Deseret Evening News | 1901-11-01 | Page 2 | Hoodlums Grease Track

HOODLUMS PHRASE GREASE JAS 1 TRACK Boys nOY la i Nineteenth Ward War Endanger 11 Lives of Car Men Thor 13 s retribution n swift and sure In store t re tor for the tho gang of hoodlums lums In tn lh Nineteenth ward unless tho the practice practice tice Uce of ot greasing the tho street street car er tracks traces on the he h Center street hill hil Is 18 not stopped The he police have been notified regarding the matter undo und the first culprit caught red handed will wi be dealt deal with accord accordingly accordIngly Assistant Superintendent BUl Arnold Anold of or ortho the tho Consolidated ted Railway Power company this afternoon stated that the crews on the Center StroH Street cars rs hare hae ha e been In a it 1 state of ot panic panto for tor some ome sometime sometime time past on account of or the time actions ot of these th tha sc hoodlums who grease greato grare the tracks and tie tc twine across tho ho street on a alino 1 lino ilna In with wih tho the faces As soon as a I car strikes the greased grense rail rai It slides down owl hill hii with wih tremendous force torl he said and should a n wagon bo be 10 crossing the street treet at t the bottom c Qt f 1 the lull hilt the th car would simply P I K Clean Ien through It t It 1 Isa Is n wonder onder that 1 r f ech 1 d accident b fore ter arC hIl Continuing C he said sah There Ther Is ts not only tim the dango attached d to thIS t bl hardy and criminal on en the part of the boys Q who 10 should know bet better better ter tot but u t there Is II also a I great gr n delay In Inthe inthe the tho running of ot the cars for tor on tho the return trip the men have hae to clean the rails nils and anc throw sand on them before the tho thoe e car will climb the hll hii bill again a aln According Acc rd g to the car men these thee ac ne action n tion biTs upon unon the part of certain boys bO In the Nineteenth ward have been go Ing Intervals on for f r over oer two months past at