The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-10-11
Members of Massachusetts
Street Railway Association
Include Salt Lake in Special
Tour of the Continent.
SEE PRINCIPAL SIGHTS
DURING BRIEF VISIT
Special Train Schedule In
CIudeS 10000 Miles in Cir
Gle Following Closely the It.
ineray of President Taft,
DINE AT COMM ERCIAL CLUB

Members of the Massachusetts Street
Railway association, many of them &C
cOmpanied by their wives and children.
spent several hours yesterday in Salt
Lake and vicinity. They are on a tour
of approximately 10000 miles, which was
Salt Lake though brief, was full of &C
ton, ana they were royalty entertained
by officials of the Utah Light Railway
company. The party numbered ninety
seven and occupied a special train, in
which they are touring the country.
Owing to a slight accident, the party
was delayed in reaching Salt Lake. They
were scheduled TO arrive at 10 o CLOCK
in the morning, but il was nearly o'clock
in the afternoon before their train reached
the Denver & Rio GTande depot There
Utah Light q Railway company officials
composed of G. W. Manning. assistant
superintendent; G. S Gannett, treasurer;
O. 4. Harold, electrical engineer, l. l.
| commercial agent; W. c. Baker, chief
clerk, and J. G. Williams, general super
visor of the company,
Three special cars awaited the visitors
and carried them TO the Commercial club,
where luncheon was served Immediately
upon their arrival. Shortly after 2 O'clOck
they were taken to Great Salt Lake in
special train furnished by the oregon
Short Line Railroad company. Several
of the most daring of the men and women
took a dip in the lake, and the others
kept their hosts busy answering questions
about the great salt sea and the sur
rounding country, which was spread out
like glorious panorama in the warm,
bright sunshine.
Visit Car Barns.
Nearly an hour was spent at the lake,
and the party returned to the oregon
Short Line station, where the members
| boarded special cars and were shown the
sights of the city. Among the places
vie Cd oh Cd
were the handsome new street car barns
of the Utah Light & Railway company in
Seventh East street, between Fifth and
Sixth South streets. The visitors mar
veled at the completeness of the big fire
proof structure and examined it critically.
They were much impressed with its
many new features, and especially its
fireprOOf construction and up-tO-date
appliances The visiting street car men
declared that the structure was the most
complete and up TO date that they had
seen on their long trip from the east
Ine original program OF entertainment
mapped out had to be cut somewhat OW-
ing to lack of time. It had been arranged
to give private organ recital in the
tabernacle for the visitors, but they were
so late in arriving that the recital had
to be dispensed with. A meeting in the
tabernacle prevented the guests from
viewing the interior closely, but they
were given a peep a the big organ pipes
and told about the building, as well as
the temple, which excited not little in
tgrest. The remainder of the afternoon
was spent in seeing the cfCy, and the visi-
tors left at s o'clock on their long trip.
They expressed themselves as being sur
prised as well as delighted with Salt
Lake, and many of them declared that
what they saw was a revelation They
had not expected to see so many business
houses. fine streets and handsome homes
and several said they would likely make
the city another visit in the future to
learn more about it and its opportunities
which were set forth by their enter
talners-
From Denver Convention.
The visitors came to Salt Lake from
Denver, where they had attended the CON
vention of the American Street and Inter
urban Railway association which CON
vened in the Colorado city last week
Every large street railway company in
the United States belongs to the assOcia-
ton. and the convention was most inn
pOrtant one. Many of the visiting men
were delegates to the convention, repre-
senting the railroads with which they are
connected.
The party is composed Of officials of
the operating departments of many of the
largest street and interuTban railway
companies in the United States, as well
as directors, stockholders and others in
terested in street railway business. About
nall OF the members were accompanied
by their wives and many children We're
with the party. Among the prominent
men here was former State Senator
the American Street and Interurban
Railway association. He is prominent in
politics in his home state and is one
of the best known men in Massachusetts
Thomas n. McCarter of Newark, presi-
dent of the Public Service corporation of
New Jersey, former attorney general of
the state and state senator was among
the visitors. r. T. Latin OF Seattle man
ager for the Stone & Webster Engineer
ing corporation, which owns many street
and inteTuTban railway hSes on the Pa
Cific coast, was with the party. Other
prominent members were Z. c. Foster of
New Orleans, vice president of the New
Orleans Railway & Light company:
Charles c. PeiTCe. Boston representative
of the General Electric company; Paul
WinsOr of Washington. chief engineer of
motive power and rolling stock of the
Boston Elevated Railway company:
Charles S. Clark secretary of the Massa-
chusetts Street Railway association:
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