The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-05-27
LAGOON ROUTE
IS OPENED
First Electric Train Between
Salt Lake and Ogden Sue
cessfully Operated.
OFFICIALS AND SCRIBES
ENJOY A BANQUET
All Electrified by Track, Cars
and Flow of 0ratOry at
Banquet.

ION the hour: every hour; in an hour!
That is the slogan OF the Lagoon route
between this city and Ogden. Such was
the declaration OF President Simon Bam-
berger Thursday in stating future train
service TO be inaugurated between the
two larger cities OF Utah II was made
In his speech al the banquet at Lagoon.
incidental to the opening of the new cleo
trifed road, and his words were warmly
applauded,
Some af;y enjoyed the hospitality OF
Mr. Bamberger on the initial trip OF the
palatial electric interburoan cars 10 Os
den and Lagoon. The party consisted oi
officials OF the company. those VINO mac
built IT, the Falkenau Electrical Construc-
tion company OF Chicago and newspaper
men from Salt Lake, Pennington and Os-
den. That il was a Joyous event goes goes
1t was decidedly an historical event IN
Utahs career, an epoch in the story OF
transportation in this state. for mere Is
q complete 40-mile electric system Duil
ilpon the most approved plans OF the day
and with equipment that is Tar and away
ahead OF the famed electric lines OF soutn-
ern California. For twenty Years M, MI
Bamberger has been at work upon the
project of connecting Salt Lake ana OS :
den, and the trip on THURSDAY Witnessed
the realization of his fondest dreams. II
was a thoroughly successful trlal Trip
and at Its close the genial president was
warmly coneratulnted by one and all who
had enjoyed his hospitality. Here is the
technical description OF the new line:
Description of the Line.
The system is an alternating current
generated al the main power station To-
Gated at Lagoon. This current is gem
Grated at 1900 volt 90 cycles by 3-phase
generators connected to horizontal cross
compound Corllss condensing engines,
with the addition OF exhaust steam tur-
the engine-driven generators.
This current is stepped up from 1900
volts 10 $4,000 volts and transmitted
north and south from Lagoon over an In
dependent high tension transmission line
owned by the railway company.
At four different points along the line
current is carried into sub stations
where Il is again reduced to. $500 volts
to drive large motors In the sub stations
that are directly connected TO dynamos
which deliver the T00-yolt direct current
supplied to the trolley and thence 10 the
motors on the cars.
The main power station is located at
Lagoon 'and contains, In addition TO the
main power station apparatus, a fully
equipped high tension sub-station. AT
the present high tension current is sup
piled by the Telluride Power company,
utilizing, however, the apparatus in the
railway company's main power station.
The sub-statlons are located respective
" at Stockdale. Lagoon. Clearneld, og-
den and are aDproNimalely ten InlleS
apart Each uh-station contains elabo-
rate and thoroughly modern high tension
equipment TO convert the 40. 600 volt sup
ply current 10 the 1900 volt current re-
quired 20 operate the motors driving the
direct current generators, which supply
the trolley.
Each sub-station contains l-i00 k. ".
motor generator set. but the station is
designed to permit the addition at any
time OF d second motor generator set OF
the same size, thus giving ultimate ca
pacity per sub-station Of 500 k. W. with
nomentary overload capacity equivalent
10 1900 X. W. per sub-statlon. or equiva-
lent to total sub-station normal ulti-
mate capacity of more than 5000 X. W,
with total ultimate overload capacity
OF 6000 X. ".
This design will permit the traffic 10
quadruple Itself in the future without
necessitating any considerable changes
or additions in the present system.
Laid With Heavy Steel.
The roadbe6 IS laid with S5-pound rail
a. S. c, E. lee section on gravel ballasted
track. and all rail joints are bonded with
40 twin terminal type copper bonds and
the rails are cross bonded every 500 feet
with 40 cross bonds feet long.
Overhead conductors are carried b.
cross suspensions supported from wooden
poles, set either In concrete or guyed-
An exceptional amount OF copper trolley
wire and feeders Is carried throughout