The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1906-09-21
FRANCHISE GIVEN
|NTER-URBAN ROAD
New Line Will Run from Salt
Lake City to
Bingham.
EIGHTH WEST STREET
PEOPLE ENTER PROTEST
Amendment, However, Lessons
Their Objection to the
Proposed Grant.

The City Council, IN executive session,
decided Thursday night to grant to
II. P. Clark tho franchise for all inter-
urban electric line, for which an appli-
cation was presented to the Council
last Monday night. The executive ses-
sion, at which the franchise was gone
carefully over by the Council and sew
eral amendments made, was held at the
conclusion of an open session of the
Council, at which representatives of the
Eighth West Improvement league,
which fled protest against the grant
ing Of the franchise; Representatives of
the Salt Lake Real Estate association,
and Attorney Frank Pearce, ". G. Pur-
cell and Fl. P. Clark, the three latter
representing the interurban interests,
wcre allowed the privilege of the floor
and spoke on the question of the fran
chise.
The first proceeding consisted OF the
reading of the franchise and commu-
nication from the Merchants and Manu-
facturers association, in which tho
Council was urged TO give the applica-
tion every consideration.
Attorney Frank Pearce stated that
Mr.. Clark had applied for the franchise
in behalf OF a corporation, which would
be organized if the franchise is granted,
and that this corporation will take
over the franchise. In regard to the
financial interests back of the enter
prise. Mr.. Pearce stated that he could
not name any of the parties at the
present time, but that he could state
positively that the money necessary to
carry the project through to compile
tion is now available and Is only await
ing the announcement of the securing
Of the franchise.
Garfield. Bingham, Murray and other
outlying points. Mr.. Pearce stated, are
the points from which the company
expects to derive It's business. and that
It will not be a competitor of the pres
ent street car system.
League Makes Protest.
After Mr.. Pearce had concluded, l. E.
Wiley. president Of the Eighth West
Improvement leanue, was given the
floor. Mr.. Wiley first read the protest,
which, lie stated, was signed by over
100 residents Of Eighth West street.
Among the objectionable features Of the
franchise as outlined in the protest the
principal one was that under the terms
of the, franchise the company would
only be required to operate cars once
an hour and that in order 10 reach any
point other than in the center OF the
city the passengers on the line coming
into the city would be required to pay
an additional fare on the cars of the
Utah Light and Railway company,
Another objection was that the com
pany agrees to park any Of the streets
over which it operates its cars east OF
Eighth West street, and also that the
franchise provides that no freight shall
be hauled over the line east of Eighth
West street, except between the hours
of midnight and a. m.
Mr.. Wiley argued very strongly for
the placing of the line on Seventh West
street instead of Eighth West, and said
that il it was really necessary that the
line run on Eighth West, the people Of
that street felt that they should not
be Disseminated against in the matter
of having the street parked and also
spoke very fervently against the COM
pany being allowed to let freight cars
stand on the tracks on that street, ex-
planning that the construction the peo-
ple placed on the franchise was that II
freight could not be hauled on any Of
the streets east of Eighth West except
during the hours specified, that it meant
that on Eighth West street it could be
hauled at any time and would neces-
street if it arrived there at any hour
other than between midnight and 6
a. III.
Mr.. Wiley stated that the Utah Light
and Railway company had given the
residents of the street the assurance
that line would be built on that street
within q year, and that they felt that
they did not want the prospect of
good service supplanted by service
that would not be more frequent than
every hour,
Mr.. Purcell Is Heard.
W. G. Purcell of Los Angeles, who
-
prise, asked for and was given the priv
ilege of the floor for the purpose Of re-.
plying to Mr.. Wiley.
Mr.. Purcell stated that the company
would be willing to make a concession
in regard to the parking of the street
and that it would agree to park the
street under the direction of the City
Council and that it would enclose all
of the parkway with q cement curb,
trees and grass and if the city would
furnish the water would agree to keep
the parkway in condition all of the
time. Mr.. Purcell explained to Mr..
Wiley and the hundred or more resi-
dents of Eighth West street who were
present that the company would estab-
1ish a station on private property some
freight cars would be run for the up-
loading Of freight and that no cars
would be allowed to stand on the street.
All freight cars, Mr.: Purcell stated,
would be of similar construction as
passenger cars and from the outside
will not be distinguished from the lat
Ter.
In regard to the matter of transfers
to the cars of the Utah Light and Rail
way company, Mr.. Purcell stated that
his company would endeavor to make
an arrangement with the latter com
pany for transfers to and from its va
rious lines and that he thought there
would be no trouble in making the ar
rangement.
Frequency of Service.
In the matter OF the frequency of
the service Mr.. Purcell assured the pro-
testants that his company would estab.
lish local service, presumably as far
as Tenth South street on the south
and that he could guarantee that the
cars would be run as often as the cars
of any other company could be run.
Mr.. Purcell called attention to the
fact that all cities that have a good