The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-08-28
FRANCHISE GRANTED
STREET CAR TRUST
Utah Light and Railway May
DOuble-Track Its Second
West Line.
1T WILL RUN FOR
ALMOST FIFTY YEARS
Question of Lighting East Brig
ham Street Comes Up and
Is Passed Upon.

A franchise was granted TO the Utah
| Light and Railway company by the City
| Council, Monday night, to construct
double track on Second West street
| from a point opposite the Warm Springs.
| where the present Warm Springs line
ends, and to run northwesterly on what
is known as the County road TO Ninth
North street. The franchise is TO go
into effect at once and Will be in force
for a period OF forty-nine years from
July /, 1905.
a communication was received from
the Committee on Streets, in which it
was recommended that the question of
lighting East South Temple street, which
has been undecided ever since the street
was paved, be settled by notifying the
Utah Light and Railway company TO
place three arc lights in every one OF
the long blocks, The recommendation of
the committee was adopted.
y resolution was introduced by Mr.,
O.Donnell to the effect that the Council
appropriate the sum Of S11.30 TO pay the
charges for witnesses which were neces-
sary during the trial Of the case against
the City Health Commissioner. The reso-
luton was adopted and the amount
placed on the appropriation list.
muSJ NOI SIOIe OaTSs
a Communication was received from the
City Attorney, in which II was stated
that the city has not the right TO re-
move the tracks OF the Rio Grande
Western Railway company from Eighth
West street, between Third and Fourth
South streets, as the franchise granted
on that street has not expired, but that
the company has not the right to store
cars on the tracks along the street nor
can 1t place cars there for the purpose
OF unloading them. A motion was then
passed to instruct the Recorder to notify
the railway company that cars must not
be lett standing on the street so that
the property owners may no longer be
annoyed as they have been in the past
The Council confirmed the appointment
by Acting Chief of Police Burbidge OF
Peter Cottam TO serve as special police
man without pay, In the place or John
Hardin, resigned. Cottam is appointed
at the request OF the Oregon Short Line
Railway company,
communication was received from
George klunke. In which he stated that
he is property owner in this city and
that he had been charged s25 for q
water meter he had asked to have in
stalled. 1t was asked In the commuui-
cation II this was not contrary to law
me communication was referred to the
Committee on Waterworks, with instruc-
tlons TO make an investigation
Mr.. Fernstrom introduced the follow
ing resolution; "Be it resolved that the
CITY Attorney be and Is hereby instructed
TO prepare an ordinance that Will make
ii obligatory on the part OF all city en-
ployees 10 devote all their time eyclu-
slVeiy 10 the city to the positions 10
which they have been appointed, pro-
vided, however. that this ordinance shall
not include the Health Commissioner or
City Chemist
The resolution was referred TO the
Committee on Municipal Laws
communication was received from
the Mount Pickle company, whose fac
tory is located on Eighth South between
Third and Fourth West streets. in which
the request was made that some arrange
ments be made whereby the company
could dispose OF the refuse brine and
vinegar from its tanks. as there has been
much complaint from the property own
ers In the vicinity OF the factory because
the matter is now being run into the
ditch in the street.
Information for Fernstrom.
After this communication had been
read resolution was introduced by Mr..
Fernstrom, In which be demanded that
the Council meet as a committee OF the
whole 10 see why the Health Commis-
sioner had not stopped the nuisance
which the Mount company had created by
dumping refuse into the ditch Mr. Fern
strom was Informed that the Health
Commissioner had already served the
company With a notice that If must con
struct flume or pipe line 10 convey
the refuse to the creek. about block
distant.
Mr. Ferpstrom's resolution nleo
charged the administrator with neglect
ing the sanitary conditions of the city,
and stated that Salt Lake is in a more
unhealthy condition than II has ever
been. Several members OF the Council
denounced this latter charge as being an
utter falsehood and charged Mr. Fern
strom with making such charges for none
other than political ends. Mr.. Fern
strom did not deny the charge and con
sented to his resolution being referred to
the Committee on Sanitation, which will
take up the mater Thursday night, at
which time representatives OF the Mount
company Will be present with the com
mittee for the purpose OF learning what
the Council desires to have done TO abate
the trouble that exists.