The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1883-12-23

at least of the proposed route an
founded. The company, we under
stand. If itgets the light of way and
concludes to build the road over
the aqueduct. proposes to fence it
in on both sides, and thus make it
much less dangerous than it is now.
AS it stands at present teams are
liable to shy into it at any time and
thus endanger not only property,
but life also. Children and
grown people are seen at all hours
of the day, and some few of the
night, dipping up water from the
creek at the imminent risk of being
drowned, especially during the vim
ter and spring seasons. aud il COM
parison proves anything, all know
too well that the aqueduct is far
more dangerous than any railroad
of the same length. We do not re-
member exactly how many have
been carried down by the fcrce of
the current and drowned, but be-
lieve it to be something like three
or four since the aqueduct was
built, and in that same time we do
not know of a single case wherein
a child has been run over by the
cars, though the tracks in this city
are all unfenced and are many miles
in length. The only accident of
the kind that we can now call to
mind is that Of he man who stood
on the track running up to the
Temple block, and facing the ap-
preaching engine, waited until it
ran over him. This can scarcely
be considered an accident. Butt
still the railroad company saw fit to
draw up their loads Of rock with
oxen for some time thereafter in
order, We presume, to prevent a |
similar occurrence in the future,
which according to the
doctrine Of chances would mott
likely occur in the next million
years. But before we leave this
point, we may as will state that a
train in passing occupies but few
seconds, and altogether in the course
Of day. the danger at any one
point will last but the few seconds.
even if children do climb over
he fence, while now the danger of
drowning lasts the whole year
'ound and every second of the time,
md especially in winter when the |
,anks are so slippery that it is
dangerous to approach them. The .
greatest risks to life will be incurred ,
q the goth ana 21st wards where :
he railway will be so near the ,
lwelling houses and where the :
idewalk is not separated from the -,
wagon road by ditch. so that a
,hild coming out on the street can
carcely do 90 without coming in
ontact with the track. The idea
hat men and women coming down :
or water are liable to be ran over ;
y the trains is too chill dish a rea~ 6
on to consider for a moment. We ;
night as well prohibit teams from i
unning through our streets for fear
f injuring people that are passing. g
If the road were built on either 7
ide of North Temple street, it +
would practically destroy the use of {
hat side for teams as the street is
'retty well filed up as it is now. :
We certainly would not favor the I
of road on either side of .
street so much used by teams. :
And farther east where there are .
10 sidewalks the only eligible loca- =
ion at all is over the aqueduct. !;
,he steep grade Of nearly the ell
ire road would makesit dangerous
q case cars should become un- =
oupled. This is an argument we =
elieve, of great weight unless the I
can provide some means :
f averting the danger entirely.
When we get beyond the blacks :
mith shop, the road will run di- !;
eetly through the most picturesque, :
hough very small part of town,
nd assuredly the people who have
one to Sd much expense in order to
rocure and build for themselves
Iomes in this central though re- i,
ired part of town would not like to ,
ave a smoking, putting, and noisy
ngine with its train Of loaded cars !;
estroy the calm and quiet of their .
ZONES by passing over the lawns in :
ront of their houses OF through :
heir gardens in the rear. This is a
nost serious objection, and one