The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1908-12-27

and Second South streets. which has
| been the custom for several years, has
been abandoned. The work on the new
barns is being rushed as rapidly as pos
sible. Some time during the coming
year the new barns win be completed
and the shops and barns will be opened
in the new location and the Second
East barns abandoned.
In order to care for the lake business
several new crossovers have been IL
stalled on West Second South street
between Rio Grande avenue and Fifth
West street, to permit of the handling
of the passengers to and frofsl the Salt
air depot without interfering in any
way with the regular Short Line and
Rio Grande depot traffic.
Efforts are being made to keep an al
most perfect time schedule. Each car
has a scheduled time for arriving and
leaving certain points. The conductors
and motormen are required by the rules
to keep their watches set at standard
time in order that the schedule may be
maintained Delays in the congested
districts. due to the number OF people
getting on and off the cars, sometimes
interfere with the schedule, but it is
maintained much better than in most
cities.
One of the most noticeable features
decrease in the number of "pull-ins. -
cars which, because eff some derecr m
the mechanical arrangement, have TO
be taken off the routes and into the
barns for repairs. Two years ago the
number of ''pull-ins" amounted to %
per cent of the cars in operation. Now
the. number is scarcely l per cent
Maintenance of Equipment.
The maintenance of the equipment OF
the street railway company IS one or
the systematic improvements. During
the past two years every car in the
service has been thoroughly over
hauled and reprinted. All of the ears
are inspected every night, and every
five days, or approximately after Loo
miles have been covered by the car. II
Is taken out of service for a day anG
given a thorough inspection and neces-
sary repairs made. Each car goe.
through the machine shop, the car
penter shop and the paint shop at 1eas,
once a year. All parts that are not IN
first -class shape are renewed. Many or
the cars are repainted and all of then,
are retouched and revarnished.
The improvement of the power sta
ton and the apparatus supplying the
power for operating the street cars has
been given much attention during the
year. A new fiume and concrete dam
and headworks in Cottonwood canyon
was the most important work done by
the company in this department. New
transformers, oil switches, switch board
panels and regulators for the control
ling and regulation of the high voltage
transmission lines and distributing cir
cults in Salt Lake and ogden have been
added At the Jordan station a 1000
horsepower transformer has been m
stalled. and at Granite station 1000
horsepower transformer. The company
is constructing q new power planc at
Devils Gate, Weber canyon 1t VIII
have a capacity of 4,000-horsepower.
Duplicate transmission lines will br
built TO carry this power to Salt Lake.
A new motor generator of 2,400-horse-
power being installed at the West Tenn
pie station is expected to be a great
aid in the improvement of the system.
This machine viii take current from,
the water power system at 1000 volts.
alternating generating current at 600
volts for the railway system.
Noticeable among the improvements
Of . the street railway company Is sne