Inter-Mountain Republican | 1906-12-19 | Page 4 | Growth of Cities.

OP CITIES Nothing so 0 Impresses sC n a realization of ot the thC rapidity with wih which cities lt grow grow- as the study tn of the street treet car ar problem Chicago Is Iq 1 a case In point Twenty years ars ago there wo was only one cable car line lne In that city All Al the rest rRt were vore wre horse cars CrR Electric cars of course COlN were soIe unknown In twenty years years- ar twenty t miles of oC coble have havo been Installed more than two hundred mlles of electric ln lines are ore In use sixty miles of ot elevated toad road uro Ul In operation The TIl burse hUNe cars eRrs have hove vanished anti and anc the hO Increased equipment equipment equip equip- ment Is 18 handled with wih a vasI vastly Increased ed 11 speed PIT Every ear car Is crowded even e with viti the Ow one minute service at the town down stations And AntI yet t th the transportation problem is Ig In unsolved The city has not able to keep klep up with wih the increasing volume volum of oC traffic The h cable e lines of that city serve the three great at divisions dl of Ir the lie city ity- ity l- l north south and west with Ith wih deflecting lines hues to the Ut northwest and to the southwest rhe These ca cars provide tho tile very ery worst street car service known to any city in the nalon nation The They arc slow the cars are e red by age and the rails rais are uneven en antI and rough Broken cables are common and a cessation ces ces- of or traffic at at atthe the the ru rush h hours Is the ll expected Incident of every day Jay There is a suggestion for Co or Salt Sai LI Lake LakeIn A AIn In 10 the condition which hichi confronts Chi Chi- Chicago cago cage With lh our wide sile streets the transportation problem never could be he hp er very serious I if only an adequate number of ot cars were Wr supplied d so that thata a U very frequent nt service servie I could I be he de depended 1 le- le d on This cl city Is going to 10 grow vl very ery r rapidly Our 01 people are arc generous of the he the street curs Thc They dE deserve en th the lie hp best t cars a n quick schedule sched sched- ch cul c- c ul tile ule and anti a halla ballasted track that will willit wi it at at I last Ii-ast ast be he better belI than hail Chicago