been built on Eleventh East and vicinity of Sugarhouse ward The opening of the Rapid Transit line on Ninth East street to Forest Dale has developed a splendid business already and the completion comple-tion of the line on Eleventh East street will give the people of that city splendid transportation facilities Notwithstanding the discouragement met with in pushing new enterprises during the present pressure of money tho projectors of the East Bench Street Railway company are meeting with good success A great many property owners have already subscribed sub-scribed for stock in the company and others oth-ers are considering the matter and will sign in a few days I is confidently expected ex-pected that tho list will be closed early next week and the road pushed to completion comple-tion Among those who have signed are tho following propertyowners the southeast district C E Wantland H M Mc Cartney C F Loofborrow E B Wicks D S Spencer Henry Sadler W H Irvine Ir-vine J TMcNary George Crismon B H Goddard J H Clive J 1 H Winston Ralph E Hague Boyd Clark John R Smith J H VanHorn Richard Siddoway Jensen Hanson G E Pago George Nailor F W Ross B W Driggs jr F M Hol land David P Anderson W W Knight James D Edwards N S Scolield H C Lett and J H Bacon I names are indic tive the success of the enterprise is well wel nigh assured and we may look for the es taDlishment in the near future of a track which will form the nucleus of a new streetcar street-car system for Salt Lake city After property owners put their hands in their pockets and build a street car line for the improvement of property rather than speculation spec-ulation the city council would surely bo favorably inclined toward granting any reasonable request for the additional franchise fran-chise necessary for such a line to reach tho centre of the city |