The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-05-21
REPLY TO MR.. FeRNsTRoM.
Salt Lake City. May %.
To the Editor NJ The Herald.

Salt Lake City. May 20.
To the Editor Of The Herald:
Dear Sir-I notice in your issue of May
18th a letter from the great and mighty
councilman from the Third precinct
styled Denfence OF the Council"
IL IS almost crime TO call il a defense.
Ee is mistaken when he says The Herald
IS mlslnformed. II was the misinforma-
ton that troubles him. And In order to
square himself with the people Of his
constituency, he wrote this horrible ex-
cuse called a defense.
Alr Editor. / wish to review that de-
Tense in sections be says in the first
| place there was not ten but twelve coun-
ciimen WhG voted to grant the franchise
/ What could the other cOuncilmen do other
than vote Tor the franchise when all three
| Of the cOunCilmen from tbs Third went to
/ the meeting with their minds fully made
up to carry IL through, irrespective of the
wishes Of % per cent Of the people whom
/ they represented.
Second-He claims that there was moth
ing mysterious about the proceedings. If
! he viii look into tho matter carefully 1
think be VIII conclude with me, that all
three councilmen from the Third were
Third-He claims that no pledge was
broken I would Ike to know what he
means. It requires no argument TO prove
mat all three COunCIlmen broke their
pledge when they voted to grant some
thing that 70 per cent OF their constituency
did not want. If this Is not breaking
pledge what is it? He who claims TO be
a Democrat, and denies the majority the
right to rule is no Democrat at all--Oniy
: on the surface. The pledge breaking
stands out in bold relief. and he who runs
can read.
Fourth-He quotes Mr. D. c. Dunbar
! as being of the opinion that il would not
be a financial success, and that the rosS
would be turned into something else. NJ
Dunbar struck the right card when
said SO. steam railroad is the Is
outcome Of the project, ard who can 81
It! The noble councilman from the Thu
was very emphatic in his language abO'
| things being false and contrary to facts.
Allow me to present 10 him few facts.
The franchise is now an assured thing,
so far as Salt Lake and Ogden are con-
cerned for an electric road. And once
the rails are laid they can run any kind of
| an engine upon it. And / wish to show
how this will be done The road will not
| pay, that Is certain. And the men who
furnish the money to build that road must
have some returns for the money invested.
| After q sham trial of the electric road
| they will enCrOach little here and a lit
! tie there, until they will be operating a
steam road. And who can stop them?
The noble councilman might spread him.
/ self out on the rails, but I would be sorry
/ for the remains. The company can be
| held only by an order from the court.
/ You cannot put an injunction upon them,
/ for the reason that you would probably
4 inJure the patrons OF the road. Hence
/ you must have an order from court de-
/ pany will appeal the case, and while the
appeal stands the road is running. You
I may beat them IN the supreme court Of
I the state, but the company will appeal to
/ the supreme court OF the United States,
/ and then you can only expect reply
when that court gets 10 the case. And l
! viii venture the assertion that the com
/ pany viii come out on top. Because from
{ the time the suit is filed another genera
I ton will have sprung into active life.
which changes things materially. The
/ outcome is steam road, and | am &C 4
WINGED that the councilman from the
/ Third knew it.
| The defender of the council and its
action says the road will not run through
/ the Warm Springs property, but along
/ the east side of same. I am afraid the
councilman IS not acquainted with that
property. If he is, he tells an untruth, be-
cause it is absolutely impossible for any
on the county road. II any one doubts
this statement let them examine it for
He further states that it would not be
right to compel the Salt Lake Valley road
to come IN on a street already ruined by
a railway. And he asks Would you I'M
pose upon those already imposed upOn?'
So you see the councilman himself con
siders railroads an imposition, and he did
not have manhood enough to defend his
/ constituency against an imposition. But
The action Of the defender simmered
down is simply this: BE would Ike to
have another railway enter that rnetfopoii-
tan town on the north end Of this county
known as North Salt Lake. because
he lives there. Well, If the North Salt
Lake vote will elect Mr.. Fernstrom, then
he is all right, but if he depends on an
other portion Of the precinct 1 think he
will get left.
Now. Mr. Editor. let me add little for
the other two. The councilman from the
Sixteenth ward is noted for being a rail-
road fighter from away back, and has
always played a prominent part in op-
position TO them. He gave 70 me his
promise that for one he would sustain the
mayors veto, but failed and when voting
put I'D both hands. He could not get
away from the agreement entered into
previously, and when the whip went up he
was like one OF Mark Hanna's gang-he
must obey.
As to the councilman from the Seven
teenth ward, I think he was hoodwinked
and did not understand where ne stood.
Boy-like ne would vote with tbs man
/ who wore the whisIers, right or wrong.
s. g NEWTON,
a Democrat,)