The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-11-28
SEVENTY MILES (.
ELECTRIC ROADS
Interurhan Lines Are Now
Spreading Over the State
of Utah.
YOU CAN NOW RIDE FROM
SANDY TO BRIGHAM
This Can Be Done With but
Two Changes of
Cars.

From less than II miles OF electric in
terurban railroads to more than 70 in
less than seven months Is going some,
but that is what has been accomplished
in Utah.
Less than seven months ago there were
but two lnterurban electric roads In
Utah. one tri1e under seven miles In
who wished to ride on these. the two
longest street car trips in Utah. would
have had TO make jump of over thirty
five miles 10 ride on the two. Today II
Is possible to ride over seventy miles on
electric interurban roads in an almost
straight direction, with but two changes
of cars
The doubter may ask how? But be-
fore answering that question let it be
known where the less than seventeen
miles OF this system was less than seven
months ago. The Utah Light Railway
company had line running to Murray.
distance Of a little less than seven
miles south OF this city. The Ogden
Rapid Transit company had line rum
ming from that city north 10 the Hot
Springs. distance OF ten miles. WITHIN
the Inst seven months the Utah Light
Railway company has extended Its line
IN Sandy. distance Of over iyo miles
from MURRAY az we'll as to Midvale.
The Ogden Rapid Transit company has
extended its lire from the Hot SPRINGS
to- Brigham CITY. a distance NJ little
nver twelve miles. and Simon BamherSer
with a length ri thirty-fve and one-half
miles.
Seventy Mile Ride.
For ride OF more than seventy miles
over electric lines let one take car
at Sandy on the Utah Light 4 Rail"aS
distance os over twelve miles. change 10
the Salt Lake & Ogden. ride to Ogden.
a distance of thirtv-five and one-naiI
miles. take car Of the Ogden Rapid
puif ri
City. n distance Of a little over twenty
two miles. Such trip has been made
nosstblr within the short spnce ~ less
than seven months. II is but the be-
ginning Of electrical nterurban systems
that Will within tho next few years cover
a large mart Of this state.
cnnrany- has made SURVEYS for the eS-
tension of their line To Draper and on
through into Utah county; the Eccios III.
terests. which control the Ogden RAPID
Transit system. have made surveys Tor
the extension of their line from Brigham
CITY tn Logan. where they now operate
a local street car system. These SAME
interests also have made surveys Tor tne
extension Of their Ogden Canyon pranch
through to Hoytsville. The Chapman and
Knight interests are working on, surveys
for an electric road from Provo TO tnis
city and later to he extended as pIn lar
wav company already has surveys TO Car
field on the west and to Bingham on me
southwest The Emigration Canyon roan
has competedSitS survey for an e!cc-
tric line TO. Mil Creek and the Cotton
woods. These are some of the known
extensions and new, roads that are
planned for the near future and on some
Of which work will commence next
Power to Operate Lines.
= But what about power TO operate all OF
these lines7 There are tens OF thousands
OF horse power still idle In the streams
al
nothing of what might be transmitted
from southern Idaho. Electricity is but
In It's infancy" Is the declaration OF
Thomas Edison. the greatest az astnorsIy f',raIS
II is hut in Its, infancy in Utah,
At the present time, speaking for Utah
alone and eliminating the millions OF
o.n that tSars as are
plants In Logan canyon. one owned oy
the city and the other by the Teiluride
Power company; there rs one plant at
the 'lower end Of Bear river canyon
one plant supplied with power. from VIII
lard canyon one furnished with water
from Ogden canyon, one big plant IN
Weber canyon and another being DUH.
one In Big Cottonwood canyon. one JUST
being completed near the mouth OF Nil
Greek canyon. one at the Jordan mar
rows. one In Provo canyon and large
with water from the Strawberry vale,
project And YET these plants do moi
utilize one-half OF the water power o
the part OF the state in which they are
located.
Water in Plenty.
The Bear river has water enough fo'
several plants, the Logan could keep one
or two more plants in operation, sack
smith Fork canyon has no power piant
wIth the exception OF a small ono tina
supplies light to Hyrum, yet this strean n
has a great fall in the course OF three
70 FIVE miles from its mouth; experts
sav TINT the Ogden river could easil,
supply power for another big. station
and that the Weber could supply powc
enough for a, least two more planta
Those familiar with the flow OF Cit
creek say that there is water enough II
that stream tbe year around to opera.
a large plant, and that the same con
di,ion preyails in Parey's canyon tn
fiow OF Big Cottonwood could he mad
TO furnish power for another plant am
Little Cottonwood will supply the powc
for stNl another plant within few years
That Provo river can supply TWO or thrc
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