The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1897-04-24
PIONEER ELECTRIC CO..
Franchise Agreed Upon by the
City Council.
CONSIDERATION FOR PERMIs-
SION TO ENTER THE CITY.
The Company Will Furnish Valu-
able Service in the Way of Power
and Lighting.


Eight members of the city council,
together with City Attorney Mckay,
met last night ami agreed upon fran
chise for the Pioneer Electric Power
company of Ogden. C. K. Bannister
was there to object to anything the
company did not want incorporated in
the franchise.
Diehl, Allen. O'Meara, Mulvey, Hay
ward. Callister and LIE Prohon. ma
jority of the entire council.
The meeting was unattended by any
exciting features. When points of dis
pute came u they were easily settled
by compromise propositions, always
agreed to by a unanimous vote, SO that
the franchise as drafted last night will
probably pass next Tuesday night.
ENTERING THE CITY.
AS a consideration for entering the
city, the company agrees to furnish the
city, before Sept. 1, 1897, and during the
life of the franchise-which is % years
free of charge, the equivalent of 80
horse power electrical energy, continu-
Gus day and night, for any municipal
purpose, and the same must be used as
a unit for light, heat or power. In other
words, the city cannot divide the 80
horsepower up and use some of it for
lighting and another portion for heat
or power. The current is to be deliv-
cred at the company's sub-station, or
at the city's distributing station, as the
council may direct. The company also
binds itself to furnish additional cleo
trical energy at q price not to exceed
IL cents per kilowatt hour, which is
equal to s29.25 per horsepower per
year, ten hours service each day.
FOR STREET LIGHTING.
AS further condition the company
is to furnish the city for street lighting
purposes, whenever desired. 1000 candle
power arc lights, all night service, at
not to exceed 81 per lamp per month.
The maximum rate to be charged for
commercial purposes. all night service,
is fixed at SIS per lamp of 1000 candle
power intensity, while the outside rates
for midnight service was put at $40.
The price 20 be charged for standard
type 16-candle-power incandescents
shall not exceed 1 cent per lamp per
hour, which is substantially the
same as an ordinary hour. The price
for lighting municipal buildings,
churches, public hospitals and the pub
lie schools of the city shall not exceed
one-half the minimum rate charged for
commercial purposes.
AS TO GAS.
That portion of the franchise relating
to gas reads as follows:
said grantee also agrees to sell man
ufactured or artificial gas, which shall
be of the best quality and highest ef-
For Illuminating purposes,
at a price not exceeding $3.50 per LOCO
cubic feet; for fuel purposes, at price |
not exceeding 81 per 1000 cubic feet.
But if said grantee fails to lay at |
least FIVE miles of pipe in said city \
for the distribution and sale OF gas
within four years from and after the |
approval of this ordinance, so much |
thereof as permits the laying of pipes |
and conduits for that purpose shall at /
the expiration of said four years be-
come null and void.
And at any time after the COM
of laying pipes for the dis
-ribution of gas under this franchise,
said grantee SHALL if SO ordered by a
vote of all the members of
he city council, extend its system of
mains and supply pipes on any streets,
anes or alleys or other public place in
said city, contiguous to the pipes OF
said grantee which have been laid at
he time when said order is made
The latter clause is a new one for
franchises in this city, land as 1t will
le seen, compels the company to extend
rs mains when the council sees fit to
make the order.
STRINGING OF WIRES.
Then comes a provision compelling
he company to string its wires upon
he poles of any other company or per-
hitting any other company to string
is wires on grantees poles when Or
Tered to do so by the city council.
lext follows a very strong clause pro-
libiting the company from entering
nto a combination or trust with other
oncerns. and finally comes the usual
ection providing for $4,000 indem-
lity bond.
Councilman Diehl was in favor of
aving the company furnish so horse
lower of electrical energy free of cost.
ut after some discussion 80 horse
ower was fixed upon as a compro-
Mise.
There was also considerable discus
ion over the section relating to gas.
ome of the members could not under
tand why the company wanted a gas
ranchise when its avowed object was
ot to engage in the gas business.
But" put in Mr.. Bannister, we are
oming here to enter into honest COM
etition, and if we find that we can
OF do so WITHOUT selling gas also, we
Tant to be prepared
Mulvey thought it was time enough
Dr. the company to get a gas fran
hise whenever it was considered nee
ssary to engage in the gas business 1
fter some discussion, however, the gas
revision was allowed to stand, the
My change being an extension of the
me from two to four years in which
ne company may put up the works.
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