Show ISALT SALT LAKE STREETCARS A MENACE TO 10 THE PUBLIC DECLARES I CITY IJ PHYSICIAN lING ACTION NEEDED City Physician King King- Ig Is emphatic In his denunciation of or the street cars now I In service sence here and declares them to be bea a menace to the public health In an nn Interview today Dr King said for Cor The Telegram TH THERE nE ARE ONLY TWO vO KINDS lINDS OF or- CARS CAllS IN SERVICE IN SALT LAKE CITY THEY AR ARK ARI REFRIGERATOR CARS AND AND AIRTIGHT I CA CARS ns IN THOSE OF 01 THE THI FORMER FOHMER CLASS THE fUE PATRONS ARE AHE EXPOSED EXPOSED EX EX- POSED TO THE MOST INCLEMENT WINTER R WEATHER WITH NO PROTECTION FRO FROM THE COLP COLl WINDS THAT HA T BRING DUNG COLDS IONIA AND EVEN CONSUMPTION CON CON- SUl WITH THEM THE IDEA 0 OF RUNNING OPEN SUMMER EXCURSION CARS IN WINTER MID nD- nD WINTER IS IS' IS PREPOSTEROUS AND WOULD PROBABLY BE TOLERATED TOLERATED TOLERATED TOL TOL- IN OTHER NO-OTHER A AMERICAN CITY OF THE SIZE OF SALT LAKE THE AIRTIGHT CARS ARE A POSITIVE MENACE TO THE HEALTH OF THE rIlE COMMUNITY The They are areo provided with ventilators which arc are seemingly considered to b be ornamental rather than useful These ventilators tor arc are seldom or never never opened opined regardless of or th the crowded condition of the cars Take for Cor example th the cars that run from the southeastern part parl of oC the city to tho the high s school l l These rhese cars ars are arc packed to suffocation n morning and night b by the tho pupils going to and nd from rom school man many of or whom are comp complied compelled lIed to remain standing standing- during th the entire trip The passengers rs are packed Into the cars as as closely closely closely-as as sardines In a box and andARE andARE andARE ARE COMPELLED CO TO BREATHE AND RE THE TIlE FOUL FETID FETID FETID FE FE- TID ATMOSPHERE AI FROM FRO WHICH T TIlE THE VITALITY hr ill AS BEEN rum EXTRACTED EX EX- A O WHICH I IS IH FREIGHTED POISONOUS POISONOUS' G GERMS En 11 S. S i- i fc 4 These condit conditions arc are favorable Co for propagation tion of oC dl dieLe and expose hc passengers to contagion In every cry form I Such rrt ht h be alleviated alle In Ina Inn ina a n measure I If th the a taw ductor cm of QC the curs cars were to take tak the c to lo open th the th then ventilators ven en enI en- en I In the tops o of the CJ ears cars s 's rind nd permIt permit per per- er- er mit their ventilation The The- only ventilation ventilation tion man many of them theft n now nv nv get sel Is that afI afforded afforded af af- af- af forded Corded h by imy t the e conr o or oy passengers a I when op opening the d org Again the effect of leaving a car that I 3 it heated by a a. t packed con reg-a. reg lion ion and emerging Into the chill chili and perhaps the rain or snow now outside Is t tI to expose the passenger to cold and liability lia lIa- ha- ha I I of contracting pneumonia and other othel diseases HEALTH AND DECENCY REQUIRE RE RE- QUIRE QUInE THAT PI PEOPLE SHALL NOT DE BE CROWDED INTO SO S SMALL A COMPARTMENT COMP AS A STREET C CAR CR R ABSOLUTELY WITHOUT VENTILATION TION YET IT IS BEING CONSTANT I. I LY TX Y DONE ON THE STREET T CARS CAns CARSI I OF THIS CITY |