The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-15
Conditions at SaItaIr Beach
Should Be Remedied With
out Delay.
THlRTY-MlNUTE TRAIN
SERVICE SUGGESTED
New Schedule Would Consider
ably Ameliorate Present
State of Affairs.

The Saltalr Railway and Beach COM
! pany still continues Its course OF mis-
| management and hazard: mIsmanage-
| ment In every department, hazardous
| because II exposes its patrons to con-
| tinual and unnecessary danger, Patrons
VINO go to the resort to enjoy q bath
| are subjected TO insolence from the
| attendants, and the ordinary convent
| ences and accommodations to which
! they are entitled and for which they
| pay are denied them, Too often they
| are handed a bathing suit which. IL
they do succeed in donning. is q mlsflt,
| dllapldated and sometimes almost an
affront on common decency. For q
towel they are handed a mere apology
for the necessity, the bathrooms are
not clean, they arc badly lighted. many
or them cannot be locked because the
locks are broken. in many Instances
there Is an absolute lack OF privacy,
| one has to hustle for his own room and
If the patron complains TO the attend
ant he is liable to be insulted. Every
count In the above indictment has here
toforo been specified in these columns
and there Is no redress
One Sample of Politcness.
An elderly gentleman appeared at tho
beach few days ago. He evidently
was stranger. and he started to enter
the bathrooms by the wrong entrance
the exit. and he had no ticket He was
turned back. several attendants beine
present. He secured q ticket and start
ed again for the exit instead of through
tho turnstile, The attendants, instead
of informing the gentleman IN a cour-
teous manner OF his mistake laughed
and Jeered at him, "balled him out"
to use the vulgar vernacular And this
is no Isolated case of the impertinence
and insolence of the attendants. 1t Is
a common occurrence. What does the
stranger within our gates think Of US
when such treatment Is meted out to
him at supposedly popular pleasure
resort?
Menace to Passengers.
And the menace to passengers trav-
cling to and from the resort remains
undiminished. Passengers are crowded
onto cars until every inch OF sitting.
standing and "hanglng-on" room is
utilized. Most Of the cars are in i'm
penetrable darkness-thoSe that boast
of a light are gloomy and dismal: the
passenger is permitted no means OF
communication with the engineer In
case OF accident and on many occa-
sions, more especially towards the
closing hour Of the resort, 1t VIII take
the train an hour and a half to mako
the journey to tho city. and for thar
period the passengers suffer and sweat
IN their cooped and cramped positions
In dark and dismal coaches.
Thirty-Mlnutc Train Service.
Has 1t ever occurred to those who
are responsible for these terrible con-
dltions that they could be remedied, 10
measurable extent at least by the
establishment of a thirty minute train
service between the resort and the
city? This could be done after q GER
tain hour at night, say or D. m. II
would very much facilitate transporta-
ton and patrons would offer little OBJ
lection to slight delay when the,
would register a vigorous kick against
remaining until q late hour at night
And nothing would be lost, but the
gain would he immeasurable by light
Ing the cars and giving passengers
what they have on all systems of trans
ortation-communica with the en-
g1neer to be used In case of accident.
These remedies applied would insure In |
great measure safety and protection to |
the patrons. things they are not only |
entitled to but demand