The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1902-04-09
ON DEPOT
AGAIN DEFERRED
Protest Comes Up in Council and
Subject Goes Over.
RIO GRANDE GIVES A BOND
AGREEMENT AT CONFERENCE IS
NOT DEEMED LIKELY.
RIO GRANDE GIVES A BOND

IT HE Rio Grande Western Railway
company formally protested to
the city council last evening
against granting the Oregon Short Line
company the use of the east side Of
Fourth West street with tracks ap-
preaching the latter's proposed depot
site. The protest was accompanied by
petition for a franchise to the Rio
Grande to lay and maintain tracks
along this street TO the proposed union
depote site on Third South street. The
petition and protest, together with the
accompanying blue print of the two
companies trackage, present and pros
pectve, were referred to the commit
tees on streets and municipal laws.
which already has the matter under
consideration.
The text of the Rio Grande's petition
and protest was the same as was pub
lished in The Herald last Saturday. ex-
cept that in addition it was stated that
the Rio Grande viii negotiate with the
Short Line with view toward agree
ing upon details for the erection of q
union passenger station on the Third
South street site, and in harmonys with
this intention it was suggested that
the tracks on Fourth West street
should either belong to the corporation
to be formed for carrying out the
union depot project or to the companies
jointly which erect the joint station
The communication before the council
further stated that a definite commu-
nicatiOn in this regard will be made as
soon as the details can be discussed
with the Short Line officials
Bond is Submitted.
It was further stated in the Rio
Grande's petition and protest that At
torney p. L. Williams for the Short
Line had remarked to tlhe council COM
mlttee meeting last Saturday evening
that his company is DESTROYS OF join
ing with the Rio Grande in the erection
Of a union depot at the former pro-
posed site on Third South street. so
that all that is left is to proceed with
the preliminary details as rapidly as
possible"
As an evidence Of its earnestness in
the matter, the Rio Grande submitted
a bond in the sum of 100000. assured
by the Utah Savings & Trust company,
guaranteeing that IL will perform its
part of the agreement i'm the erection
Of a union depot, If the necessary fran
Chises granted a couple of years ago tc
the Rio Grande and Short Line for
trackage on Fourth West street and
union depot privileges are granted
anew, and the two companies can
agree upon terms for the erection Of
the proposed joint passenger station.
Owing to the absence of General
Counsel P. L. Williams of the Oregon
Short Line from the city yesterday
the conference between representatives
of the two roads over union depot
proposition was deferred II viii prob
ably take place today.
Agreement is Doubtful.
Although both roads are on record
in favor of a union depot, cousiderabl
doubt is expressed by persons in the
inner circles of both roads that an
agreement viii be reached. The Rio
Grande is determined to have the de-
pot built on the site on Fourth West
and Second South streets. The Short
Line. while it would prefer a station
on its present site. is ready to go into
the Second South street proposition
provided it can get in on suitable
terms. The Rio Grande owns the land,
and hence has TO a large extent the
key TO the situation 1t may be that
the terms offered the Oregon Short
Line viii be entirely unsatisfactory TO
that road.
Except for the economy of erecting