The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-04-21
Talked of Throwing Eggs al
City Councilman.
VALLEY FRANCHISE ROW
RED HOT SESSION OF COMMIT
TEE HELD.
Looks Now as If the Measure VIII
Not Carry-ReaI Estate Owners
Present Some Vigorous Protests
Against Guigley's Proposition For
First West Street Road.

| Wnen the streets and municipal laws
committees of the city council met yes
terday at Councilman Whittemore's
once to consider the petition of the
salt Lake Valley Railroad company for
a franchise, there was some very inter
esting talk for time.
The Office was crowded with twenty
or thirty persons, most Of whom had
come TO protest against the franchise.
-Four petitions, containing seventy-hve
names or persons who said they were
property owners on First West street.
on Wh1cn the proposed line will run
II the franchise is granted, were filed
Inc warmest speech was made by J.
n. SHAW, who grew excited. He said
tnat ne owned thirteen houses on the
stfset a-ild he entered a very loud pro-
/ tess.
This franchise he exclaimed.
nercely, lis asked by men who haven't
enough money to lay seventy-pound
rails the length of one block, let alone
thirty-seven miles to Ogden"
This shot at Charles A. Quigley, man
ager OF the Studebaker Brothers, made
him smile.
L want you councilmen to under
stand. Shaw continued, that we win
/
| ought TO consider it carefully. Last
Friday night 1 saw 3 councilman
! whtstled into a corner by an attorney
or this company and there they had
a confab. Afterwards this councilman
demanded that another meeting Of the
committee be held Monday night He
wanted to pass on it and rush 1t
through the council before people could
protest. l am glad there were men
who were honorable enough TO stop
this.
IF we had that councilman in our
precinct would get up petition to
have him resign. would throw eggs
| at him and I wouldn't be particular
about the age of the eggs
The men sssking for this franchise
have nothing. They want to sell it.
| If we are going TO grant It to them.
why can't we sell 1t to the highest
bidderOto the Rock Island or the Bur-
lington or whoever would pay the
highest price?''
Other Protestants Talk.
Joseph Bull, Mr.. Hayes, Mr.. Landers
Mr.. Sanborn and others spoke in pro-
test. County Clerk Dunbar made a
/ speech on the subject, which presented
the views of the objectors in a more
logical fashion than has been Gone
heretofore. Banker w. S. MCCORMICK
came to protest, But as the meeting
was late in commencing its work, he
| didn't remain.
Judge o. W. Powers, for the rail-
road company. made very clear state
ment. He said that-A NJ. Kennedy, a
capitalist of South Bend. Ind, a man
of large means, was to furnish the
money for the road. 1t <was to be
merely an inter-urDan electric railway.
He declared that Iso Ear az he knew
no big railway company was trying
TO enter Salt Lake under cover of the
franchise asked. The road would be
bound by the restrictions placed on
other electric railways in Salt Lake,
as to stopping cars, building side
tracks and interfering with traffic in
the streets.
He presented petition signed by
nineteen property owners, whom he
figured owned a frontage Of 1851 feet
on First West street
What does this petition amount to-"
exclaimed Mr.. Shaw ct is filled with
the names of old women. children and
old maids Do old maids know any
thing about business afrairs?"
Judge Powers farther explained that
he was willing to meet objections by
making concessions. He was satisfied
to have the terminus on Third South
and Second West, rather than on Sec
ond South, If the committee thought
best. MI Quirley, whose temper came
near getting the better Of him. said
that no depot rights were asked for
and that a platform would not be built
in the street at the end of the line.
The committee didn't take vote
on the matter, but there were three
against the franchise and three for II
OF the six present. The question will
be considered farther on Wednesday.
at o'clock.