The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1901-06-13
MADE MONKEYS
OF COJAGILNE
Members Are Sore Over the
Telephone Hoax.
CITY IS $500 AHEAD
WHOLE CASE TO BE REPORTED
70 COUNCIL.

of the Mutual and Home Telephone
companies 20 the Bell people for $3.50
each. with the many ludicrous fea-
tr-es Of the deal, was the talk of tn
town yesterday. The consensus Of
opinion was that the people who sold
out had made monkeys of the mem
bers of the council committee"
It developed yesterday that the re-
ceipt from Elmer 3. Jones to the Ben
people for the $3.50 paid him was shown
10 John L. D9oly. That gentleman
asked permission TO use this receipt.
and showed it to Couucilmeu Thomas
and Robertson. it is assumed, TO put
them on their guard. When David =.
Murray the manager of the Bel COM
pany. was Informed % this hy con-
clUded that 1t should De shown to
Democrat also. to eliminate the idea OF
party politics. He sent for Council
man HartenStein. but that gentleman
refused to respond. and Nh. Murray
then went 70 Councilman Fernstrom
and showed him the paper.
Tt developed also yesterday that
when a. I. Waterbury sold out and
received his $3.50 he returned over the
key OF his office i'm the Mccormick block
20 Mr.. Murray. thus giving that gentle
man possession of all his office turni-
ture. It is believed that If Waterbury
were on the ground now he would hold
that the $3.50 was in payment for his
office furniture.
Joke on Councilmen.
The members IF the council commit
tee that have been COQuetting with
these Mutual and Home people ever
since the beginning Of the year were
not in a very pleasant frame Of mind
yesterday and were made the butt of
many jokes by their friends
III admit said Councilman Rob
ertSOn, shat these fellows have made
monkeys of the mem bers of the COM
III 4
Edence in them and I'm gratified, of
course. that my Judgment in the mat
ter mas been indicated AS to the fU-
rure course of the committee. shall in
sist that the whole matter shall be
laid wide open before the whole cOun-
Gil, and then it viii be fully under
stood why there has been so mUcn
delay
Councilman whittemore said: They
didn't fool me- I have said all along
that they must put up the $4,000
guarantee before they could have
franchise with my consent And the
city VIII be $500 ahead anyhow, as each
of these applicants had 10 put up 5000
when the application for a franchise
was made. But they were cheap skates
the best you could say OF them"
Thomas Was Shown.
Yes" Councilman Thomas said. Il
saw the receipt for the $3.50 and then
took tumble. I aid not see this, how
ever, tin after the last hearing given
the telephone peOple. The committee
has acted in good faith all the way
through ana think the outcome has
justified the caution with which it has
acted. At the same time the delay has
been at the instance Of the teleChOne
people. Mr.. Wallace himself asked for
q two weeks delay at one time, as he
was going away and did not want the
matter brought up in his absence The
Herald mad the story all right this
ms a
full breast OF the entire matter at the
next meeting Of tho cou4. Gil"
Councilman FernstrOm had but little
to say. II saw the receipt for the $3.50
paid TO Jones" he said, and, Of course,
knew what it. meant. ] think while
the council Is on this subject Of tele-
phones the relation of the Bell com
Dany 90 the city should be settled be
yond question I am not satisfied that
lhaI company has a franchise at all.
although City Attorney Stephens is of
the opinion that * has one that runs
for all time
Councilman Hartepstein said: 'I was
satisfied from the start that there was
q niger in the wOCdpile and I made
up my mind to be very careful and
kaep away from all the telephone peo-
J. tin the matter was disposed of.
sock the position that no franchise
should De granted till there was an
Incorporated body or some responsible
parties TO issue the franchise to; /
took the same position in regard to
the Qugiey electric road to Ogden.
At the same time I felt that the mat
ter should rot be disposed Of TIN an
understanding was had with the pres
ems company as to what the telephone
charges were to be in future and what
kind Of service the people of the city
were to expect. I am of that opinion
still; don't think the Bell people
should be permitted Co take $500 and
head of valuable legislation in the city
council Just because some of the agents
Of the applicants for franchises sell
ont. / still think that before this mat
ter is finally disposed OF the city coun-
Gil should know just what the future is
20 be in this city as relates to tele-
phones"
1t was the opinion Of all the coun-
Cilmen that the $500 put up by the AIu-
tual and Home people when they APP
piled for the franchises would be held
as neither company would come fo--
ward to demand the franchise. IL
either did appear to demand the fran
chise &c would be required to put up the
bond Of $4,000 in one case and SIS. 900
i'm TIN other. and this IL was thought
would not be done. COunci1men Cam
ninE and Tuddenham. the other two
members OF the committee were not
TO be found yesterday and Fred Leon
ard left early in The morning for Park
city.