The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-06-06

I pend the rules to hear from Judge I.e-
Grand Young, general counsel for the
ton having been made to hearing from
| him while the ordinance was being read
and while il was subject to amendment
The motion was voted down, ayes &,
noes. s.
Councilman E H. Davis moved to take
recess until p. m. "Wednesday Lost,
newed several times during the next hour.
but was voted down each time
Councilman Wells tried to have the sub
stitute ordinance so amended as 10 also
grant an extension of franchise to the
Utah Power company without that cor
necessary 500 800, This was voted down.
Fifty HORSEPOWER Free.
Then an amendment requiring the
company to give TO Salt Lake City free
the equal of fifty horse power of cleo
tr1CaI energy. instead of thirty horse
power. as provided in the original draft
of the substitute ordinance. was adopted
At the suggestion of the city engineer
the section Of the ordinance providing
for the transfer to the city Of land and
water rights in Big Cottonwood canyon
was made more explicit
The following amendments were
adopted.
Immediately following section No. 5
I and as an addition thereto, insert
said Utah Light & Railway company
[ shall furnish to the city at such times
as said city may require gravel cars, and
shall haul gravel and dirt for said city
Tor street Improvement purposes AT Tea-
. sonabic rates. to be agreed upon between
the council Of said city and said COM
pdny."
Add to section s. at the end thereof:
In case the city council shall here
after grant a franchise over any Of its
streets TO any other street railway or
. lnJfTuTbdn company. said Utah Light x
. Railway company shall allow such other
. company running arrangements over its
. tracks TO reach any important terminus
or center upon Just compensation being
Iudue h} SucI otHeI COMPANY lot con
structiou. maintenance and use Of the
/ track or tracks so used
Must Sprinkle the TRaeks.
Resolved. That at the end Of section .
be inserted the following provision.
That said company shall hereafter,
during the life Of said street railway
franchises and each OF them be required
. to keep the space between their different
rails and tracks and also a space two
/ feet wide outside of the outer rails of
I the outer track properly spTinlded in
/ conformity to the ordinances IN force
/ upon such subject
/ Insert as section No II the following
/ The duties and Liabilities OF said Utah
I Light & Railway company in respect to
/ paving. repairing. protecting and caring
/ for portions of the streets occupied by
I IT, +r,cI-- sboT no a. ffvad in sections
/ 80 and 256 Of the revlSer statutes OF
/ Utah Of 1898. and said sections are here
/ by made a part hereof
Judge Young Gets Chance
Speeches were made by COuncilmen
/ Wells, FeTnstTOm- Hartenstetn, CUoden-
| ham, A J. Davis, Black, Hooday ana
/ others in support Of their respective con-
tentions. and then Judge LeGrand Young
was accorded the privilege OF the floor
He told of the efforts Of the Utah Light
& Railway company to secure an extern
/ sion Of its franchises, and said the com
pany was seeking for nothing more than
a fair exchange Of its holding on Big
Cottonwood creek with the city. He did
not regard the substitute ordinance as fair
. To the company and was convinced that
the company would not accept it The
vote was then taken with the result
stated
The solid eight who forced the sub
stitute ordinance through the council are
COUuCilmeu Black. A J. Davis Deans
Hartenstein. HOLIDAY. Martin Neuhsu-
sen. Wood Those who finally voted VITA
them for the passage Of the ordinance are=
Tuddenham and Wells. Councilman
Ferustr0rn stood true TO his COlOTs and
voted against the substitute ordinance
Mayors Veto Not Sustained.
The council failed to sustain the mayors
veto gi the appropriation Of SL9St.o0 70
Paw p J. Moran for lowering the Beil
Telephone company conduit in Brigham
street. The inspector on the WoT6
credited Moran with but S3-5520Z and ths
TlIvcT ard city engineer were unable 70
linoFsStaEd WaE the OH 7HolLl os S--{
larger But the council by z vote OF ~
ayes to- : noes decided to stand by It's
action i'm making the appropriation
s. petition was presented TO the council
Isl- night asking that Main street Dc
.-4-a.f from Fourth South to Ninth South
Street II was referred to the COMMITTEES
on streets.
y number of property owners residing
in -z-o -fciEifv of Westminster college
protested to the coUncii against the pro
posed cnening Of streets ana auezs
the rc7-rnittec Oh streets and the city