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Show HIGHLAND CARS M il TO OAKWDODGORNER Investigation of All Condi tions Involved in Extend ing Line Will Be Completed Complet-ed Shortly, Official Say. Investigation of the possibility of extending the Highland drive atreet-rsr atreet-rsr line east along Thirty-third I South street to accommodate resident resi-dent of the Oakwood district or the establishment of a motor bus line slong the same route, will commence In the nesr future, a a result of a rerjTieirf mTpTjy Tji wrence ftrrrtrm. secretary of the Nathaniel Baldwin. Incorporated, manufacturers of rsdlo receiving apparatus. Announcement to thia effect was msde today by H. F. Flrke. manager of the Utah Light snd Traction company. The proposed route for the new line extends east alone;. Thirty-third Bouth street to Twenty-third East, or to the Oakwood corner. The district Is reported to be build Ins up rapidly, there now being n course of construction con-struction between twenty and twenty-five twenty-five new homes, and the prospect of a much larger number beina started with the advent of the city water supply now being considered. RADIO PLANT FACTOR. One of the principal factors entering enter-ing Into development of Hii district la the Natlaniel Baldwin. Incorporated, Incorpo-rated, plant, locsted in East Mill Creek district. The plant now employs em-ploys about S50 men, a large number of whom live In Bait Lake and ride the streetcars to and from work. Payrolls of the factory will be awelled to inlud DOG nflmea by the first of next year. It is reported, y "Our policy la to serve this com-mtmitv. com-mtmitv. as every other we are In touch with, with adequate facilities, However, to build sn extension Into j any sparseiv settled community when the flnsndal condition of the I company is as It Is woold only tend to mske It worse. saM Mr. Dicks In commenting on ther"l""'- , "An Investigation of the possibility of complying with the request for sn -w,a,.ln in try the OakWOOd district j will be conducted aoon along two main lines. MAY RUN BUSES. First Extension of the Highland drive line from Ite Intersection with Thirty-third South street, with Its attendant installation of new power feeder llnea. trolley lines, erection of poles, lsying of trackage and pur chase of stroetcsrs. -Second Installation of a motor bus Una with regularly established schedules to connect with Highlsndj drive streetcars. The motor buses would be purchased snd operated I cheaper than streetcars. Such lines are now a part of street railway I systems In various parts of ths country. coun-try. The Baltimore Electric Railway operates successfully twenty-seven ' buses In this manner now." j Mr. Dicke explained- thst a report I to the l.oard of directors of the com-!pany com-!pany would follow his investigation, and sny further action on the matter would necessarily come from the board. |