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Show S!::iy .'.ail. Oiclity-Pcjiid Rcils to Be Put : in Piece Over Prcctically Entire System, Sys-tem, Replccing tlie 35-Pound Dcne- S!lc:ers; Order Sent by Telegraph. . : Sixty miles of the local street car system will be relaid with heavy steel rails within the next six months. The work of relaying the tracks will commence' just as fast as ihe. steel can b6 got to this city: The new rails will be Bixty . pounds in the residence district and eighty, pounds in the jiayed districts.' They will replace the present rails, V which weigh thirty-five pounds to the foot." , " 'The purchase of the new rails was authorized at a meeting of the new Hamman board of directors1 of . the Utah Light and Railway company held this morning. The u Asas telegraphed East a few-minutes later. ' ' " I. ras a "rash" order with tsstrno-icrs tsstrno-icrs V o start shipment at the earliest posoiL.e moment, and to" "keep 'em fOEing until the order Is filled. - .' The order calls f o nearly 25,000,000 rounds of steel rails, being one of the largest orders aver, placed from - this v section of 'the country. . The question of rolling stock was discussed' dis-cussed' informally, at the i meeting r this ttoorning) but no' definite action was taken tak-en as to what cars .should; be purchased. . The. members of the board present avere of the unanimous. opinion. t Bat the' Ifirst thing- needed was the .puttings of the tracks W'a properondltien' so .thai Car? tpuld liot hav "to be nJa 4 the5, re; &ir-shop . every .day or-twoo ,ae- count of being damaged by poor roadbeds road-beds and still 'poorer rails. ' It is a notorious fact that many of the -cars on the present system have to be sent to the 'barn because they are put out of commission by poor tracks. Low joints and high eenters are a con-spieu'oss con-spieu'oss part of the system at . the present time. These will be done away with as quickly as possible. - : The entire system, with the exception of. that in the paved district, will be overhauled and put in the finest of con-' dition. -, f i. Then will eome' the new. cars, which it is promised; "wyi-be the equal of any rn the United .States, j r . j A V -.IOBWe-X)eck ctrs, v ' ,- -' ' .'. ' - .--".Salt Lake will, likely see donble-deek donble-deek cars before the end of another year" was i the statement of .one ef the directors this morning. "Not-only .this, -but they will, have the opportunity of riding in' as' fine street cars at can be found anywhere in tbe.ebuntry before' be-fore' the end of another year. The first thing, however, is te get the proper kind of a track-on -which .to operate such ears. ' We have onlyUaken the first step in the improvement of .the system. ' Mr. Harriman and those whom he "represents are not in the habit of doing things by halves, and this system will be in Keeping Keep-ing with' the other Harriman interests." New Tie's Ordered. ' ' ' : ' The directors also authorized the purchase pur-chase -of several thousand ties-of -the finest quality. This is also a rush order. or-der. "" " " Those present at the . meeting this morning were: Vice-President F. L. Williams, L. 8. Hills. Heber M. Wells, W. W. Biter, T. G., Webber and D. E. Burley. W, H. Bancroft, W. S. Mc-Cornick Mc-Cornick and E. Buckingham -were detained de-tained on other business. r A $5.00 Atlas for 75c, What about that atlas? . You know, that your children should have one. - .' Isn't it a shame that they have.no good atlas for ref- -erenqe during their study hour? This will be prob- " ably your only chance to get a standard $5.00 atlas . for a small sum. Here's how you get the $5.00 atlas: Pay $1.65 and renew your subscription for six months at the regular price of 60 cents per month, or pay $1.00 and renew your subscription for six months at 75 cents a month. If you are not a subscriber, simply sim-ply subscribe for six months on the above-named jplan. ' ' " - Here's a way to get a $5.00 atlas for 75, cents: - Pay $7.75 for a year in advance and you get a $5.00 atlas free. ' . ' . If you hold a contract calling for an atlas, come; for it today. They are going fast. ' - To Country Subscribers. Any, subscriber outside the city may secure a $5,C0 atlas free by remitting $7.75 for a year's sub- : " -scription. - . e,.ii .ii- ' i ' ' ' ',M ii Let's Smash the Record. Salt Lake's; future is assured. Zib'n will have a' larger population in ten years than Denver. The moneyed men are investing their capitaLhere. More than $20,000,000 is now being spent in great enterprises enter-prises here and in the suburbs Things are on the go and the city is winning out. You can't stop her. Let every loval Salt Laker put his shoulder to the wheel and do his. part. Llofmon, Gentile and . Jew must line up and join hands in the fighting for Gait Lake.- Now isithe time to get in the work, and ; every man and woman in the "city should become a walking delegate for Salt Lake. -C If we do this we will win the race in faster time. We are going to' win -all right, but if everybody joins V in we will make the finish a memorable one, and we will smash the time record. "' v ' Get to work, you boosters. -Let's make it unanimous" - : |