Show Pop Popular u I Ia a r Street Car CarMan CarMan CarMan Man Dead Dea F IL FIL I I J- J 4 JOHN CROSSLEY OlIN ag d 66 55 for JOlIN J many years ears In the tho employ oC o othe othe the tho Utah nap Transit Company compan died ded unexpectedly at a IL local hos- hos hos hospital pital this morning at oclo o'clock k lie was apparently In perfect health having worked part rt of oC hi his shift liS as motorman on the Ogden valley road Monday and In the evening attended a safety safety meeting at the Moose hall ball Ho Se took the eighth Twenty eighth street car to gC 0 Rhome home and on the way was IS strick- strick stricken strick strick-rn strick en with apoplexy Ho lie was re- re re removed removed moved mO to his hia homo home and then to the hospital but never regained consciousness Mr Crossley had worked for the SD-me SD same compan since 1304 1904 and was in point of o service their oldest employee lb Ho was born In Bountiful Aug Au- AUE 26 1869 1569 the son of Jame and nd Mary Bentley Crossley Dc Il was a 11 of oC the L L D S church aJ DJ was a IL jev seventy ty lIe He H was also a zt member of the I 00 O 0 O 0 F land and the tha Amalgamated An A As- As As A's of an 1 l of or America Ho Is sur aur- vl ed by his widow Mary Jacob Jacob- sell Crossley and antI three s sons ms Ver- Ver Vernon Vernon Vcr non non J Crossley of Oc Slit SUt Lake John L L Crossley and Leroy A Crossley of oC Ogden Throe Thre grandchildren grand grand- grandchildren grandchildren children and three sisters also sut o Mrs Irs Lily Gale and MrsS Mrs S It IL Furniss of Ogden and Mrs JJ Ii M H of ot Grand Junction C Cob Funeral services will be held at I 2 o'clock In the tho Ninth yard ward chapel with Bishop V W V 0 Jackson fackson presiding Friends may ma macall call alt at tho the Lindquist chapel Wed Wed- Wednesday Wednesday afternoon and at ot the home 1065 Porter avenue Thursday and evening and Friday time of services Interment wilt be be e mado made In the City cemo- cemo cemetery tery lerY Cry Mr Crossley worked on an Ogil n street car for tor the tire first Into In when he operated a holso orse car There Thero was ws but on one nan man to the car Ho lie drove the mules nules or horses and collected the tho fares ares He recently recalled that the he horse cars were In competition lion tion ion with hacks and said that many times ho trotted trolled his team at atI ata 0 I pretty good clip to beat a 0 fleet of IC cabs to the tho railway station to Ick up incoming travelers Mr Crossley happened to tp bo be botho beho botho tho ho first to operate a car ear Upon tho ho Bamberger Damberger line He lie on Oil a IL C 1 car borrowed from roni the Ogden system which tho be company used use II to carry pas pas- passengers pas pas- engers from froni the end of ot the tho then I lainberger r steam line IIno In tIre tho part of oC the city to the tho theold old td Interurban station at lit Twenty Twenty- Twenty fifth fifth and Grant Gront At Mr Crossley's death he was as tho ho only man in the tho employ r or tho Ire company who had worked on horse orse and mule mulo m ulo cars ca He lie had holI afine a atine tine inc record for tor safety Recently 0 estimated he had not caused moro rore than ot of avoidable darn dam damage dam dam-aeo age go to cars in ht hij caro care during service and his Is entire period of ad never Involved the tho company In II a a 11 damage suit n |