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Show i, -o . Iflterurban Gars j Soon fo Arrive Icpot May He Lcaicd Across From Grant Hotel. manner AnJ,"tron- assistant general manager, with several others of the ForT'Ih": ""I0","' WOr ,U " Fork this week looking, up a depot 3m h r.traI ,0Catl0D8 woro "hown him, but those receiving most favorable favor-able consideration wero the Spnrtloy lhT'1e'l8torthooll'creekbed,aJ tho Chlpman corj.or, Just cast of tho Grant Hotel. While nothing definite , Was clvnn nnf I. i . . .. e wu given out. It Is understood Mr y Arma-tiroB favors the Chlpman cor- ner, though some other location may be chosen, j A depot slto has been purchased In Lchl on Third North between First f Second West streets; also one in Woaaant Orove on tho south oldo of Depot street, Just west of tho Alex Thornton home. Desirable. terminals In Baft Lako ?hncan r'PiV haVe hoei1 8ccurc(l-The 8ccurc(l-The Salt Lake terminal 'wIM Lo used It lyuy, T SaU Lak0 & u"h "" tho Salt Lake & Ogden (BamLorger) hv8S' oTh.? ",te Waa bou8ht recently by the Salt Lako Terminal company, , a corporation owned equally by the l two electric roads, which will connect , at Suit Lako City. ' -MnArm,trong said that President lc'rwSrWsh.ptahl? jroad In this city In fivo days. They arc all steel, sixty feet long, divided Into three compartments, for baggage and express, for smoking and for gon-oral gon-oral passenger accommodation. Tho J cars aro gasoline motors, of ICO horse-' power, will Beat fifty-four people, and I are painted tho standard Pennsylvania railroad Indian red. Tho cost of each car Is J1C.G00. In addition to these, sovon cars will bo shortly due from Nllcs, Ohio, manufacturers, electrically electrical-ly propelled, and ofjtho samo gonernl stylo and slzo as tho gasoline motors. Mr. Armstrong says the new road will begin operations some time noxt month. Tho road Is now completed from SaU Lako City to Provo, the last gap to be filled In bolng tho brldgo ucross tho pond at the Lehl sugar factory. The line has been laid out so ns to (Continued on page .) H Interiirban Gars Soon fo Arrive HB- (Continued from first page Am ForlO HHY glu umiibimII) Ioiib stretches of tan- ftftK gent, or straight track. Willi tlu eX. ftftftt ccptlon of ii grade of one and ono. ftftftft tirlf iter cent nicessary to ascend H t'rovo bench, the heaviest gride Ih ftftftf eight-tenths or one nor cant K Private right of way for 'the llm- Ikih been bought for tliu entire dla- ftftftf tniice between Su't I.uko city and ftftftft I rovo, except where the road passes .through cities mid towns. This makes E possible faster time and greater safety than where h line follows a nubile W highway. ft The catenary typo of lint! construc- I Ion, will be UBcd overhead, and the ft energy furnished to the motors will be 1,000 volts direct. Ail-steel pussongor cars of tho latest ft type, sixty feet long and weighing ftftft forty-two tons each, will bo used. They ft provide wide, comfortable scats.' The lino from Salt Lake City to ftftftf 1'rovo is nbout foity-nlno miles long. ft heaving the Salt Lnko City terminal. ft tho line runs south on First West ft street to o short distance below Tenth ' ft street. It then runs southwest to 11 point eighty rods west of the Redwood ft rond, which it parallels at this dls- im muco 10 a poini just south or Rlvertou. It next winds through Jordan .Nnr- rows, still keeping to the west side f the Jordan river, untl' It reaches a point near tho Fairfield branch or the BE amt Lake Route, where it crossos to tho cast side of the river. It crosses the Salt Lake Route at grade and the Denver Rio .Graudo under grado proceeding to Lehi, tho sugar factory! ftf American Fork, Pleasant Grove and ftf LlnUoit. It thou ascends Provo .bench, traversing that rich agricultural terrl-ftj terrl-ftj tory, and ends in tho business district ftS of i'rovo. It will bo continued to Pny-B Pny-B son, via Sprlngvllle, Spanish Fork and ft .Salem, tho ultimate plans contcmplnt- Ing mf extension to Nephl. The new road will serve ut the be- ftVft ginning a population of ubout 60,000 J porsoiiB south of Salt Lake City. The ftft road will ltsof undoubtedly develop a ftft heavy additional population. As tho ftft only Hue between I'rovo and Salt Lnko ftft City which reaches tho western side of tho Jordan river, it furnishes trans- ftft portatiou to largo ureas of valuub.o ftft land not now under cultivation. It is ftft tho only lino that touches several prosperous communities In Suit Lako ftftftj and Utah counties, and it passes dl- IftS rectly through tho towns. The steam ft lines, in most Instances, reach -only the outskirts of these places. ft Development Sen Ice. ft Early development of a largo area ftft of land west of the Jordan river and ftft reached by tho now road Is exppctcd ftft to follow tho completion or the new ftft cnnals or tho Utah Lake & Irrigation" ft company, which Is now constructing n ft largo Irrigation system. Other Jnrgo ft , areas along tho lino will be slmllurly ft benefited. I Tho Salt Lako & Utah will givo ft hourly train service, which will do ft much to increase trado and devclop- mont in its territory. Tho many cholco products of tho rural communities will ftft have n ready outlet to market, and J shopping facilities for rural residents J will bo so greatly Improved as to bring , much greater patronage to merchants In towiiB and Villages. J The new lino Is oxpectcd to prove n favorlto for tourists nnd pleasure seekers. Its location gives the trav- - ft r elor an unequalcd vlow of tho Salt ftft Lako and Utah valleys, both of tho ftftj great lakes and tho finest peaks of the ft Wasatch. It will bring Utah countyV J many and doBlrablo recreation plncc- J within eaBy roach of Salt Lako Cltv ftf and will make, the city's attraction! ft) easily available for residents In tho pj smniicr piaces. uity and country allko will share In tho benefits. j Electrification or tho lino will not j bo completed until nbout April 1, nnd j gnsollno motors will bo employed un- J til tho electric current Is"' available. J Tho road has mode a flfty-yenr con- J tract with tho Utah Power & Light ft company ror electrical power, ft Tho Salt Lake & Utah will ho a part ft or an Important north-nnd-Bouth dec- ft trie system, which will ultimately be ft about 225 miles long. Connections ft will bo made at once with tho Bnm- J bergcr rond. which connects with tho ft Ogdon Rapid Transit linos at Ogdcn, ft giving scrvlco rrom Provo to Bingham City. With tho Salt Lako & Utah ox-ftft ox-ftft tended to Xophl and connections cs-ftft cs-ftft talillshed with Cache valley lines oil ft tho north, tho moat populous nnd rich- est portions or tho stnto will bo trnv-I trnv-I orsed by tho olcctrlc rai'road system. o |
