Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1892-10-08
The Councils WranGle on
Combination Poles.
ELECTRICAL DISTURBANCES.
IND, OerOunccs tic City Railway
Company as a TraspaSs0r.
,,OrrIsIrrLr rosrroNED'
se.,e. the city Attorney for
u,ipEirE In an Alleged "ono
sided Report"

a, adjourned session Of the City
,,,nn,n met In an adjourned session
~, night. The following members
',,o ptesepn Rich, Folland, Hardy,
Ts,,le.. Horn, Bell, Lawson, simon
Al Beardsley, Mainland, Heiss, Kelly,
Moran, Evans-li.
Absent-Nonc.
KELLY QUALIFIED.
communication was read from the
.corier announcing the qualification
a Albert II. Kelly as councilman
iom .re Second precluct, vice y. G..
Tslne, resigned. Received and
filed.
CORPORATION DIFFICULTIES.
President Looibourow pnouncet
INA, the meeting hal been specially
called to cousiderand II possible ndJu-
dloate the differences existing between
,he Rocky Mountain Bell Telephone
and the Street Car companies.
Representatives Of all the companies
vere prosent attended by their legal
dyIsers. They listened carefully to
the reading Of u number OF lengthy
documents by the recorder which had
been presented to the CITY Council Mt
different times during tho last few
months, and which have been referred
10 frequently IN thu accounts OF the
souncil proceedings az published Ia
.hue columns.
On motion Of Councilman Horn the
rpre.eniatlves OF the rival interests
we're allowed to speak.
Mr.. Wallace, OF the Telephone COM
any said bis company hAi been amply
itrnsenled before the council com.
niiite. All he now aeked was for the
,ouuci 10 sustain the report OF that
committee. -
Attorney y. Britchlow, legal adj.
vlsef iOfihe Hhn Lake street car coin.
fany, said his company Ind not been
heard before the committee, Mt least
noiln full. When the street car com.
Isnlts were given franchises over
numtfous streets II was well known
fact that The telephone company felt
aud complained that their field was
icing uespasfed upon. The latter
eompany's complaint was that i,s
business was interlered with py the
lanllel lines OF the street ear com.
Ianlts hy loss Of current which cpus-
al 40 alleged buzziuR on the telephone
vlfes. The Salt Lake company had n
rnot right. its wires were laid long
eeiofe the telephone company had
come into the field. The telephone
company had accepted n secondary
tight Of way anu should he the last
70 complain oiAny electrical or other
disturbance.
Electrician Smith OF tho Salt Lake
eHeel cat company, eaid he had made
several scientific tesla OF tho alleged
uouble. The street car oompnny's
second East street feed re was the
one complained OF. However, he did
NOT believe the cause was with tho
uitet car companies, He believed
mat II originated with the telephone
eon.pany's own lines which were un.
evenly balanced.
DAVID Murray OF the telephone com.
panNfaled that their attorney waA out
oi'own and they would therefore Nave
melt side OF the question In Iiihin,
huiple iaets without any attempt at
omlofy. He, too, made tests with his
uoi,elsh when certain currents were
Wv gu anu In 70 doing demonstrated
wa. rom seventy-tive TO eighty per
sse1 Of the trouble was thus done
My with. As TO Second East
Nv, ,v the salt Lake Company was
Asutpassers. II now had four feed
- On that thorOughfaro and the
n'. was 30 great IA 10 very
Vice. '"e 'ei'Puono hei'
4, ~ ~ Read denied this, and said that
T. Ivy council or any part OF It would
& WIN MN In making thorough
N,nMouIl DO easily proven that Mr..
Murray was mistaken.
Mcn-Mr. Read, Ia there any rea.
~ why combination poles cannot be
u'ea on Second East street?
, l' head-fes, sir; IN ca.e OF heavy
cnm, anu slett storms the telephone
donrSnys wires would be blown
s SoMn and tho service OF both com.
~, WOULD be thus greatly Injured.
M, ~, Moiah-Mr. Read, why do you
slnslS S'e your wireB from Second East
,,a,h b, kead-I DO not sea why we
,s.so,a we have a priority anu pos.
Of ,h n Horn--I believe both
Tbe n. vonpanies have rights there.
thst opdhcll has nothing 10 do with
msi,ae, l move that the subject
@ele. Lost. ''" w '"'' oh '"'
In morn then moved to postpone action
uTre,nhitely. Lest, ''''''
eus. ia,a 'here waa another side to the
NM " 'S Tie took the broad ground
ugb,s -" " Street car company had no
Va second East street.
he Is,sohh inquired OF the attorney II
cbI.s,snhone company had any fran.
M ~ over that street,
Ion " attorney eyaded tho interropa.
p nys " saying he aid not have I'M
No,auo under consideration.
ton bs Then demanded that the cues.
ihnt Us Unanswered answered by tho attorney nnt
that h. lan only replied by saying
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