Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1905-04-03


All the talk that has been raised
about the company's attempting TO gain
control OF all the streets. highways al
leys, etc. exclusively Is nothing but
hot air." The company already has
rights under It's present franchises to
operate It's lighting and It's street car
services. II simply asked for an ex-
tension OF time on them and their con-
solldatlon into one.
Under the ordinance yet to be passed
upon there Is to be considerable re-
ductlon OF the rates for lighting, and
also a new arrangement for street car
fares, the maximum price within city
limits to be five cents and a special de-
ductlon for ticket books. All this to be
fixed by the city council.
The extension for so years having
been so strenuously opposed, the com.
pany has slgnlfed Its willingness to
modify its request in that particular
and considerable reduction OF that
time will doubtless be amlcably arrang-
d.
As kind OF "Wlll o-the-Wlsp 10
dazzle the eyes Of the public and lead
them still further astray, what Is pop
ularly known as bluff proposition
has been held forth II Is pretended
offer to establish a lighting plant
which will make reduced rates from
the present figures II franchise for
ffty years is given to it by the coun-
ell, Observe, the city Is TO get no COM
pensation for this grant; not a dollar
Ia offered as a bonus; nothing by way
OF public lighting just a bald and
glimmering bait for the public to bite
at and hook wherewith to catch
gudgeons.
The very people who are declaiming
against grant Of flfty years to an ex-
listing company In full operation In
every part of the city, which guaran-
tees property worth 100000, free SER
vices to the city to the value Of sla,-
900 yearly, with full restrictions by the
city on prices, regulations and all that
should be exercised IN the public In
terest actually advocate and demand
that gaseous request shall be granted
for an inchoate concern for fifty
years franchise for nothing, which is
to operate, II at all, In the central part
Of town, with no guarantees for its eX-
tension, or any valuable consideration
Of any kind.
And further some Of the very men
who have Joined In the cutlery against
the Utah Light and Power company
for asking an extension OF It's fran
chhse for fifty years, have been the
champions OF other corporations for a
franchise Of one hundred years!
What Is all the noise and furore
about? There are schemes behind il
which will be uncovered shortly aud
the public win see how portion Of II
has been fooled by uproar, Just now
that does not matter very much. What
Ia needed Is an ordinance that viii be
fair In It's provisions, both TO the city
and to the company, II Is not true
that their interests are discordant. They
are mutually beneficial They are 10 a
large extent nterdependeut There
should be no conflict between them
They should work together In harmony
The members OF the city council
should have the manhood to stand up
for what Is just and right to all COLI
cerned, and pay no attention TO the
threats, denunciatlons or abuse OF tho
willy schemers who want to cripple Ole
OF the most valuable institutions IN this
state II they cannot stand up firmly
against the outcries raised to intimidatt
them and which have no basis In truth
they are unfit to occupy the positions
to which they have been elected by IN,
people They viii make nothing bJ
trucking to clamor.
Truth and right remain when tumul
and vociferation pass away into moth
ingness. The facts we have presented
cannot be overturned The falsehood
that have been heralded and echoed VII
not bear the light. Let this controvers!
be ended as speedily as possible, and lie
something OF more real moment an'
value to the community take It's plac
and be considered nationally and with
out passion.
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