The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-12-02
RIVAL LINES IN
ROW OVER STREET
Salt Lake & Ogden and Utah Light &
Railway Company Clash.
HOSTILE GANGS ON WATCH
CONFLICT OVER RIGHT OF WAY
ON THIRD WEST STREET.

IL OSTILE gangs Of men employed by
II the Utah Light & Railway COM
pany and the Salt Lake & Ogden
roads. respectively. watched each 9TH
er's movements furtively last night ON
Third West street. north of Fifth North
street A conflict has broken out be-
tween the TWO corporations over which
shall lay track on the west side Of the
street in question, and the courts NAV
be called upon to settle IT,
Denizens of that section Of the city.
who watched the movements of the III
val corporations yesterday. expected
that there would DO d battle between
the opposing forces, but up 10 a late
hour last night there had been no per-
sOnal collision between them.
Fight over a Grade.
The Utah Light & Railway. conpanv
operates a street car line on the west
side of the contested street from West
South Temple street to Fifth North
street. The salt Lake & ogden has a
track on the other side Of the street.
The Salt Lake & ogden has built a
railroad grade on the west side of the
street.-the opposite from its old track
from Fifth North street, where the
street car line stops, TO Eighth North
street About two weeks ago the Salt
Lake & Ogden laid about "A block OF
track on this grade. starting from the
point where the street car line ends.
Rival Company seizes Grade.
Yesterday morning the street car
company surprised the Salt Lake d
ogden officials by starting 10 lay track
from the point where the Salt Lake g.
ogden ceased laying track two weeks
al q
people had time 10 catch their breath
the Light x Railway company had laid
about block and a half OF track
By noon, however. the Salt Lake a.
Ogden recovered sufficiently from its
surprise to set a force Of men at work
laying track a short distance ahead Of
where the street railway conpanv's
force was at work Both gangs worked
all afternoon, while the pOpulace stood
around and wondered when the trou-
bic would start.
The Light & Railway company threw
rails and ties i'm between the track
which il laid and the point where the
Salt Lake & Ogden started work an
noon, but did not attempt 10 lay any
track there.
Each Has Franchise.
Each side admits thar the other has a
franchise which covers the whole
street and. in view Of this fact. I'll will
be hard 70 get the matter before tha
courts. as each apparently is as fuIlv
entitled to lay tracks on either side Of
the street as the other. 1t is probable
that an effort VIII be made to reach an
amicable agreement
An official Of the Utah Light q Rail
way company said last night that the
object Of the company in extending jas
track on Third West street is to reach
the Oregon Short Line shops. He de
MES the claim Of the Salt Lake q Cc-
den road that il has any considerable
grade there, and says that his com
pany is laying its tracks i'm the street.
but it is not denied that the track-ldy-
ing started at the point where the Salt
Lake & ogden ceased work two weeks
ago.
5amberger Is Defiant.
Simon Bamberger. president of the
salt Lake & Ogden. said last night:
THE Utah Light & Railway company
started laying tracks on our grade and
We will not permit it if we have to go
into the courts to stop il. That grade
was built with our money. and the 9th
er company has no right to use it,
There was no consultation between
the officers Of the cOntendiug cOmpa-
MES yesterday except thar Mr.. BAN
berger and Judge lie Grand Young. at
tOrney for the Utah Light & Railway
company. had a talk over the telephone.
Neither was able TO give the other any
satisfaction
The Salt Lake & ogden commenced
yesterday afternoon laying "A switch 10
connect its old track on the east side
Of the street with its new track on the