Ogden Daily Standard | 1909-03-20 | Page 1 | Obsequies of "The Last of the Trailers"

i OBSEQUIES OF "THE LAST OF THE TRAILERS' Chicago, March 20. The quicksten and thy dead march mingled In a weird and curious medley at the obsequies ob-sequies of "The Last of tho Trailers" in Chicago. After almost a third of a century uf continuous service, No. 73 made the last trip late last night 'on the lines of -the Chicago Railway's company and was forced, bucking and hurdling raild, to the last, to a fiery end. Surrounded by a" horde of people, sunk in the mud, defaced by bru'.al curio seekers, defiled -with kerosene, Jeered at and derided, tho nnelent vehicle ve-hicle which has carried over 1,500.000 Chlcagoans. blazed gloriously for a short time and then gave up the ghost.