Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-07-24
TnE STREET CAR CRUSH.
Thousands Wanted tn Ride ut the
same Time Tremendous lam.

The rush for The street ears thls
morning was a record breaking, and
incidentally n heart breaking aifuir
the entire town seemed dcsiOus Of
moving Immediately IN tho direction Of
Liberty Park ana they proposed 10 got
thprc, oven " II NaB necessary 20 climb
en- 90 the roofs Of tho cars "a do NJ,
Tho scenes reminded one Of tho rush,
ON diminished sculo 10 Jackson Park,
chicago ON CHICAGO day at the world's
iolr Men women ana children, old
men ana maldous, without regard To
race, SeS or age or previous condition
of solYlludo were determined to board
tho cars for Liberty PARK at once, or
know the reason why
The conductors were poWorlcss, IL
was anybody and everybody scram.
pc ana nobody's care AK 10 details or
the probable segregation of attire, AR
long W they got tnora, So tho dear ana
needless public scrambled, fought.
pushed ana hauled like the crowd over
the East River bridge or on the elevated
trains duNng rush hours" ana car af-
ter ear hurried southwark with IT, prou.
louN burden of porspling personality.
,hlldron OF Immature ana toudor years
nuns over roar platforms llNo wet
uollN oul IN dlN' BOYS porchcd ON tho
packs ot seats Whorcon their mulhoN
ana sisters were packed ana Wodpol
w llNo pens IN a pod, and bent thor
necks over undor the car roofs, Womcn
ana girls stood on the side footbonrdp.
mon fashion, happy AT being able TO got
any foothold ut ALI and on ono cnr.
4 Rlldod youth eat perchcd over tho
heAdllRhi, uuorly needless Of possible
colllHlons There was ono small sized
episode m mat direction, whom two
cars bumped against each other ON Sec.
ond South street, and two punches OF
people made un imprOmpm start
hoOyunWhr1 No ono WOB hurt, how.
eyer Qnd such alarm os there was, was
short llyod
Early IN the game, Bomo genius
caught ON 10 the idea NJ boarding In
coming cars, ana by riding "a tho Short
llne depot ana the Warm Springs, they
would be sure Of seats ON tho way back
10 the park This Of course nocossItatod
paying outgoing Az well ~ Incoming
carfaroi but n dldnt matter, II Wng N
sure proposition ON getting to tho park,
and that was what the crowd was art,
or fho scheme worked all right. and
II was not long before tho general pub.
lie onught on aud hundreds ~ people
adopted that way OF getting there, or
course II was tough on the crowds that
waited No patiently or impatlontly IA
tho sun on Main street, hour after
hour but tho street ear management
got out every car M 20 run, ana some
with which they had TO take chances,
brought IN cars from other ines and
hltohoh w all the trallors, nut oven
thon the crowds continued 10 crush In
ana II was noon before lhoro wns nny
sign " 4 let up IN the stream of holiday
humanity bound 10 rcnch the park
Many people missed the parade, hut
they sntN the bin crowds, had walk I'm
the park ate popcorn, drank all tho
soda and snlapnrIlln pop within SIGHT
ana ont Of glght ana stood around on
the outskirts OF the vast audience nj
the plpnd, seeing an that wns going
ON, but not hearing much Then when
No celebration WAS over tho outgoing
sconus Of the morning were repeated
WITH variations ana toodeptalIOns to
suit the circumstances ana the trains
tn the lake ana IN Lagoon woto packed
for the remainder ~ Che day Tho Salt
Lake public was bound 10 have u day
away from home, ana they had H.