Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1903-10-03
CONSOLIDATED RAILWAY AND
POWER COMPANY.

BY its many excellent and costly i'm
provements within The past eighteen
months, The Salt Lake Street Railway
company has demonstrated that 1t Will
not be satisfied with giving the people
a service that is simply ample FOR the
city of $4,000 inhabitants, but that In
It's many superb features IL will be sec
ond to none In the country. The i'm
proNements to the tracks in the paved
districts and the extension OF double
tracks on the entire system have been
made at cost OF Slg5,O00, while the
additional sum of $4,000 has been ex-
pended for all other improvements and
additions of new and modern rolling
stock within the same period; thus Salt
Lake Is furnished with a system which
Is superb, and this TO the everlasting
credit OF the company under the im-
mediate direction of the officials of the
| company, whose names are; G. l..
| Rood, president; w. T. Read, vice pres
| ident and general superintendent, and
| Joseph $. Wells. the secretary and
treasurer a, W. McCune aud Il. V.
| Mcclure, directors. All these gentlemen
are numbered among the most enter
| prslng and honorable business men OF
Salt Lake, whose purpose has been to
accommodate the public in every pos
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| efficient and profitable service possible
to the company, The extensive plans
| OF Improvement adapted by them have
| already proved the excellent capabll-
| ties and wisdom of their management
| Double tracks have been laid on Sec
| ond South street from Tenth East to
| Sixth West or the Rio Grande depot
on South Temple street from the Eagle
| Gate to Third West, or the oregon
| Short Line depot, on Third South
street, from West Temple to state
street, New double curves were put In
at the theater corner TO enable the
, state street cars TO be operated to
| main street for the accommodation OF
| theater crowds, and to convey shop
| pers and business men to Main street
without change. Also double tracks
were put down on North Temple
street from Fifth West to the Fair
| grounds, and double track was pat in
| on Second West from Fifth South to
| Eighth South, Tho network of curves
at the intersection Of Main and South
Temple streets which Is novelty OF
street railway construction, facilitating
the handling of large audiences at the
| tabernacle cost $500.
Heavy trolley and feed wires have
been put In the overhead line construe-
| tlon at II COST OF S[J,VUJ ana SfJ,UUU has
been expended for rolling stock. COM
prlsing II handsome modern, commo-
dlus passenger cars, seating so people
each the cars on all lines being equip
ped with the Hunter tenders, which
are deemed the most perfect Of any in
use. New car sheds have been erected
at cost of $1,000 on the site of the old
Rapid Transit company's car sheds as
storage sheds for cars, ana the oper-
ating department OF the entire system
Is carried on from the Second East
street plant The repair shops have
been equipped with an modern ma n
cry, including an air compressor for
cleaning cars. and $4,000 has been en-
pended In improvements on the car
barns, Travel has greatly Increased
with increased facilities and in con-
sequence the suburbs OF the city are
rapidly building, an invarinbe benefit
OF such public enterprise.
A trip over the lines of the Salt Lake
street railway reveals mahy points Of
beauty and interest. many OF them Of
4 historic fame. Notable among these