The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1905-04-18

T HE joint council municipal laws and
special water committee yesterday
afternoon finished considering the
ordinance extending the various fran
chises of the Utah Light & Railway
company until Jan. /. 1855, and while all
the provisions that now appear OF viii
appear in the ordinance after certain
sections have been amended by Assist
ant City Attorney W. H Bramel and
City Engineer George W Ritter have
been adopted separately by a majority
of the members of the joint committee,
the ordinance as whole has now been
adopted
When the reading of the ordinance
was finished and President Hewlett and
COuncilmen F'ernstrOm- Wells and
Preece had decided just what should
go into the ordinance and what should
be omitted from it. the committee rose
and Councilman FernstrOm, chairman
of the municipal laws committee, who
was also chairman of the joint commit
tee. announced that the joint commit
tee had concluded its labOrs.
Before the committee had finished
with the ordinance. COuncilmen Holiday
and A J. Davis left the room and wend-
ed their hOmeward way. Before taking
his departure, Councilman Davis made
a brief speech in which he said he could
see no reason why the minority Of the
granting of the proposed extension OF
the Utah Light & Railway company 5
franchises should spend any more time
| a the committee meetings. They had
not been able to get a single objection
to the unjust demands Of the company
Incorporated in the ordinance. He said:
/ You have fixed up an ordinance that
YOU can't pass in the council You can't
get the first section of it passed
1t is the intention of the members OF
the joint committee who favor the
: passage of the ordinance to bring it be
fore the council on signed report rec
ommending its passage.
Judge Young Favors Forfeiture.
Judge lie Grand Young surprised
! those OF the cOUncilmen who have not
( been in the confidence of the Utah
/ Light < Railway company by intro
/ ducing provision at yesterdays meet
( ing of the joint committee for the for
fixture of the cOmpany'S street railway
: Franchises. But il was somewhat am
( DiguOUs and involved in its cOnstruc-
! ton. Assistant City Attorney w H
/ Bramel objected TO it. and after a Ions
/ discussion Judge Young told him tC
/ fix it up according to your idea"
The forfeiture clause will be inserted
! in the ordinance at the end of section
( ,. and viii apply only to the company.
/ street railway franchises It Will pro
vide for joint forfeiture by the city
( council and a decree of court.
Judge Young wanted the city to re,
! strict the land 10 be taken by it aIOnz
! Big Cottonwood creek He said ..th,
/ not take the bed OF the creek. but would
/ leave that to the company. as the com.
( pany intends to extend its tracks Il
/ Holiday and will make a park and es
| tabliSh q resort there"
! y long discussion ensued on this mat
! ter and City Engineer Ritter was finally
/ instructed TO reWriJe the section of tn.
/ ordinance providing for the transfer L
! the city of the Big Cottonwood creeI
| water power right and land along tn,
| same. He will incorporate in the ordi
/ nance descriptions of the lands he j.
Of opinion the city should have
| It was admitted by Judge Young tina
/ the lands and the water right the com
| pany proposes conveying TO Salt LAX,
! City We're covered by a mortgage givkI
] by the company TO secure one of tn,
! several issues of bonds by the Ctal
| Light < Railway company or its prede
! cessOTs- But he said the company yvouI,
give the city a warranty deed
| A warranty deed under the circum
stances was not deemed sufficient. an,
, Mr.. Bramel was instructed TO put int,
! the ordinance a provision requiring tn
company TO give a bond to secure an,
guarantee the title to the lands and wa
| ter right This. Judge Young said, tn
company would be willing TO do.
When the Real Fight Comes.
! When Assistant City Attorney Bran
el and City Engineer Ritter fnisl
amending the sections referred to then
by the committee copies of the ordi
nance VIII be furnished to each Of tn
| members of the council. 1t is expects
| that the ordinance viii come uD 10
! consideration in the council at its mex
| meeting Then the real fight will begi
and each of the fifteen members of tina
body viii be compelled to do one of tw
| thingS-gO on record for or against tn
extension Of the cOmpany's franchises
or remain away from the meetings o
the council until the fight is fought on
to finish.
| Below is the ordinance as agreed. O
| by four members of the joint committe
| of seven. President Hewlett and Coun
| cllmen FernStrOm. Wells and Preect
1t is opposed by CounciImen A J. DaVi
and Holiday Councilman Dean has no
| attended the last three meetings of TN
joint committee:
Provisions OF the Franchise.
The ordinance is as follows:
| An ordinance ratifying and cOnfirmin
| the transfer OF franchises to Utah Ligf
| * Railway company. corporation; cN
| tending the life of said franchises an
! amending same
BE it ordained by the city council 4
| Salt Lake city. Utah.