Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1906-10-26
Meeting Scheduled for Today
Brought no Developments
Whatever.
ANOTHER MEETING MONDAY.
lnterurban is Also Slow to Move
And Has Not Yet Filed Its Ar.
ticIes Of Incorporation.
Promoters. However, Declare Tint
There Is no Significance TO the
DeIay--Just Waiting

For the second time this week the
meeting of directors OF the Utah Light
Railway company was adjourned to-
day without any business being trans
acted. The meeting which was set for
10 o'clock this morning went over to
the same hour Monday. Seven direc.
tors were present and no business
whatever was transacted.
Considerable interest Is being taken
IN the meeting as It seems to be gen.
orally understood that when the meet
ing does take place finally that there
will be some changes in the personnel
of the directorate and that some def,
mite announcement viii be forthcoming
as TO just who is at the back OF the re-
cent purchase.
lNTERURBAN HOLDING BACK.
II Isl also regarded as somewhat sig
niticant that the new rival line is hold
ing back and the fling of articles OF in
corporation OF the Salt Lake Garfield
Inter-urban line Is being postponed
from day TO day
Messrs. Clark, Purcell, Bowen aud
the other promoters representing thu
capitalists behind the big scheme this
morning stated that there was no sig.
liicance AT the back of the delay ia
Ming Of articles OF incorporation and
that it was simply case of the wires
to and from the east working badls
after the storm.
In the face OF the big propositions
nfoat IN local rapid transit circles Sail
Lake gossips have been busy With an
Kinds Of rumors regarding what IS t.
| be accomplished by both the Utah
| Light a. Railway company and the pro
moters OF the inter-urban lines.
| DENY A BAMBERGER OPTION.
one story that came 10 the News
| from what seemed 20 be an absolutely
| reliable source was to The effect shat
ne promoters of the new lines had an
option on the Bamberger road 60 oe-
den. Details were forthcoming 20 III,
effect that the option had three more
weeks to run. ana was given f,iree
wee ss ago,
When seen Messrs. Purcell CLARK
| and Bowen ono aud an denied the
| story and stated that no negotiations
| ~ the direction OF acquiring the Sa n
! Lake & Ogden road were under way.
| no option had been given neither was
there a probability that they would
close any deal alons the lines rumoi
| ed.
BY WAY OF COMPARISON
] Considerable has been said .atri
moutal 10 The street car servh,e ~
salt Lake. consequently II Is interest
| ing to note by the report received
| from the Municipal lines Of Glasgow,
scotland which have always bpen
| held up as the model street car ser
/ vice OF the world. that that street
| car system serves i.050. 000 people IN
Glasgow against 5000 of Salt i.aI>.
| served by the existing lines In this
| city. by comparison with the report
| OF the Glasgow municipality IL is dem
| onstrated that Salt Lake operates one
siyth the number of car miles as
Glasgow, which means that the SER
vice 81 Salt Lake as II exists today
would in Glasgow take care OF dis
trict carrying o population OF $50. O0D
people. In other words salt Lake to-
DAY has n street car system about 2I
times bigger than Glasgow When tho
sizo OF tho two cities is taken into
consideration Glasgow Is tho city
which sent an expert 10 Chicago III
the request OF Mayor Dunn 20 pass
upon the propriety OF municiral OWE
efship or street car lines