The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1900-09-26
Los Angeles Railroad Men Make
Formal Request.
PROTESTS OF CITIZENS
STREET RAILROAD FRANCHISE
TO REACH NEW UNIVERSITY.

Last evenings session of the city
council opened with several members
fairly falling over each other to give
Chairman George A Lowe of the citi-
zens' memorialists for the grant of
Pioneer square as a depot site for the
proposed railroad between Salt Lake
and Los Angeles, the privilege OF the
floor to present the petition of the
railroads promoters and also to the
citizens present as protestants. See
ing objections ahead, however, Mr..
Lowe had Councilman Robertson with
draw his request Business then pro-
ceeded in the regular order
Under this head T. E. Gibbon, on be-
halI or his cOllea CUES in the promotion
OF the proposed railroad. presented and
mad read a petition requesting that
Pioneer park be coded to a company
10 be organized by Senator w A Clark
or Montana and r. c. Kerens of ST.
LOUIS for depot purposes and for a
franchise over streets leading thereto
on condition that the lire of railroad
be built as proposed. Early action was
requested on the petition. and in order
70 overcome objections and facilitate
the grants, 1t was suggested that an
ordinance be Passed repeating the ordi-
lie park.
On behalf of the citizens committee
of 100 appointed at meeting last week
by Chairman DOoly to memorabilia the
council to grant Pioneer square for the
purpose stated. Chairman Lowe and
Secretary r. W. Wilson of the sub
committee requested that the petition
presented for the depot grant and
street franchises be referred to the
council committees on municipal laws
and public grounds, so that the me-
morialists could meet with the council
representatives and confer upon the
matter of the proposed ordinance max
ing the concessions to the projected
railroad.
Protests Against Cession-
Two voIuminous protests against
making free grant of the park for a
DEPOT were received. The longer pro-
test was signed by w. B. Preston, Jo-
seph F. Smith, L. S. Hills. B. H
Schettler. Fergus Coalter, T. c. Griggs,
Thomas Hull. B. T. Lloyd. John t.
Caine. Elias A. Smith. A F. Barnes
H. S. Young, John Clark. E. NJ. Weller.
J. F. Howells and a couple of hundred
other citizens, many of whom are en-
plOyees Of u. c. NJ. l.
The other remonstrance was from
Alice Butterworth and over a score of
property owners whose possessions are
west of or adjacent TO the park
The prOtestants set up that while
they stood ready to aid the railroad
project in every way to purchase a de-
pot site, they would exhaust every legal
means to prevent the ceding of Pioneer
park for railroad or any other purpose
than that f - which it was intended
when it was apart as a public park
forever.
All petitions for the ceding of Pho
neer park and street franchises to the
railroad and also the protests were re-
ferred to the committees on streets,
public grounds and municipal laws,
with the city attorney associated. to
hear both sides of the question publicly
on the evening of Oct 4.
Street Cars to University.
BY request Councilman Robertson in
troduced d bill for an ordinance grant
ing a franchise to the Salt Lake City
Railroad company for a double track
line from the intersection of Third and
u streets. south on Thirteenth East
to Fifth South street. 1t is proposed
to have a fifteen minute service for
cars on the new line except from South
Temple to First South 1t is also stipu-
lated that that part of the line from
First South TO Second South shall be
completed within sixty days from date
of acceptance of the franchise, and the
remainder of the line within two years
The bill was referred to the committees
on streets and municipal laws.
Accompanying the bill was a resolu-
ton, by request, directing that the sum
or SZOO depOSlIeQ IN April, 1899, Dy the
petitioner to cover the cost of publish
ing of a franchise ordinance to the
company over the same streets, which
franchise was not accepted, be applied
in satisfaction of the required deposit
in this instance
Over the protest Of President Buckle
the resolution was adopted. The ten
councilmen voting in the affirmative
took the stand that the needs of the
hundreds of students who viii soon be
attending the university in the new
buildings on the east bench OutWeighed
all other considerations in coaxing the
railroad company to extend its line as
desired by so many citizens.
The Oregon Short Line Railroad
company requested reconsideration of
the councils order of two years ago,
and concerning which the petitioner is
Directing in the district court, requir-
ing the company to lower it's tracks on
South Temple street west of Sixth
West to the established grade. The
reconsideration desired is based on a
showing that unless the Salt Lake &
Los Angeles Railroad company is also
required to lower its tracks the cross
ing of the two roads will be rendered