Show I i lIN MAnS MAKES PH PROGRESS I Progress made by the Bamberger Bamber- Bamber ger Electric railway during the last few years particularly during 1928 has been rapid according to Julian M. M Bamberger president and general general gen gen- eral manager The line which operates operates operates op op- op- op between Salt Lake Was Vas built more th than n thirty years ago by the late Simon Bamberger former governor of Utah When tho road was built bunt and up until 1910 it was exclusively a steam l line ne After electricity was adopted in 1910 some freight was handled by steam until 1914 when locomotives locomotives tives for freight service were ere pur chased Since Spice that time all operations opera opera- have been by electricity It was not until 1917 that th the theline theline line became officially known as the Bamberger Electric The finest type of interurban passenger cars are operated at high speed covering 36 miles between Salt Lake and the Junction city making twelve to fifteen stops in 70 minutes C HOURLY HOURLY SERVICE Service is given hourly on the hour northbound hourly on th hour half-hour southbound and additional additional additional addi addi- hour half-hour trains are operated ed during morning and evening rush hours Frequent excursion rates week-end week and and Sunday reduced reduce fares mileage commutation and student tickets help to make the service popular The Bamberger Electrics Electric's motto Give the public the service it wants was maintained when it became apparent that much of the of the passenger passenger traffic had gone to the private automobiles The company in May 1927 Installed de bus service between the two points The buses operating are of the parlor parlor- car type six cylinders with a seating capacity of thirty-one thirty per per- sons While the buses have not yet had a fair fall trial it Is apparent the people in this section prefer electric trains although the bus busand busand busand and rail fare is the same ONE-MAN ONE CARS The electric trains are operated by one man But the adoption of one-man one operation has proved very successful according to Mr l Bam Bam- berger There has been no no confusion confusion con con- fusion with the one-man one cars Although passenger traffic has been continually falling taIling off freight tonnage is growing rapidly It Includes not only the development development development develop develop- ment of many industries along the theline theline line tine but also the providing of valuable valuable able terminals at Salt Lake and Ogden |