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Show o. 1 1 mm is III STEP AHEAD Extension of Lines, Automatic Auto-matic Signals and Pay-as-you-enter Planned. Special to The Tribune. OGDEN, Dec. S. The completion of the proposed extension of the Ogdcn canyon lino to Huntsville. the construction of tho Logan line, a new automatic block signal sig-nal system for the canyon line and the putting of pay-as-you-entor cars on the city lines is a general outline of the Improvements Im-provements Included In tho programme of tho Ogden Rapid Transit company for tho coming year. j The announcement Is made by Manager I D. Kline. According to this officlnl, the survoys for the proposed Logan extension from Rrlgham City havo already been completed com-pleted and work will surely be started early In the spring. Tho company also contemplates the early completion of the lluntsvlllo line. All of tho heavy grading grad-ing and blasting for this lino has already boen compIetcdT nnd Managor Klino is of the opinion that It can be completed within sixty days after actual construction construc-tion work Is started. During his recent trip east Manager ICllne arranged for tho purchase and delivery de-livery of six new cars of the pay-as-you-cntcr type. In addition to these, all of tho modern cars now In use will be converted con-verted Into this type. Another important impor-tant Improvement for tho coming year is t lie reconstruction of the lines at Washington Wash-ington avenue and Twenty-fifth street, regarded as tho heart of tho local system. sys-tem. At a cost of 515,000 the Intersection Intersec-tion will be double tracked to permit of better handling of cars at this point. |