The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1896-03-12

NCnlOIE CIOfNh ms Nal1DEes
EfWher0s, the corporation of Salt
Lake city is DESTROYS of aiding in
the construction of ~ railroad from
Salt Lake City to the Pacific Coast
at or near Los angeles and of a rail-
road from Salt Lake City to the
Deep Creek mining region, and rec
tribute greatly 10 the prosperity of
it's citizens, and suitable grounds
for depot purposes for such rail-
roads being necessary, therefore,
"Be IL resolved by the City Council
of Silt Lake City. State of Utah.
that all ef Block 4s, in Plat "a" of
salt Lake City Survey, known as
s'PiOneer Square," is hereby grant
ed and donated to the Utah and
Pacific Improvement Company, its
successors and assigns, fOt railway
depot purposes, upon the following
Gcndltionsa
"First-The acceptance of said do
nation in writing, signed I,y the
president and secretary OF said
company, and filed with The city
recorder within thirty days from
this date.
"seeond-The payment of one dol
lar.
"Third-The construction and opcr-
alton CT at least one hundred miles Of
railroad within this state, pa either
or both of said lines, within two
years from the date hereof and the
running of trains over said read
fniO and upon snid square.
''FOurth-T'llat at the end of ninety
days after the acceptance OF the
terms of the grant of the Pioneer
square to the Utah and Pacific I'm
provement company, for railroad
terminal purposes, the said comma
ny shall have ten miles of their
grade under construction. at the end
of six month"; 10 have fifty miles of
their road5ed completed; at the
end of twelve months to have City
miles of road completed and under
operation; at the end of eigh teen
months to have seventy-five miles
IF road completed and in operation;
MT the end of tyventy-four months
TO have one hundred miles of COM
pleted road built and in operation
IN the State of Utah towards Los
Angeles or from Salt Lake in n
westerly direction toward Deem
Creek.
''And on acceptance of said dona-
Iion by the president and secretary
of said company and the payment of
said sum of one dollar, the mayor
and city recorder are hereby au-
thorized and directed to make and
execute a proper deed of conveyance
OF said described premises to said
Utah 81 Pacific Improvement cOmpa-
by, its successors and assigns, and
10 deliver the same to Hon. Robert
n. Baskin and Thomas G. Weber,
TO be held in escrow by them, and
upon the performance of the third
condition hereinbefore mentioned,
to he deIiN cred by them or their ex-
ecutors or administrators to the said
Utah & Pacific Improvement compa-
my.
And In the event of the failure of
said company to comply with any
of the terms and conditions of this
resolution, the deed herein mem
toned to be returned to the city
recorder of Salt Lake City.
salt Lake City, Utah, March IL,
1896"
The above were the conditions upon
which the city council last night, after
most interesting session, granted to
the Utah and Pacific Improvement
company the Old Fort square for ter
1ninal facilities for a road that will
connect us with the Pacific coast
This action was not accomplished
without opposition. AS is often the
case in the launching of great enter
prises, Instructions come TO the
front and this instance was no excep-
ton to the general rule. Happily,
however, the objections did not come
from the majority of the large taxpay-
ers, for with one mighty voice they
demanded that the city give conces-
sions to the enterprise. The only pro-
tests came from other companies or
those interested in similar enterprises.
As far as the council was concerned
the only one to oppose it was Mr..
Stewart, who sought TO make it appear
that there was no other motive behind
It than a desire to do justice to his
constituents.
PROMINENT CITIZENS PRESENT.
The meeting opened with a full at
tendance of the council and on the
floo~ of the hall could be seen, among