The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1890-12-25
Cars Tied Up.

The street railway situation is in very
peculiar mood at present. After all the
midnight fights and talk of immediate cleo
trio railway service in Ogden, it is newt
able that the pesky mule and the rusty
motor will for some time to come be the
only means of locomotion on our street
railways. For a time it was thought the
Ogden City railway would be electrically
equipped by the first of January. The
Jarvis Conklin Mortgage Trust company
trustees for the bonoholders of the road,
have the wires strung and the system al
most ready for operation, but all this work
has seemingly been done for naught as the
decisions of the court were such that they
were compelled to cease.
Mr.. Warren w. Corey, who was ap-
pointed receiver of the road by Judge
Blackburn, took possession of it yesterday
morning, but not wheel turned from the
time he assumed control up to last evening.
A committee OF employees waited upon
him in the morning and informed him they
would not 90 to their work until they were
guaranteed their pay. Mr.. Corey replied
that he would not insure them anything
with his own money. They went to MIR.
Gilbert and asked him if he would
see that they received their pay, tc which
he replied he had nothing to do with the
road since 1t was in the hands of a receiver
4 HERALD reporter called upon Mr.. Gil
bertin his Office in the First National bank
building yesterday afternoon, and found
him busy paying off the employees up to
date.
81 drew on the bondholders forSl. 500 this
morning, +" said Mr.. Gilbert, ito pay off these
men. l have everything paid up from the
time the Jarvis-Conklin Mortgage Trust
company were appointed trustees for the
bondholders TO date, and the public is wei
come to come and look through our books if
they think we have been squandering any
OF the funds. l am real sorry, continued
MIR. Gilbert to see the cars all stopped but
want the public to thoroughly understand
that it was not any fault of mine The re-
celver took possession of the road this
morning, and that ended ii as far as | am
concerned. l have no more connection
with the road than you have, and am glad
/ am out of it altogether.
Mr.. Corey hasstaken hold of the road,
and one of the first things he will have TO
90 is TO raise about 81 800. There is hardly
and feed at the barns for the mules, and
the supply of coal for the engines
is exhausted. There wasn't enough
coal to start the motors this
morning. The receipts of the road
viii not much moro than pay for the hay
and feed for the mules and the coal for the
engines, TO say nothing of other expenses.
as much coal as they ought to. In fact the
whole outfit is worn out, and will not stand
two months more use.
AS said before, l am sorry there are no
cars running. l am interested in seeing
the growth of Ogden continue. But if the
people can't have first class street cars to
accommodate them they will get disgusted
and the town will become depopulated.
Judge Rhodes stated that one of the oppos-
ing attorneys informed him that it was the
intention of the receiver to keep on using
the present equipments instead of com
pleting the electric system Mr.. Corey was
afterwards seen, and when asked if be
would make any effort to carry out the
plans of the Jarvis Conklin company in the
way Of changing the ROAD to an electric
system, he replied he was acting under the
direction of the court and that the road
would be run with its present facilities
Some new men were secured at O'Clock
and few mule cars were sent out.