Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1902-06-14

/ necessary to present the matter to par
lament, and the special act which had
to be made before the work could be
begun covers As foolscap pages and EN-
braces all the details OF the constitute
ton Of the road and its operation, in
GLIDING regulations as to the dividends
on the shares and the fares for the Ia
boring classes as well as to Sundays
and holidays.
Said Mr. Monks:
In securing an electrical railroad
concession In England, YOU must first
take your ciyil engineers and go over
the route aud make out plans showing
mat the road will be built according To
law. The gradients have to be of a
certain measure and the streets wide
enough to allow a space OF nine feet
on each side Of the track. If they are
not so wide you will have to tear down
buildings and widen them, and OF
course, build new buildings and pay the
damages necessary to put the property
III the same condition as before you be-
gan to work, In constructing the
chatham railroad IT cost the British
thomson Houston company 100000 fot
widening a street. Maps showing all
THIS must be laid before the commits.
sioners Of parliament The plans must
De gotten out by ciyll engineers and
every detail died with the commission
ers.
After all this Is done notices must be
served upon the landowners and tho
local ana railroad authorities. and upon
all parties who may be affected by tn,
road and they all have the right 10
OPPOSE the granting Of the concession.
Nhen the matter comes up befor,
the commissioners II Is necessary
nave good counsel to present IT, an
ms Is expensive AT the same time
deposit OF per cent Of the estimate
cost OF the undertaking has to be mad,
as surety that damages to public an,
private property viii be repaired If M
Undertaking Is not carried out m
amount IS released when the road
completed but II abandoned so mue
Oh IL as - necessary 70 indemnify dan
ages ana losses Is fortified Quite
iot or printing and advertising has
Dc done and the result s as I hst
sald, that the cost Is from 5000 Ia 10
VVVo pounds before you really kno,.
whether you have anything or not.
LOW FARES FOR WoRKINGMEN
Take, for instance, this Hamilton
tramway which was recently built in
small city near Glasgow. The act OF
parliament granting Il lies before me
II mas all sorts Of provisions as to
fares. II provides that from until
O'Clock every morning and at 4 o'clock
IN the afternoon the company shall run
cars FOR artisans, mechanics. daily la
Dorers and clerks at fares not exceed
ing one ha'penny or one cent. per mile.
III requires that no baggage shall be
taken into the cars that cannot be car
ried in the hands, and also that the
company shall not use the line as a
freight line, although IL mag carry par
GELS up to rs pounds. The rate for such
parcels is fixed at cents up to
pounds, 10 cents TO IL pounds, and ID
cents to rs pounds.
There is provision that whenever
the profits OF the road exceed 4 per cent
on the capital certain amounts shall be
paid to the municipality and district
through which the road runs CORE
spending with the increase Of the earn
ings and also a provision that after a
period Of Is years and at periods OF
seven years thereafter the company
shall sell the road to the locality at
fair market value II the municipality
wishes to buy IL.