Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-03-30
cunt Summers Thinks They
Mloht be Shifted to One
Side a Few Feet.
MAYOR SAYS HE WILL ACT
onc New car Has Been Placed In Ser
,tcc ON First south Street---Im-
pro,omcnt Work Going On.

vsry feasible and apparently easy
oov out of the difficulty occasioned by
tba big poles OF the western Union
rolssraph company on Main street be-
In. IN the way of the new street cars.
was suggested by General Superinlen-
aen, summers Of the Bell Telephone
company Mr. Summers says holes can
ha dug few fee away from the poles,
tbo poles themselves sawn off at the
street. level, and then slid or skidded
aver and dropped into the new Local
lions The cross arm connections will
Of course have TO be loosened, the poles
euyed 10 prevent falling. and then the
transfer can be readily effected This
win cost very little money and be done
In a comparatively short time. That
something must be done, and without
delay. is evident In Il breif talk
with tha mayor this morning that
official said that while he had handed
the matter as far as the city was con-
cerped to corporation counsel for clear
ing UP. still if the occasion called for
drastic action he would not hesitate to
chop the poles down. Mayor Bransford
said the Western Union had been noti-
fed now for year, and he thought the
company had had ample time IN which
to make the change required.
NEW CAR IN SERVICE.
The eight new cars in the second
shipment from st. Louis arrived last
night over the Union Pacific but win
not be unloaded until the question of
pole clearance on Main street is sttled.
There are 20 more cars in transit, and
ttst1 no Ell f,, ~,
Line yards for the present. The first
car to be put into regular service is car
4li. now running on First South street
The other six new cars, now in the
barns, are being rapidly put into COM
mission, SO they can be sent out as fast
as wanted. When the curves are clear
ed the new rolling stock will be put on
TO the more prominent lines, the dis
placed cars being shifted on to the less
important routes. The rush hour serv-
ice Is TO be increased, notiCeably on
Third avenue, where the congestion at
such times Is excessive. The most in
ferlor of the "dinkies," or one truck
cars. will he relegated to unimportant
service in the suburbs. Cars i, and 7,
however, which are in very fair con-
dillon, will be retained for urban serv-
ice
MUCH WORK BEING DONE.
Track work for the spring Is already
under way, under the direction of Road
master Bong, The "hardscrabble"
stretch Of treoS on Tenth South street
between Ninth and Eleventh East
streets, has been surfaced up and put
10 good shape, the line on Eleventh East
street Is being double tracked. and re-
construction begins on the Wandamere
and Ninth East street lines next week
The Wandamere route will be double
tracked Tearing up the First avenue
tracks begins Monday. Most of the
rails are not much good, but there are
some 6O-pound rails laid by Mr.. Cam
eron, that Will do very well elsewhere
By another 10 days, the track and over
head plant on First avenue ought To be
well out of the way. The company is
completing special linemans service
car for overhead work that win prove
very scrviceable.