Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1893-12-09
FIVE CENT RIDES
That IS What Residents OF Tho Annex
VII Proudly SoOl Get.
RAPID TnANsus NEW FRANCHISE.


For tho l1st two yoars OF thereab5u,s
the residents Of the recon, annex 20 the
city south and east of Liberty Park
having boon clambcring for nvo
cont fare from tho Rapid Transit
street Railway company aud frequent
iypciIlloneI the city Council for To,
lief In the matter but unfortunately
for thcm thoy failed to get what they
90 alphabetically ASKED Tor and No much
needed.
It's said that oil things como 10
those who wait aud II present indica.
lions are not deceptive, the petitioners
viii soon experience the full force Of
that saying with beneficial resnlls.
The Rapid Transit company now has
before tho City Council an ordinance
on IT, third reading, regmniing aud
confirming ouftaiu resolutions aud
ordinances granting franchises to itself
tho P0pperion Plase ami Fort Douglns
Rapid Transit aud East Bench Street
Railway companies, aud amending the
same
This now franchise IL asked partly
Tor the reason that there nave been
constant disputes and difficulties 10
overcome between tho company aud
CITY respecting the duties and obliga.
lions Of tue former 20 the latter in
regard q the payment Of the special
cat aud Per capita tax levied upon u.
The trouble has arisen from the fact
that the company's franchises were
not Uniform inhsmuch ia soms
instanctah per capita tax was annually
oNhctrd by the city on the gross
earnings u the road aud Ia Olhefs
levy OF s.j per car was made. The
difficulty Ia adjusting this tax
VIII be made plain by the
following citation For instance,
when passenger gets on car several
blocks beyond the city limits, he rides
over part OF a county franchise for
which no Kind Of tax IL collected,
crosses the municipal boundary Inns
aud comes townrl town over the
Seventh South street line where tho
f2b tax h applied and then completes
his journey up State street 10 the bust
meas district where por capita tax IL
enforced under the franchise.
This complex state Of affairs has
long annoyed tho city officials and
the officers Of the company aud has
puzzled Treasurer Duke In the ad-
Justmont AMI collection Of the tax be.
yOnd measure. IL has been an utter
imposslbiliiy TO clearly and satislactOr.
ny sogfugsie the two kinds OF tax.
Ia order 10 Het aside this and other
Inconvenience the company asks
that all of It's ffHuphifsa "a, fnerp.d
Into one extending over n period Of
20 years from the first day Of December
1898, subject 10 terms, restrictions aud
Limitations 10 be- agreed upon. The
company claims that this extension
will be Of almost inhnite benefit 10
them. Al present their iran hises arc
good Tor only seventeen years more
and OF course prevents them from
doing what they are very anxious 10
du-issuo tweuiy.year bonds Tor the
improvement aud equip.
mont VI their linrs, Should thoy
SECURE their now franchise they will
DO able 10 ibsuo such bonds aud have
margin Of i've yonfs on which TO work.
Ia confederation Of the new fran.
chiso thu company prlmisss ~ pny to
the city al annual tax OF $50 on each
car In M service and sell i've cent fare
looks 10 all points GU IL Ninth and
Eleventh East street lines a. lar south
~ Eleventh South street. This would
give the residents Of the Annex and
vicinity great relief. The company,
however, reserves 10 itself the right Of
teu cent fare To that point
from all transients, or those who DO not
buy book.