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Show COFFEE AND FLOWERS FOR MOTORMEN Residents Along South West Temple Glad to Hear Cars Ramble. UP EARLY TO FIDE AS FIRST PASSENGERS More Frequent Service Also Al-so Comes With Opening - of Extension. ' Flower fruits, candy, coffee and cakes were amonf the things banded In bounteous quantities to tbe motoimen and conductors on this morning's shift of the West Temple atreet line of the 17 tan Light and Rallwsy company, between be-tween Tenth South and Twelfth Sooth streets. It was the day of the opening of the new eitenximi and many residents 01 the ri(i:)U served wrt up to greet the Hr.fcsr, wliu-ETefl IhreuT ou !! Urr trip at 6:21 o'clock thia morning. Before the first cr had reached the end of the extension the crew had at least a down hunches of flowers, while two women met them with hot rot'ee and eake and Insisted that they "have something" On the return trip others Sreeted the ear with coffee and cake, owers and frtiit. An honr later ninnr of tbe youngsters ea the street were out and insisted that the crew of each ear have some randy with them. A majority of the youngsters were waving flngs nnd for a pan or ine morning iney cneereu emj ear that passed along the street. The people were happy anil they showed it in msnv little ways. Home of the residents of tl'st section of the city who have been hoping, praying and petitioning pe-titioning for ft street car system for years, were so glad to see a car come along that they took a ride to town and bark, hint to Mir that they were among tbe first passengers on the new line erylce Is Mors Frequfnt . Is addition to having a rarline the people are happy because of the service estublished this morning. Instead of a thirty-mluuto service to Tenth Houtli there is now a tweiitv-rainute service to Twelfth Mouth. The new extension means that instead of the peeple south of Tenth Huittli having to wnlk to Htate st ret with the prospects of having to stand until thev leave the ear in the rite, they now have bot a few ysrds to walk for s ear. A trin over, the line this morning proved th.t I was in excellent condition. condi-tion. The rails nre of heavy steel and there was not a hitch in any way. An ofticer ef the company aaid this morning that It was nut expected that the extension wllulil be s paving prnpo-sitHia prnpo-sitHia at first, but tbut it was believed that, with the new line, ninny new homes would be built in that section and that after a time it wuuld pay. |