Show FENDERS AS I T r A VERSI o LIFE SA SAVERS LIFE I Irr JL Y Seattle Editor Discusses ses sesa a Device Successfully Used on the Cincinnati Street Cars A well-known well Journalist formerly of or orthe the East East but now editor of or the prosperous prosper prosper- ous Seattle Star Mr Ir E. E H. H Wells Is Ig again visiting Salt Lake He has been an extensive l e traveler from the Arctic circle to the equator tor and Is a lose observer ob ob- ob- ob server erver of men and to things Salt Lake he hc says SalI strikes me as one of or the most beautiful and most IntE Interesting in interesting In- In tE r cities I have ever seen It Is just about bout the size of or Seattle and undoubtedly undoubtedly un un- un- un has a glan grand future Its location location loca loca- tion ion Is Ideal and with the thc new railroads finished which I understand are arc coming corning com corn ing the thc city do will grow grov row with steady stend strides e I have been spending some weeks In Eastern cities an and I can sa say there never was s-as a time when the West Cst was vas so ro much macli talked of The route to toI I Los os Angeles an and the coast via Denver and Salt Lake promises to be the fa favorite ra- ra avorie a- a orl vorie e one for tourists and I traveled with quite a number even In December who were headed for southern Califor Califor- nia Speaking of his paper the Seattle Star Mr Ir Wells says sas that the thc city has been very lI liberal In supporting It It Practically everybody e In town advertises adver er th the tho little fellows as well ns as the big ones fhe They advertise ertl c quito quite as ns much for foi the good I It t docs doc the cl city t as for the trade It brings to the advertiser Allour All Allour Allour our dailies dallies are nr chock full rull of business The Star Is II a penny penn paper It seems to tome tome tome me the da day of or priced high papers Is nearly nearl over I can almost predict the future of or a elt city by the theay way ay It supports Its cis It Is a common remark that the press of or Seattle made the town I found round the advertising ad business in the East booming bigger than ever e It Is astonishing the amount of mane mone money all cia classes es of or merchants and manufacturers ers era are arc pouring Into newspaper adver adver- Chan Changing the current of or his remarks Mr Ir Wells Ml said I see ee The Telegram Is discussing the street car situation here It strikes me that f sonic ome of the cars I have been riding riding rid rid- ing In here are ate quite the equal of or anything anything anything any any- thing In Chicago St. St Louis Cincinnati Kansas City or elsewhere here Your trouble trouble trouble trou trou- ble about the fenders tenders Is 15 a serious one but If one con cnn Judge by the success S of the fenders m nil the Cl and lI Cov Ington Inston electric cars there should be bc no whatever In equipping your our cars cals with a H p pel perfect feet automatic safety device de Pre President James C. C Ernst of that big line Is an tn old friend of mine lie claims that th the fenders have proven to he be an nb absolute fare safeguard against casualties or Injuries to persons struck by 11 the cars These fenders fende somewhat resemble In outline the cow-catcher cow ofu ofa locomotive The They are arc made 91 thin strips of spring steel which yield to the pres pressure ure anho anybody striking a against them and at atthe atthe atthe the same time pressing back a n plunger er tod rod which releases releaseR n a wire scoop coop This coop falls fails upon the tile track In front of ot the thi wheels and picks up tip an any per person on or or object in its wn way T I T have hll personally known of children being picked up by these scoops and carried without Injury for several hundred feet Ceet The Tue device cle Is 19 made mode doubly serviceable by hy automatic control and also subject to the control of the motorman who can drop the scoop b by pressing a button with his foot root fhe The whole fender Is neat find and In Inexpensive inexpensive In- In expensive and really has the appearance appear appear- once ance of a necessary arr part of the tho ear car |