Show TH THE LE Rapid Transit Company Purchases es Gravel Pit Near Willard to Get Material Ha Springs CutOff Will Be Ready for Traffic on January 1 The Tho Rapid Transit company has boon been delayed somewhat in tho the com of oC its cutoff to BrigHam City because b CRuso of a fL scarcity of or gravel groel for ballasting the tho roadbed across tho the country countr between Harris Harrisville ville Ille and Hot Springs Manager Bailey Balloy Balo states that It II will require about more cars of gravel grael to properly ballast the road and that in lu order ardor to get that quantity it has hasI I been bt en necessary for the tho company compan to purchase e and open a now new gravel pit near Perry Perr in the lh vicinity of WH Wil lard hard Tho opening of the tho pit has necessitated the tho construction of a track for quite a distance it having haYing been heen completed yesterday the gravel hauling beginning yesterday The now flew pit will furnish nil all the gravel gra el the company will need for a long time timeto I Ito to come conte say sur the officers and from this pit hereafter will II be taken tho the I major portion of or the tho gravel used by hy bytho hythe bythe the tho company in construction work on the various branches of ot the tho rapid tran trait transit transit sit system Because of or the delay in getting gravel it is stated by tho the company com pan it Is probable ablo that the tho rolling stock will not nol bo Lo placed upon the cutoff be before before before fore January 1 1911 huh but at about that time the regular service over the in Interurban interurban road between Ogdon Ogden and Brigham City CIl will vill be conducted en entirely entirely over oer thin the cutoff The Tue material for the crossing over the Ore Oro Oregon gon gun Short Line Lino at has not yet yot ot arrived but the rails will wll bo be cut so as to enable the crossing to lie vo safely made when the time Little comes to begin the service over the new route While the contract between the tho two companies regarding the Lie crossing has not been boon definitely closed anti and determined upon the Short Line people have submitted articles of agreement to the Rapid Transit com corn company IHm pany and tho officers of the latter company have hare accepted them and af fixed their signatures to them All An that thal remains to be done clone now not to con consummate summate the deal Is the signature of the tho railroad company and and a return of ofa ofa a copy of the tho agreement to the Ogden company compan The Tho steel for the tho crossing has been ordered and ami it is expected to arrive here at most any an time The stations at Ogden and anti Brigham City are arc In readiness for the improved service the station at Ogden having recently reC n lly been beon handsomely equipped for or the accommodation of patrons of the tho road A comfortable waiting room roomI has I been en provided pr anti and a d complete ar for lor the handling of ex cx express express press Including baggage ite been made mado The company compan will handle ex cx express express press and baggage up to pounds in weight ail an express compartment being I provided In the regular cars A cat car barn with a capacity for the housing of four cars has haR been beell built buill at Brig barn ham City afternoon Su Suo Superintendent Bailey Balloy Balle selected a place placa for tho office at City lt The Tile office orrIce will be near tho the end of the car line In the Box Elder Eider coun ty t capital It is again stated by the th officers of the tho Rapid Transit Transil company compan that as soon as tho the service gets gel well weB under way wa over the cutoff a one hour schedule including nil all stops will ull be maintained between Ogden and Brigham City Cily The fhe Ogden office and waiting room will be bo open from front S in the morning until 11 at night every day da |