The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1891-12-25


miles of electric street railway, its lines
running in every direction from the center
of the city. One of the most important
changes made during this year is in the
rearranging of the overhead wire equip
ment, which formerly comprised but one
circuit or system. 1t is now divided into
six distinct circuits so that any electrical
trouble or breaking of the wire on one
circuit will not interfere with the operation
of the cars on any of the other five circuits.
Some four and one-half miles of the old
silvered-bronze wire, which was found to
be too small to carry the electric current,
has been taken down and replaced with
large size, hard drawn copper wire, and
i've miles of the new heavy copper feed
wire has been substituted for the old style.
In the way of rolling stock the company
has added six new and elegant cars from
the factory of John Stephenson company,
Of New York, to its already large number,
and has at the present time forty two
closed and five open cars, each equipped
with ffteen-horse power motors, On the
thirty-eight miles of road operated by the
company there are run each and every day
for eighteen hours, thirty-five electric cars
car is run amounts to los, so that the total
number of miles run each day by their
electric cars Is $3.50.
OF late considerable means have been
spent in charging the company's car
sheds and fitting up its repair shops with
machinery, tools, ETC., necessary for the
repairing Of the cars They have car shed
capacity for seventy-tivs cars, and have so
materially changed the appearance of the
old stables, by Transforming them into ma
chine shops that even if one of the mnles
should return to the old homestead to spend
his Christmas, he wouldn't recognize the
place. Ten thousand dollars worth of
machinery and tools have been put into
the machine shops, and many parts to cleo
trio motors are now made at home for half
the price they formerly cost when bought
from eastern supply houses.
The company have employed constantly
during the past year over two hundred
men, and have paid out to them in wages
something over one hundred and twenty
five thousand dollars
PoPPERToN PLACE FORT DOUGLAS RAPID
TRANSIT COMPANY.
This line is now about completed and
will be opened January l. The line is
about two miles long, running from T
street to Fort Douglas passing through
the Popperton place sub division to the
depot point, near the commanding off GERS
residence at the fort The committee have
arrangements to run through cars from
Main and Second South streets to the fort
The grade has been equalized and a quick
service is insured. Colourn, Skinner 81
Co. are the agents for the line and are
also members of the syndicate which owns
Popperton place. through which the line
runs, and in which extensive improve
ments have been made during the wear.
Eight thousand dollars have been spent in
grading, mile of streets made and some
fine houses built.
PUBLIC SCHOOLS.
City public schools have become a fact in
Zion The twenty-five district schools,
each under separate management wear
and half ago in this city, have been
united under the single control of a board
of education.
The problem of education is one of no
mean Importance The difficulties that
confronted those upon whom devolved the
control of the schools were many. The
capacity and the condition of the school
buildings were lamentably inadequate The
necessary conditions for the direction OF
the work of education under single sys-
TEN were sadly wanting Notwiths landing
the unfavorabe situation the outcome of
the first years work has been more than
gratifying. Seven thousand pupils are
now enrolled, housed and classified. Thirty
buildings have been provided, A high
school department with a faculty of five
has been established and well equipped
with apparatus and a library. The high
school enrolment is about one hun
dred. The course is one preparatory
to entering the leading eastern colleges.
The instruction in business and general
commercial lines is particularly strong.
Drawing and music are given special at
tention, and excellent work in these de-
partments is being done, as well as in all
the branches which compose a liberal ed
ucaton. The pupils are in class fer three
years. therefore there will not be any
graduates from the high school until next
year.
In all the city schools drawing and music
are now taught. The pupils tske to these
branches very enthusiastically, and most
gratifying results are apparent.
The board of education is composed of
earnest and public-s spirited men who are
fully determined to place the schools of
Salt Lake on plane second to none in the
country. The board is considering speci-
tcations and is soon to let contracts for
several more excellent structures equip
ped with the best and latest improvements
as respects construction. heating and sanl-
tation sum of 5000, COO has been voted
to be issued in school bonds. which will soon
he disposed of in some eastern market.
Nineteen new schoolrooms have been
added, and the sum of about So, 600 spent on