Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-06-10

orcr 10 pay 70 the city twenty-five dol.
lars per Onnum on every street car
operated by the company during tho
term Of liz llfe2 II II a grab" to cons
yey to the city by deed, properties
which the company expected TO use for
tho increase ~ power needed 90 oper-
alto It's lighting and street car enter
hrisee, its minimum value 10 the COM
nony being estimated AT ,lOo,O0O2 II
not, whore does the grab" come inY
II has been intlmnted that the com.
pany wanted 10 Get the better OF the
city by emitting 70 place IN its fran.
chise n forfeiture clause and also the
rIght OF the city to use the water pow.
era 10 be conveyed 10 II for n rival 10
the company and further, the power OF
tho city 10 permit other companies the
use ~ the poles and ntrcct.car tracks
which the Utah Light ana Railway
company owns and are part OF liz os.
sets We'll, whore would tho grab"
come In, II the company were TO be
imposed upon by such restrictions ana
cnorooohmenis2
Would any bona fde rational com.
pcny or individual attempt TO carry on
such a vast enterprise ~ that In Quos.
llon, under poremptory authority at
any tlmo 10 declare i,s franchise for.
fcl'cd without recourse To n judicial de.
olslon7 Would any sane firm want 10
place lie properties under such con.
dltions that rival concern could be
placed IN use ~ iis utilities In com.
nctliionY The more the matter Ig In.
vesilgo'od, the clearer II becomes that
the real grab" and graft" were those
attempted by tho opponents OF tho
Utnh Light and Railway Company
All the pretended praise and enco.
miums uttered toward the members Of
the Council who entered into the con.
splfacy 10 lnjurc the company and tho
municipality NJ the same time, nrc 10
much ounoombo and bathos. To any
ono who knows the facts In the case
and can exercise common sense, ,hov
are the acme Of Stiffness ana bur.
losque The interests Of the city have
not been considered by those plolters
any more than that Of the company
which they cndeavorcd 10 injurc an far
NJ possible,
That portion " The public that has
been led 10 imagine that some wrong
was Intended toward the city by tho
company which has been w shameful.
~ abused for months, have been hood.
wlnked and deceived. A feeling has
been worked NJ without sense or rea.
eon, TO prejudice unthlnkins persons
against company which has had no
desire or design against the very best
interests ~ tho municipality,
The whole matter In u nutshell IL
this The city applied 20 the Utah
Light and Railway Company for the
transfer Ia the city Of the water rights
which II held, IN certain localities on
the way Of the projected line Of con.
veyenoe Of the waters OF the Cotton.
woods of the city, The company re.
sponded At once by showing win.
ingnos 10 deed them to the city, but
was informed that there were not suf.
ncicnt funds available TO purchase tho
| properties for cash, but that perhaps
some arrangements could bo entered
into For mutual benefit, There was no
compact. or agreement, or understand.
Ing entered into nj that time, nut the
company took the subject into eonsld.
| Grafton, ana proposed 10 the city that
| n new franchise should be granted cons.
solldatlng the various franchises held
by the city with nm extension Of It's
time for nf,y years, thus making tho
period ~ It's life correspond with the
franchises granted 10 railroad and
other corporn lions. such u storm was
raised over this extension that the
company agreed TO cut down the Time
40 that II extended only about eight
years beyond the life Of It's longest
franchise,
Now, why oil the noise and pothcr
that has been raised against the propo-
sition2 Simply because n band Of con.
/ spirators, aiming at control Of this
municipality, have faleincd, and os-
asgeratcd tho facts, ana invented an
kinds Of busaboos TO alarm tho pub,
lie, and TO Islander the oncors Of tho
company, and prevent improvements
which are essential 10 the growth and
progress Of the city, until the oonspir.
e,ofs could obtain possession OF the
funds and the facilities 10 accomplish
their hidden purpose, How much good
has como or can come TO the city from
the course tina, has been pursued we
leave our readers 10 puzzle out We
fail TO recognize any benent whatever,