The Lehi banner. [volume] (Lehi, Utah) 1891-1917, 1914-07-04
Electric Car Service
For July 18th
Distinguished Visitors Tell 6f the New
Electric Cars and the Con-
tempIated Service.

w. G. Orem. president and general
manager. and W. II. Armstrong, as
sistant manager. of the Orem interur-
ban road; Judge Henry |. Moore, gen
eral attorney for the road; f. c. Rob
ms, representing the Niles Car com
pany of Niles, Ohio. who manufac-
turcd the new electric cars for the
road; J. w Mershey of Pittsburg, Pa,
representing the Westinghouse Elec-
triC company, aud O. t. Mctcalf of
san Francisco. Cal, were in Pleasant
Grove Wednesday and tool, dinner at
the Culmer hotel After dinner the
company went on its way to Provo,
Mr. Orom gave out tho good news
that the company had just received
eight electric cars, which he hopes to
he having in operation between Salt
Lake City and Provo soon after the
18th inst. The company will start out
with about seven cars per day each
way, making fourteen cars daily IN
and out of Pleasant Grove. They viii
commence soon To complete the new
NlNllOU nflt, anu luNltll Hil dk''liN
when they will so after the business
In dead earnest
The substation at Linden is prac-
tically completed and the wiring for
the trolley line will soon be up, The
roadbed is rapidly being placed in
condition for fast travel II will he
good news to the people Of Pleasant
Grove to know that frequent, quick
and modern service is so close mt
hand.
Mr.. Robins of the Niles Car Manu-
featuring company gives the follow
ing interesting description of the
eight cars that constitutes the initial
equipment: They are all steel sixty
feet long and with single arch roofs,
strictly modern in every regard.
There will he three compartments in
each car, express, smoker and gem
cral passenger. Tho passenger COM
partments are finished in frieZe plush
and tho smoking compartments 10
leather. They will he electrically
lighted with 100 watt lamps, making
II easy to read ones newspaper while
travelling at night
All the cars are fitted up with
Westinghouse equipment Under each
car are four 1l0-horsepower Wesling-
house motors, giving the cars a safe
maximum speed capacity of sixty
miles per hour.
They are arranged SO rs TO permit
Of their operation either singly or en-
train tho technical term being lh9i
they have multiple control. The san '
method for stopping the cars has al
been provided for. One brakeman ca
operate n whole train, or should o. '
car break loose II has safety bral
appliance that will stop it automatic
ally.
The cars will all be electrical,
heated, there being thirty-two heaters
in each car. There will be a seatlnl
capacity for sixty-two passengers ~
each car.
Mr. Robins. representing the car
manufacturing company, and Mr.. Her
shey Of the Westinghouse COMPANY
said that they never saw before so
Good n roadbcd for n new road. TINS
Is attributed to the fact that the cont
many has been operating gasoline cars
md has already settled the road ready
for the electric cars,
Mr. Orom stated that the cars would
he npcrated every two hours cnch w'N
with an after theatre car oftor HE
shows at night
The oight cars came from The Ni'.S
Car Manufacturing companies WorNH
la Ohio on their own wheels Ih'''
are two smaller ones for The Provo