Salt Lake Telegram | 1936-02-18 | Page 12 | News from Neighboring Communities in Salt Lake District

V NEWS FROM NEIGHBORING COMMUNITIES IN SALT LAKE LAKE- DISTRICT I STUDENTS TELL TELLI I TRAIN CONDUCT FARMINGTON FARMINGTON The The problem of ol curbing misconduct of Davis high school chool stud students riding Bamberger cars still sun was undecided Tuesday a as s board members surveyed sur cur results of questioning asserted asserted assert assert- v ed ringleaders of tho students Ten boys said s to be the most persistent trouble makers were questioned by the tho board Monday at atthe atU atthe U the e suggestion of Hubert C C. Burton superintendent of schools No action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion was taken against the tho youths Their names were not revealed Questioned by Mr Burton the boys said most of the tho difficulties resulted from an overcrowded condition con con- and nd lack of supervision on the trains Reports that students have re refused refused refused re- re their tickets tick tick- fused to give conductors rs ets ts were declared false by the boys questioned although they admitted sometimes forgot to bring ticket books with them They bl blamed m d freshman students for pulling tho the emergency c cord and stopping the train on various occa occa- Somo Some of the boys boys- admitted breaking train windows and riding on n- n the outside of ot the cars School board members said they had bad received complaints the s stu students students stu- stu u. u dents were playing cards on the ears cars with tickets as stakes and that ro rocks ics had been thrown from tram the i tops ps of the cars through the windows windows windows win win- dows of homes bomes and greenhouses Thomas E. E Williams district clerk cleric told the board he counted no 1 O students and 25 other passengers p gers in one car one day Superintendent Burton announced after fter the meeting that the tho Bamberger Bamber- Bamber had promised to add ger company another car to the train between Layton and the school Possibility that the district may abandon railroad transportation entirely entirely entirely en en- was seen In the statements of two school board members The district pays the railroad annually for transportation expense Ezra Parrish arrIsh Centerville and R. R W W. Adams both favored seeking other means of transportation for fortI forthe tI the thc students The rite controversy over misconduct of students and responsibility for policing the cars reached a near fatal climax two weeks ago when Miss Miss- Barbara Wood 18 18 of FarmIngton FarmIngton Farm- Farm Ington was injured when she fell feU while climbing from the steps atop's of ot- otone one car to o another nother The girl fell tell away from the thi train a wheel crushing the heel of one foot