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Show OREM ROAD ORDERS INTERURBAN CARS Salt lake, July 29. Returning from the east, where he has Just placed orders or-ders for Intemrban cars and equipment equip-ment to cost more than $100,000, W C Orem, president of the Salt Lake & Utah railroad, said yesterday that the present staije of construction on the line Indicated that the road would he ready for business, at least between be-tween Salt Lake and Provo, by January Janu-ary 1, 1914 This date is by no means definite, though,'' said Mr Orem yesterday ' but with favorahle weather condl- Hons and no unforeseen difficulties we ought to have our rails laid by the end of the year Materials ore nearly all on hand or ordered and promised for early deliver., the right1 of way from Salt Lake to Provo Is dotted with construction gangs: and delivery of our cars has been promised prom-ised to start in November. I'ndei tneee conditions, we nope to nave me, line completed by January 1 " The ititerurban cars which w ere or- j ! dered lasi week by Mr Orem, are' regarded as the "last word" In dec- j trie car design, and they will contain I numerous features new to :he inter-mountain inter-mountain west, although a few of the special features are found In Interur-I Interur-I ban cars delivered In other cities within the las t few months General specifications for the cars: have been drawn up. although Some of the details of interior arrangement are yet to be decided on and representatives repre-sentatives of the car building company com-pany from N'lles, O., are In daily conference con-ference with tho officers of the Salt lJike & Ptan with regard to the -details. One of the features under ' discussion will be the providing of B buffet dining compartment on some of the cars In the general the cars will be constructed con-structed with side entrances, with all floors controlled by pneumatic device-, so that the doors of each car In a train can be operated by the conductor conduc-tor standing in the middle entrance of an one car. The cars will be sixty-one sixty-one feet long |