Show I I i ATTACKS STREET RAILWAY I Traveling Man Says Depot Cars Run RunAway RunAway Away From Passengers Th rh Salt Lake street railway system system tem tern is the limit said Ferris Hale an Omaha traveling man yesterday I J Ican Ican can un why a corporation would ignore the convenience and com corn comfort fort tort of the public for the purpose of ot making money but I cant understand why it should slight the public and de do deliberately deliberately turn its back upon profit That is what the Salt Lake street str et rail railway railway railway way line is doing Monday afternoon I reached Salt Lake on an Oregon Short Line train tiala It was about 1 There were about other passengers A street streetcar car was standing in front of the depot Just as we e reached the curb the car started away with only two passengers passengers passengers gers aboard Had it waited one or or orvo wo two vo minutes the car would have been filled NO other car was in sight so 50 many of us walked up town I looked back after I i reached South Temple street and saw that the sidewalk behind me was filled with passengers who had de do decided decided to walk wall rather than wait for the next car It is safe to say that half the passengers walked That meant a loss to the c company of 5 If It the same things occurs several times a 3 day the total loss to the company every very day must be considerable In the course of ofa ofa ofa a year this sum would pay for tor sub substantial substantial improvements if it it were not allowed to slip from the coffers of the street railway company I have made many visits to Salt Sal Lake and have frequently had the same experience It seems to me that it would be an improvement to hold the cars at the depot at the time of the arrival of trains unless the company is able to maintain a n more frequent schedule |