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Show BAMBERGER TO HAVE NEW CARS , In anticipation of the heavy summer sum-mer passenger travel tin- management of the Salt Lake & Ogden Railway company yesterday placed an order for eight m-s cohiblnatlon passenger and baggage cars. The new cars are deemed necessary In order to make more perfect the half-hour service, re-centlv re-centlv established on the line. Th new electric locomotive that was ordered or-dered some time ago will be In use on the road within B month, after which there will be no further use for si earn lo omotlon on the road The new curs, ordered from the Mies Car company of Cleveland, are the finest that could be obtained, expense ex-pense being disregarded In their se lection. Thev have steel undernames under-names and are modern In every particular, par-ticular, with electric heal and light Each Is 56 feet In I'-ngth. weigh about 40 tons and contains 100 horsepower motors The electric locomotive is to assist the one already in use in handling hand-ling freight and produce. Among other improvements on the lines of th- company is the work 'of double tracking. Heavj shipments of rails are being rei Dived and the double dou-ble track work on the Bountiful e-.-tension is being rush.-,) as fast B.8 the weather will permit. Work on the new steel aud concrete bridge across the Weber river at Ogden will be completed com-pleted by the high Watef season, work being rushed there day and night. |