Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-08-18
WILL PETITION
FOR FRANCHISE.
Utah 4 Salt Lake Valley viii Ask
City Council Tonight.
COMING UP TO MAIN STREET
New Inter-Urbsn Line wants 20 Get
Into the Heart Of salt
Lake City.

The Utah & Salt Lake Valley cleo,
! trio line viii this evening petition the
city council for a franchise to operate
cars from the present terminus on
Tenth South to Twelfth South, where
connection will be made with right
of-way which was this afternoon
granted by the county commits
sioners along the east side Of the Red
wood road to Taylorsville. thence half
a mile east on the Taylorsyille road to
shoot off in a southeasterly direction
across the river at the Highland Boy
smelter and down to Bingham juno
tion.
Providing this franchise is grant
ed the Utah & Salt Lake Val
ley, which is the Telluride Power plant
project, viii make an effort 10 come ~
Main street In any case, II is salu
that the road viii come as near the
center of town as West Temple and
Second South streets, With this OBJ
ject In view the company has been ac-
curing property on First West, near
the present terminus OF the line, With
the object in view of coming through
the block and along Pierpont avenue
just below the Oregon Short Line
building on West Temple street.
The company Is willing to put up II
reasonable bond 10 show that they
mean business and also promises to
operate decidedly effective inter-
urban service between Salt Lake and
Bingham Junction,
FRANCHISE GRANTED.
The county commissioners today de-
cided TO grant the Salt Lake & Utah
Valley Railroad company franchise
for an electric railway from the south
ern limits Of the city, south on Red
wood road to Taylorsville thence across
me river to the Highland Boy smelter,
thence south to Bingham Junction.
Some few changes In the franchise
which were suggested at the meeting |
Of the commissioners this morning viii |
be made and 1t will be returned to them |
~ tlOCk TINS hiNtIilOOll W DS nhallJ |
approved
The conditions of the franchise are |
practically the same as those In the |
franchise asked for by the Salt Lake |
& Suburban Railway company. and |
which is now under consideration by |
the commissioners. The limit Of fares |
to be charged are, 8 cents 10 Granger, !
10 cents 10 Taylorsvile and 20 cents TO /
Iltperhat,a htn1ftAp Tho rantaipAo
the company TO furnish bond for $40 |
coo 10 guarantee that one-half Of the |
road will be built inside OF one year
In the Salt Lake & Suburban franchise
the same bond was required but the |
company was only asked 10 build one
NTH Of it's road in a year. The Salt
Lake & Utah Valley company agreed at
once to furnish the required bond, but
the other company objected 10 the bond
and hence It's franchise is tied up
The commissioners also heard the OBJ
jections Of the Salt Lake 4 Suburban
Railway company's attorney to furnish
ing bond as required in the franchise.
Mr.. Taylor the attorney, thought that
the proposition was unjust and un-
businessllke and did not think that his
company should be required TO give the
bond. as the mere existence OF the COM
pany itself was sufficient evidence of
good faith on its part. The matter was
taken under consideration by the COM
mlssioners and Il Is expected that UNI
less the company furnishes the bond
as required, its petition for a franchise
will be turned down.
OTHER RAILROAD BUSINESS.
The oregon Short Line was granted
permission to build track across the
county road at Pallas.
The Rio Grande Western Railway
company was notified by the commits
sioners TO remove an old abutment
which obstructs highway No. 49,