Daily inter mountain., 1900-12-18
VAUDEVILLE
CAR LINE
TRAFFIC FORMALLY OPENED
LAST NIGHT BY MEMBERS
OF THE PRESS.
THE NEW LINE
WILL PROVE POPULAR.
By An Easy Grade It Connects the
Hill Town With Butte-Manager
Wharton Complimented.

The new Walkerville car line OF the
street railway. which has been rusheo
so rapidly by Manager }. h. wharton
that many of the people OF butte oio NJ.
even know that such an improvement.
was in nrogress. was opened for the first
car. late last evening. 1t was mace the
occasion of a merry-making by the genlal
manager who invited representatives
of the local press. and few other guests
among them County Commissioners FER
rell and Mathews, to join IN lree rue
and other hospitalities in honor OF the
event The line has progressed SO rap
idly that the arrangements Tor lofihai
opening had not been thought necessary
when. 10, the work was done, ana the
opening had to be made without any
elaborate ceremonial.
The new line is one and three quarters
miles in length, lacking but few feet,
and is a continuation of the Excelsior
street line which has been discontinued
for some time past The cars will run
ont on West Granite street, thence north
on Excelsior, swinging out over the
snake-like hills in bewildering array of
curves, to overcome the heavy grade.
| 1t passes to the east of the new storage
reservoir of the water works, and then
turns to the right into Walkerville. just
below the towering dumps of the Moul-
ton and Alice mines. The grade IS a
| comparatively easy one, the heaviest
! grade being a short one of per cent.
while the average for the new line as
| whole is only 4 per cent. much better
one than the Centerville line.
The car schedule has not yet been made
! public, as the cars will run Wild for
! few days. until the needs of the line are
t decided upon. 1t is probable, however,
that 20 minute cars will be decided upon.
/ which Will give the people on the hill a
very good service. The ears will return
| over the Park street line. the same as
| the present West Butte service.
Manager Wharton and his able assis-
! tants are to be congratulated by the
+, city for the rapidity with which this pub
! lie improvement has been carried out.
| Barely 60 days have elapsed since the
| ground was broken, and the company
has expended some $4,000 in the work.
About 100 men We're employed in the con-
| struction The cars ride as smoothly
over the new track as over many older
ones that have been set-ed by long
! usage, showing that the r"oTk has been
we'll done.
j throughout the whole of WalkerVille
4 there was scarcely a resident left in any
of the houses as the first car came slowly
up the track. The streets We're lined
with men, women and children, who
turned out to welcome the coming of the
new line. and the dozens of youths who
raced along the street. threw snowballs
hung on to the rear of the car. and en-
joyed themselves generally attested tt
the fact that The new line would be 9
popular one Today a free ride is to be
given down town to all who apply al
Broughton's store. Walkerville. and the
line will be given a good patronage. TIL,
regular schedule for running will be an
nounced as soon as arranged.
In the congratulations rendered Man
ager Wharton over the opening of tn,
new line, Judge J. NJ. Kennedy, of Ana
conda, one of the guests of the party
wished that the company might have
thousand passengers every fifteen min
utes While this is not proba bility, tn,
energetic manager would soon find wa,
to care for even this number, and tn
, ! Inter Mountain joins in the wish tina
they may be taxed to their utmost, da
nd night