Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-05-10
BAMBERCER LINE
BEING IMPROVED.
sjx,y.Pound Steel Taking the
Place Of Rails Used Since
The Opening
DALLASTING THE ROAD BED.
New Equipment Secured and Every
thug Ready for Years Buslsc~
At lagoon

There II something doing out along
Che Lagoon road" and when the line
opens for tho summer excursion busi'
ness an the 3c,h inst, there VIII be
srmothing IN the nature Of n surprise
IN store for those who have been aos
castomod TO making the trip between
this city ana Lagoon, the popular Davis
county resort, only during the warm
weather
IL win be like riding on n real rail.
road to 20 TO tho Lagoon this year as
lhe old light tO.pound rails arc being
torn up and replaced with the heavier
6o.pound steel, which has been received
from Pueblo AZ cost OF about $4,000
Acting Manager sidney liamborgor
and Excursion Agent Joshua Bean
pont yesterday afternoon at Lagoon
md from them the "Nows" learns that
n largo gang OF Greeks " engaged IN
lnylng the new track IN the vicinity Of
BountlWl and " making towards
Warrington and Lagoon nj the ratio
of nearly Il mile a day Nearly all tho
steel has been delivered, M II IN put
down another gang follows tho track
layers In levolng up and bnllasting tho
road bed. Several fills are being made,
including tho long trcsllo Just this Hldo
NJ The Lagoon station, 80 altogether tho
road IN being put M first class shape,
10Th for comfort and for tho making of
g,od time IN the operation OF trains,
Acting Manager Banbergor sNys that
NIL of tho company's rolling stock has
been thoroughly ovorhauled and ropalr-
ed, tho engines ana ears have been re-.
painted and have come out OF the
chops ~ good M new, 50 In the way
of equipment which consists Of eight
locomotives ana motors ana % cars, In
GLIDING freight and passenger, the Ia.
COON road" has never been IN quite as
good shape as II IN at the present time,
Beyond Lagoon, track has been laid
Tor a distance OF about -four miles. on
the extension TO Ogden NY the end
Of tho present week, the graders win
Do into K0ysyllle, and track laying 10
that point will be pushed without dc.
lay, II being tho intention of supt,
A. u, Plorsor 20 have the regular train
service inaugUratod that far very soon
after, II not on the opening day NJ la.
COON. Temporarily, the light rails now
being taken up VIII be used north OF
Lagoon, but later IN the year those
will be replaced by tho heavier steel,
IN making up the summer schedule,
Il IN the intention to run all the limited
excursion trains from salt Lake to
Lagoon through without making stops
Ut intermediate points az the local
lraill0 viii bo taken care OF by tho
train 10 be run through 20 Knyayllo
and the north end OF the road ns II is
built towards ogden,
Excursion Agent Bean has already
made q largo number Of bookings for
excursions during the summer, an un.
usually largo number, no states, for
this time Of tho year,
IMPROVEMENTS AT LAGOON,
While the Improvement OF tho rail-
road has been commanding "A whole
l0t OF attontl0n Az much moro money
s being expended IN making bettor-
nonls at tho resort. the most import
an, Of which In tho erection of a now
dancing pavilion NJ n cost aRgrcgatIng
close 70 $4,000 Tho building IL nj.
most completed ana viii add greatly
10 the appearance or the place by 10.
morrow night II everything goes we'll
lhe carpenters VIII have tho hard maple
noor lad which covers an area OF lO2x
40 leoh This represents tho s2e OF
the dancing floor, outside OF this In a
promenade, IA feet In width, The man
ogcmont has provided neAt drcssln,,
rooms for dancers, a convenience that
could not be had heretofore, The payil-
Jon 10 built OF steel frame and is there
lore much more substantial than the old
bnei which, by the way, win be pre-.
served az a place for the amusement OF
chllden ana Tor private dancing parties
considerable expense has been gone "a
NJ tho Improvement and bo0utlfylng NJ
thc grounds n hale cOrload OF now steel
row Ooatt have been 0rderd for the La
Hooh, and q groot many now benches
ana swings have been put IN, one dc.
oldo1 change, that win meet with pop.
war approval by patrons Of the resort
N The removal OF the building where
drinks Nro sold to the northwest cornrl
OF tho grounds, The building formerly
occupied q place near the entrance IA
mo grounds Manager Bnmborgor has
leased the resort again 10 Jacob Berger.
man. who will have supervision OF MI
lhe CONCESSIONS,