Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-02-24
PLAIN STATEMENT OF FACTS.
Company Did Not Ask to Sell Proper.
ty TO City 0yertures Came
From Mayor

torney for the company, to be present
ed to the mayor and city council at
this evenings session.
The petition in tull follows;
Salt Lake city, Utah, Feb %, 1906
To the Honorable Mayor and city
Council Of Salt Lake City Utah
Gentlemen-The Utah Light and
Railway company herewith submit a
form for an ordinance approving the
transfer TO the Utah Light and Rail-
way company of the franchises In salt
Lake city formerly held by the Utah
Light and Power company and the
Consolidated Railway and Power COM
pany and granting to the Utah Light
and Railway company an extension
OF It's franchises for an additional per-
Tod OF 80 years with some other slight
notifications from the original grants.
In presenting this petition, In view
Of what has been said recently in the
press OF the city, and what has come
before your honorable body it may not
be out Of place to sta te briefly the per-
tinent facts that led to and the reasons
for submitting this ordinance to your
honorable body,
a year ago the End OF last January
the Utah Light and Railway company
was organized and the interests Of the
railway company and the lighting COM
pany were consolidated by the two lat
ter deciding TO the former their proper
ties, rights and privileges The ordi-
nances Of the city require that these
transfers shall be ratified and approved
by the city council, II Is a formal
matter regarding which we assume
there would be no opposition.
MAYOR MADE OVERTUREs.
The company was about to apply to
the city for approval Of these trans
fers when Mayor Morris approached
some of the officers Of the Utah Light
and Railway company with a view to
ascertaining the price the company set
upon and was willing to take for It's
power rights at the mouth OF Big
Cottonwood canyon, generally known
as the Butler Mill site and the Deseret
Paper Mill site, The manager OF the
company, to whom the mayor spoke,
Informed Mayor Morris that the prop
erty was worth more than 100000 to
the company and could not be bought
for that, and there was no disposition
on the part Of the company to sell the
property at any price as Il intended TO
moving the Utah plant and probably
the Jones plant, down TO this Paper
Mill site. The mayor then stated
that It was important to the
city TO get those power rights
II anything was accomplished In acquir.
ing the Big Cottonwood stream. The
matter was laid before the board OF
directors and II was decided that the
company would place no obstacle in the
way OF the city in regard to this water
question, and that In view Of the fact
that the company had other places
It could develop and thereby acquire
additional power, some terms that were
reasonable and fair should be entered
into with the city In regard to the
water power at the mouth Of Big Cot
tonwoOd.
SUGGESTED GRANTING PRIVII-
EGGS.
Afterwards the mayor saw the man
ager u the company and informed him
that 1t would be practically impossible
for the city TO pay the money for the
property, but that II the city could
grant the company any reasonable adj
ditlonal powers or privileges he thought
that would be cheerfully done by the
had no thought Of applying for an ex-
tension OF it's franchise, Il had occurred
to no che. The matter was considered
again by the board and II was decided
to request that all the companys fran
chises be consolidated and that the
request be made Of the mayor and
city council to extend these franchises
for an additional 80 years, as this would
make the bonds Of the company more
valuable
Mayor Morris was informed that II
the city would pay some Of the cash
expenses attendant to getting out our
plans and for the work that had been
done on the place for the last five
years, which was not very large
amount, probably about sS0O0 and
would grant the company an additional
extension to its franchises, and some
other minor matters which are contain
ed in the ordinance, the company would
transfer It's rights to the water power
known as the Butler Mill site, including
the ground at that place, and also the
Deseret Paper mill site, about a mile
below, Mayor Morris stated that he
could not consider the payment OF any
money II the franchises were extended,
but asked us to draft such an ordinance
as we would like TO have approved COW
he would lay It before the city council
and the city attorney This was done
some time IN December, but owing TO
different matters II has been delayed
until recently.
AUTHORIZED PRICES.
The franchises owned by the com.
pany for lighting purposes extend for
30 years from March, 1897 The last
ordinance, however, fixing the prices
for electric light was approved by the |
city council March 10, 1898, and the |
company is authorized to charage the |
following prices
/. 1000 candle power arc lights, all |
night service, $1,000 per lamp per |
month
2. Same light. midnight service
$40 90 per lamp per month.
g. Same light 10 o'clock service |
SIS 90 per lamp per month.
4. Electrical energy one cent per |
ampere hour computed on the basis |
OF 20 cents for 1000 watt hours, pro- |
vlded any consumer shall be liable TO |
the company for nc least 81 so per
month for such energy
In the proposed ordinance your hon
orable body win observe that these
prices are somewhat modified. I'm place |
OF Sl5 % for arc lights per lamp per
month we have named $1,000 for all
night service, for midnight service, In !
place Of $40, 90 we have named 50. 90
As n matter of fact, these prices have
not been charged by the company, For
all night service II has been receiving
Sti 90, while the limit was SIS co. for
service 81 80 while the limit
was $1,000 and for 10 o'clock service.
So 90, while the limit was $500 and
In place OF 20 cents for 1000 watt !