Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1901-08-23
PRESENTATION TO
0. P. ARNOLD JR.
Asst Supt, Of Consolidated Lines
Receives Token from EMPLOYEES
WORK ON STREET CAR LINES
Switches Put In and West Tempe
Line Being Extended -Transiefs
Soon wiz be Good

o. p. Arnold, Jr., assistant superln-
tendent Of the consolidated street cai
companies. was this morning public
~ caned before the assembled employees
OF the old Salt Lake city Railway
company. Mr.. Arnold was SO overcome
BY the incident that he was on the
verge Of shedding tears, but changing
his mind he pulled himself together ana
told tho street car men what he thought
OF them.
The occasion Of this demonstration
was the fact that exactly forty years
ago today Mr.. Arnold first SAW the light
Of day, II was In manner also IA
double event. for twenty-seyen year,
ago today he also first entered upon
service In the street car company IN the
capacity Of water carrier for the track
hands. In the face Of these facts the
employees Of the street car company en-
eered into a conspiracy and one OF
their number went round with a hat
ana each and every one threw In a
token of his esteem and regard In the
form OF current coin. With
the proceeds the boys bought a
poid-headed cane and had Il engraved,
then handing II over 20 JOS r. Mat
thews, supply agent and stOrekeeper,
they laid In walt for their unsuspeoting
victim at the power house. He was
caught bright and early and then Mr..
Matthews did himself proud as an ora
tor. In n few well chosen words he
~ 10 "a RI n1
all, wished to give him a small token
IN appreciation of the many things he
had done In their behalf Mr. Arnold
proceeded 10 blush deeper hue at
every well deserved compliment that
was paid him, and finally when the
cane had been duly presented, he at
tempted TO reply. His effort however,
was not quite so dazzling as that OF
Mr. Matthews, owing TO the fact that
he was trying to talk and swallow
something that was apparently trou-
bling him in the throat. simultaneously
He thanked the boys, however, heartily
for their thopghtfulness, and then pro-
ceeded 20 give them some good advice
When the incident finally closed, all
concerned felt that they would not
have missed IL for anything
TRANSFER SYSTEM.
The forces on the consolidated lines
are rapidly getting down TO work with
the result that the general public viii,
within few weeks be able to trans
fer from one line TO the other through
out the city. In addition 90 the switch
on Seventh South and East Tempe
street which was completed yesterday
the Rapid Transit and Salt Lake lines
have been connected by a similarswitch
az the Cannon corner on Seventh East
and Eleventh South so that now II Is
possible for both systems 60 run cars
to Calder's Park without transfer An
effort Is also beiag made 20 get al the
Rapid Transit ticket books In. but 1t
VIII be good news 10 holders to know
that probably by the first Of septcmhe
these tickets VIII be good on all street
car lines In this city,
LINE EXTENDED.
This morning a big force Of men was
put on at Ninth South and West Tenn
pie streets and the line will be extended
as far az Tenth South Just as soon as
the men can lay u, Superintendent
Read this afternoon stated that the
proposed extension Of the line TO the
Highland Boy smelter as lis first con
tomplated, win not be attempted this
fall.