The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-04-18

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row Of street cars, which are all that
are left Of the cOnveyances by which
Salt Lakers were carried hither and
thither about the city over the first
trolley car line built in the City of the
Saints 1t is a long row Of dilapidated
motor ears. weather beaten, rain
SCARED. rUsty-irOned, fOrsaken. But
they are cars which, a dozen years ago,
were the pride Of the citizens, and they
were then considered the best ever.
About the center of this historical row
of old coaches is one which was pointed
out yesterday by an official of the road
as the oldest car now in existence that
has done in years past faithful service
as a part of salt Lakes earliest street
car system. It is not so dilapidated
that one cannot still see that it was
originally painted a gorgeous royal
blue" It still bears the number go, -
and there is still remaining a part Of a
legend which indicates that it has been
pulled back and forth over that part of
the early street car system known as
the Sixth avenue line"
1t is one Of the old horse cars and, of
a party which visited the car barns yes
terday, was one man who could remem-
Der of having ridden in that car some
fourteen or sixteen years ago. when il
was hauled back and forth by team
of mules.
Across the front Of the car is a warn
ing which. it is said, decorated the en-
trance to all the rolling stock Of the
system then; NO Smoking" And in
side the car. at each end, are still hang
ing the old printed. framed, stereotyped
reminders: do Not Spit on the Floor;
City Ordinance FOrbids.'
Extent of Improvements.
It is conceded by citizens and visitors
that no city Of its size I'm the country
has salt Lake City faded in any par
ticular regarding street car service. Tt
has not always been so, but within the
past two years the efficiency of the
service has so increased that it has
caused much favorable comment. The
extension Of the service and the i'm
provements that have been made have
been no mean factors in the building up
Of many of the residence districts, but
it is doubtful if the everyday citizen,
not directly interested in the street rail-
road system, has more than superficial
ideas of the greatness and extent Of the
Improvements that have been made.
People realize that the city has grown,
that outside residence districts have
been built up. that hundreds of new
homes have been erected, and they
know that the car lines have been eX-
tended here and there, that new cars
have been gradually added to the equip
ment, that the old cars have been over
hauled and Tepainted and given new
equipment, that the system has at
places been dOubIe-tracked, but these
| improvements have been so gradual
that they have not impressed them
solves cfrorscr1T r-ou tho r11indC nF the
average citizen.
A statement of the fact that since
the whole street car system was pur-
chased by the Hartman interests in
/ October, 1906. for the sum of about 81
100000 in round numbers. over 50. 900, 00C
Z has actually been expended in improv-
[ ing the system, and that work now I'M
der way and Immediately to be started
win cost close to $4,000, 600 more, viii be
rather an eye-Opener.
This means that by the end of the
/ present year the street railway system
of Salt Lake City. including the orig
inal purchase price. will have cost the
present owners very close to $1,000, 000
1t viii mean that f. H. Hartman
viii have made good his statement of
/ three years ago, when he took over the
/ line. that he would give Salt Lake City
as good and excellent a street railway
system as has any city of its size in
/ the country and. incidentally, it will
mean that to make good his word #
VIII have cost nearly 81, 600 600 more
/ than Mr.. Hartman estimated at that
time. 1t was then figured that the ex-
penditure Of s., 00O. 900 i'm all would put
/ the road just where it should be- That
/ it viii cost so much more than that is
/ due To the fact that the city has grown
/ faster than was expected, and has con-
/ seqUently increased its demands.
Trip of Inspection.
The excellency Of the street railway
! system of this city, the importance and
/ extent Of the Improvements that have
/ been made recently, that are being
made and that are contemplated, were
/ impressed upon the minds Of fOrtu-
nate party of newspaper men who yes
/ terday. accepted an invitation of the
management of the Utah Light & Rail
/ way company to take a trip with Off
. cials of the company over a large part
of the system and see with their owl
/ eyes some of the big projects that have
] been completed and are under way.
The trip was made in one of the fifty
or sixty old cars of the system which
have just come out of the repair shops
. IL Ndc utNlN DalllAtQ anu lelLtEeu dllt
looked as clean and bright as a grea
many Salt Lake women would hav,
looked on Easter Sunday with their new
fnery if the weather had been right
1t was the first trip of this car since it
renovation It was in charge of Con
ductor J. a. Evenson and Motorman J
fIadley. and the following officials o
the company went with the party &
answer questions. make the trip pleas
ant and explain the work that is beinl
done;
Joseph s Wells, general manager; r
z. Hunt, assistant general manager
F. II. KnickerbOcker, secretary: a. Z
Bong, superintendent of roadway; G. a
Cohen. superintendent of power plant
and stations; Lee "A. Dragon. chief en-
gineeT: .. A. HOnnold. electrical engi
Ineer. J. II. Tempest. assistant engineer
. ". s. Anderson. chief clerk Of the ca
service agency, and Dan 5. Spencer
specially representing W. H. Bancroft
vice president and general mana ger o
the Oregon Short Line railroad, and a
the head of the Hartman interest
here.
New Route to Fort.
The trip started with d run to For
Douglas. over the Third avenue rout
BY way of Federal Heights. which, Il