Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-08-28
Street Railway Tracks Being Re-
located to Afford AmpG-
fled Facilities.
TAKING UP SOME OLD LINES
Scw Franchise Contcmplates New
system of Connecting Remote Dis
trlcts With Uptown Ccnters.

Residents along Seventh South street
between Third and Ninth East streets
are much disturbed as to their minds
because the street railway is to be
shortly discontinued between those two
nolnts and there Is talk of applying for
a writ of mandamus ordering the COM
many to resume operations in full there
One contractor and real estate man
saws he has built quite a number of
houses along the line solely because of
the advantages to accrue from imme-
diate street car connections, ana this
change is likely to affect him. How
ever, General Manager Wells calls at
tention in this connection to the fact
that the company has no franchise to
operate on Seventh South street be-
tween Third and Ninth East streets,
the latest franchise granted by the city
council expressly emitting that part Of
seventh South SO the company has
begun taking up the tracks laid in 1880
BY the Rapid Transit, and now pretty
well worn. The south track remains,
however for q short time, but the
service Is so reduced that residents
arc patronizing the Fourth South street
line, ana tUe seventh 'ou'h S'i'NN
cars, the few left, are running largely
empty.
SCHEME OF CONSTRUCTION.
The Utah Light e Railway company
has mapped out regular scheme OF
construction which will be continued
through the coming year, and Is max
ing the system entirely new. The
scheme involves the abandonment of
the street of track mentioned above,
and turning the Ashton avenue line
south on Third East to Ninth South,
when II viii take the Waterloo run;
also the east Fourth South street line
will be turned south on Seventh East
and run to Wandamere, instead of to
the state prison, as at present. The
east Fifth South street line viii not go
to Waterloo but viii run to Liberty
park The east Third South street
line will continue on to Ninth East
instead of turning down Seventh East
street and go TO the prison. Then
there Is to be "a cross town line east on
Ninth South street to Eleventh East
street extension and the Thirteenth
East street line next spring. The re-
building of part of the Warm Springs
line viii be completed In a week,
notable Improvement being the discon-
tinuance of the tracks from First to
Second NORTH street on II llSl w est, anu
west to Second West and Second North
streets, and continuing the First North
street tracks one block west to Second
West. and thence north to Second
North, where the line continues as be-
fore. This move removes one set OF
curves. and makes the line easier to op-
crate. In consequence of the change
number of residents along the streets
affected have complained. But in view
of the benefits to he derived, Manager
Wells does not believe the complaints
will last long.
CHANGE ON NORTH BENCH.
The proposition offered by Mr.. New
house to vary the line of the new Fort
Douglas route, increasing the length 200
feet to conform with the topography of
Poperton. has been accepted Mr.. New
house paying for the extra expense.
The relocation of this line will now be
made shortly, disseminating the line be-
tween MI. Olivet and the military post,
If possible, a beginning will he made
on the Ninth avenue line this year.
The rebuilding of the WandamSre line
has been something of Il Herculean
task, as 50 much wagon roadway had
10 he constructed with the tracks But
this is now practically completed, re-
Leasing quite a force of men for opera
tons elsewhere. The Jordan Bridge
and Poplar Grove lines are also being
rebuilt,