The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-07-09
||RE CARS NEEDED
||N RESORT TRAINS
,ons Are Entitled to Safe and
corfortabIe Journey Both
Ways.
.uISH ACC0MM
0R QUIT HAULING PEOPLE
.dreds of Lives Are Placed in
Jeopardy Daily on Over
loaded Cars.

.hsre any good and sufficient rea-
-Sx when the management of a
J, Tich as Saltair and Lagoon, pre-
~ron pcople to visit their attrac-
.fhey should not provide these
2. psople with safe and comfortable
~ hack to the city? Is there any
~sason why the overcrowded and
-,dad trains should be laid up on
',n0 half way between Saltair and
. lake City for from twenty to
4 minutes at a time?
ID are a few questions that are
frequently asked and 1t Is up
M rnanagements to answer. So far
|<.Isalr IS concerned. Friday and Sat-
~ nights will serve excellently as
|-m2Ie OF how the management, OF
-ranagement. cares for Its patrons.
IA the nights in question there
=. fhe largest crowds at Saltair ever
4. Al day. when there was no big
al attraction. OF course, the Royal
allan band was there. and 1t was
. rain drawing card but, then, the
has been there for some days, ana
.ra II was a big attraction. the i'm
- crowd could not be wholly at
E1ied TO Its presence.
IraIns Always Orercrowded.
~ afternoon trains from the city to
. resort were all crowded. This was
.,rialIy true of the 5, and I o'clock
"a 10 say nothing OF the people who
. aone 10 The resort at earlier hours.
.rally, the bulk of the attendance
La 10 remain at the resort until the
4. Of the band concert, and the re-
aas. that when the 10 o'clock train
los the city, 1t was crowded to suf-
don. Not only was every seat on
. |Iain taken. but people were stand
. 1p In the aisles Of the closed cars.
ikd together upon the platforms
hanging on TO the sides of tho
j tars.
Crush and Rush for Cars.
[hen IL o'clock came the same con-
s1g prevailed. Notices were posted
~ the pavilion announcing that tho
d would leave at that hour and d
"a rush was made for seats. Again
| n seat every foot Of standing room
OulolbC VI NiiS SS1t 'e'N
~ and hundreds of women, many OF
Z With children IN their arms. were
We'd together in the aisles of the
~ cars, unable - find a seat.
Is suggested, however, that il the
lEement had added even two cars
y y aud IL o'clock trains. the en-
l7owd could have been accommo-
q with safe and pleasant ride
% the city. The excuse was made
DE management did not know how
people were at the resort, but
Eeuse Is an exceedingly poor one.
number was not known. 1t should
teen known and arrangements
q have been made to convey the
1's safely home.
Should a Wreck Occur.
8altair road has been fortunate
matter of wrecks, no accident of
1aylng occurred on the road since
1eration first began. but should
te a wreck, when the conditions
Hih as they were Friday and Sat-
nights, and as they are nearly
night, hundreds of people Will
Nt2s be killed or MANNED who
Escape under normal conditions.
satalr management should not
= 10 bring from four to Ave train
q people in on two trains. and II
''ad owns insufficient cars to ac-
ooate the traffic, 1t should either
additional cars or cease trying
'7all upon people to visit the re-
aler thing needed Is some pro-
on tho north side of the track
5air, There Is no guard rail nor
<9g else to keep people from fall
ciNance Of from five to ten feet.
ning should be done In this re-
a oncA