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Show V THE INTERURBAN LINE ! I IS NOW FINANCED J Electric Road Planned to Run From Salt J V Lake to Nephi, Passing Through Many Utah County Cities and Towns. X I Another stop toward the extension of a network of uloctrlc roads through Utah wns accomplished yesterday iu itti formntlon at a company.- to connect con-nect Salt Lake with Ncphlrtind towns -intervening in Salt Lake and Utnu counties by uti ulectrlc rullrcad, which will opernto In conjunction tvthi tho Bnlt Lake and Ogden road, tbo Bamberger line. With Oeorge Wbltmore of Nephi, chosen ns tho president-to-be, tho new ...company was fornicd yestctdri;' In the -offices of Simon Bamberger, president of tho Salt Lake and Ogden road. Mr, Bamberger will bo only slightly Interested financially In the new company, but a working agreement agree-ment .betwleen his road and the pro posed oi)o alroady has been settled . upon. iiirjy next week a petition for a franchise, to lay tho tracks through 1 Salt-Lata, will 1)0 presented to the cltycomnilssloncrs. If the franchise Is granted construction work on the lino wilt begin in March. It Is hoped that the lino will bo In operation by tho end of the jiear. . The proposed route, which ha J beeu survoyed, will partly circle Utah lako touch at Provo and Geneva Sprlngvillo, Pnyson.'elthier Ainericnii Fork or Spanish Fork and other Utah' -. county towns going' ns far ns-N.ephl EfjiA in Juab county. It is Intended to op-BK, op-BK, ernto trains every hour. Power hous-faP hous-faP cs will be I'Stnblished nt Sdlt Lnkn and nt Nophl. From' faephl to Logan. Completion of this road will connuct Nephi and the south with Logan and Hrlghum City on tho north, tho connection con-nection being mado via the Sail Luke and Ogden to Ogden. THENCE 0VI3K TItC OGDEN' ItAI'ID TRANSIT LINUS TO niUOIIAM CITY, AND ON TO LOGAN VIA THK PROPOSED PROPOS-ED KXTKNSION OF THE OGDEN BAP1D THANSlT-BltlGHAM CI'I V LINE TO THE COUNTY SEAT OF CACHE COUNTY. Traffic arrangements covering these connections havo been ugretd upon, and thoy will Involve not more than one transfer for passengers. It Is possible that a through train service ser-vice over tho connecting lines will ob-vjato ob-vjato any transfer of passengors on certain trains. As soon as the commission has Indicated In-dicated that a franchise will be granted grant-ed tho new company will bo Incorporated Incorpor-ated with a capital of $3,000,000, at least half of "which Will bo paid In. It Is estimated that 'the cost of construction con-struction and equipment will approximate approxi-mate 12,000,000 and, Upon iucorpora' tlon, tho company will ae prepared to contract for an expenditure of thla amount in' opening tho now lino ;o the public. i Tho Bamberger ltno-mid tho new ono will operate under sqpurato managements, man-agements, -ieach retaining Its , full Individuality. In-dividuality. The traffic arrangement, however, will result In their being virtually 'one'llnc'sofuns the. public Is concurned. i ? T Ueporls wero current yesterday to tho effect that David Ecolcs of Ogden and Jesse Knight of I'rovo, will take a band In tho enture. |