The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-02-22
New Railroad Offers Attrac
lions to Salt Lake Citizens
and Visiting Tourists.

" He installation Of an electric
iramwav by the Bingham \
Garfield Railway company /:
something new in the lino oi
railway service. The depot and ter
minal OF this road is on the hill
225 feet above tho main street OF Biug
ham, aud until the tramway was estab
lshcd passengers found il necessary tf
descend, carrying their baggage, dowI
wooden stairs to the street below. Now
the railroad company unloads It's pas
sengcrs ON the hill, where they have
ample opportunity 10 view the nine:
arross the canyon. and then, when they
are ready TO 90 down To the city, they
find the tramway waiting TO lower
them in about scNenty-hye seconds and
with absolute safety into the heart OF
Bingham.
The new way OF getting into Bing
ham. and Of getting out OF Bingham
has already made a noticeable differ
euce in the travel there, Nearly every
one who comes TO Salt Lake City has
desire TO see the world s greatest
copper cump, but the facilities for 90
ing there have hitherto not been In.
vitiug. The completion of the Bing
picturesque route. but the long stairs
to climb at the other end were dis
couraging.
Two trains leave the Hartman depot
in Salt Lake every day, at 80 O'Clock
in the forenoon and 800 o clock in the
afternoon. making tho round trip IL
about three hours The trains 90 over
the Salt Lake Route from here to Gar
field, and then over the 2u.l miles 0i
the Bingham Garfield The ordinary
tourist is not looking for mountain
scenery bv the time hc has reached Salt
Lake City. but those who are looking
for such scenery can not sec more on
any other road of this length
Leaving Garfield there is continual
climb. the grade averaging . per cent
TO Bingham. The trains skirt The
edge of the Oquirrh mountains fo1
about ten miles, affordIng an excellent
view of salt Lake City and valley, and
in the distance the lake itself Then
BY circutous winding up gorges, acros,
di1ly trestlcs and through tunnels, the
road leads through the mountains &c
Bingham The roadbed is new but
smooth and firm and the powerful en-
| gines lose no time III making the climb
The ;ramwav * DO feet long ana
lowers tho passengers and their bag
! gage 22J feet to the lower depot on q
| II per cent grade. After March ey
press will also be handlcd by the
Bingham x Garfield. and this. too
will be lowered 10 the city Of Bingham
on the electric tramway, The contract
has already heen drawn and signed
with the American Express company
| but it will not go into effect uuh
| March l. The cable hat moves th,
, tramwav cars has been given $4,000
( pound test. and. as the cars will hardly
hold more than half this amount, they
aYe considered TO bc absolutely saf
| Safety clutches are also provided. how
! ever. so that the breaking of cable
would mean only the stopping of the
! car where il is and not z runaway.
All things now considered. the triy
10 Bingham is delightful one an,
anyone in tide lcas. interested in th'
great undertakings OF the world sboul,
take il. y full view OF the big coppc
hill on which twenty--even steau
shovels are working. is presented frou
the depot on top Of tho hill. y stop o
from twenty-five 10 thirty minutes i
made ny each train. Although ihcv run
over two roads tho trains arc made NJ
in Salt Lake City aud no transfers ar
necessary IN maxim" the trip.