American Fork citizen. [volume] (American Fork, Utah) 1912-1979, 1914-07-04
Electric Car Service
For July 18th
Distinguished Visitors Tell Of the New
Electric Cars and the Con-
templatcd Service.

w. G.. Orem. president aud general
manager, and w r. Armstrong, as
| sistant manager, of the Orem interur-
ban road; Judge Henry l. Moore. gen
cral attorney for the road; Il. C.4Rob-
ms, representing the Niles Car COM
pany of Niles, Ohio, who manufac-
turcd the new electric cars for the
road, l. W. Mershcy of pittsburg. Pa,
representing the Westinghouse Elcc-
trio company. and o. o. Metcalf of
San Francisco. Cal. were IN Pleasant
Grove Wednesday and took dinner at
the Culmcr hotel After dinner the
company went Oh its way to Provo
Mr.. Orcm gave out the 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 tho
10Th inst. The company will start out
with about seven cars per day each
way. making fourteen cars daily ia
and out OF Pleasant Grove. They viii
commence soon to complete the new
station here, and install an agent,
when they will 20 after the businc3s
In dead earnest.
The subsiation at Linden Is prac-
tically completed and the wiring for
the trolley line will soon he up. Tho
roadbed Is rapidly being placed in
condition for fast travel. II will bo
Grove 10 know that a frequent, lulcl.
nd .pA ID ola saF
hand.
Mr.. Robins of the Niles Car Maug-
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 roots,
strictly modern In every regard.
There will be three compartments in
each car, express. smoker and gen.
eral passenger The passenger con-
partments are finished in frieze plush
aud the smoking compartments In
leather They will be electrically
lighted with 100 watt lamps making
II easy to read ones newspape? while
travelling ut night
All the cars are fitted up with
Westinghouse equipment. Under each
car are four ll0-horsepower Westing-
house motors, giving the cars safe
maximum speed capacity of sixty
miles per hour.
They are arranged so as Ia perm
nf their operation either singly or er r
train. the technical term being thoi
they have multiple control, The Same
method for stopping the ears has a.
been provided for One brakeman c.
operate whole train. or should o
car break loose II has a safety ora
appliance that will stop it automati :
ally.
Tho cars will all he electrical
heated, there being thirty-two heater
IN each car There will be a seatir 2
capacity for siSty-two passengers ~
each car
Mr. Robins, representing the "a
manufacturing company. and Mr. Hrr
shey of the Westinghouse company
said that they never saw before ~
good roadbed for new road Thi0
is attributed TO the fact that the com
many has been operating gasoline cars
md has already settled the road reaoS
for the electric cars,
Mr. Orem stated that the cars woulc
be operated every two hours each va
with an after theatre car after IN
shows at night.
The eight ears came from ~" Me-
Car Manufacturing companys 8oiH'
/ IN Ohio on their own wheels. Tb'r'
are two smaller ones for the ROY