The Yakima herald. [volume] (North Yakima, W.T. [Wash.]) 1889-1914, 1906-10-03
COUNCILS WISE ACTION.

At the regular meeting Monday
night the city council passed two or
dinances for which they should be
heartily commended Each of the
two granted franchise. One was
to the Yakima Intervalley Traction
company. permitting the use of all
except two of the city's streets for
street railway purposes for a period
of forty years. The other was to
Jesse H. Rose and his associates.
granting the privilege of construct
ing, maintaining and operating a
system of water works which shall
furnish to the citizens of North
Yakima pure. cold water taken from
artesian wells, of not less than 800
feet in depth. The result of these
ordinances, if the plans of those to
whom they were gran ed materialize,
can but be beneficial in "a very great
degree to Yakima, present and fu
ture.
Regarding the Rose franchise. it
is limited that Mayor Reed will veto
II. If ne does so, his action will UNI
douDtedly be taken in what he be-
iieves to be his duty in the interests
OF the city. And, since five of the
e,nnnciimen voted in favor OF the
franchise, and Councilman Schott,
who was absent, is said to favor it,
there is Il possibility that in case
the mayor vetoes the ordinance, 1t
will be passed over his veto, and still
be enacted The mayors opposition,
If such there really is. comes from
reasons that have not been dlsclos-
ed.
But as to the other franchise,
there is no probability of opposition
in the council or out of it. 1t
sprhHises something for which the
@eople of Yakima and vicinity have
long waited. and they have every
reason to believe that all promises
will be filled There is no posi-
bility of suspicion that the promot-
ers of the plan are seeking to obtain
franchise merely for the purpose
of speculation They are not men
who speculate in this manner. They
are among the solidest, longest es-
tablished business men in the COM
munity. Each and all have property
interests here which would receive
indirect if not direct benefits from
the coming OF a suburban and city
electric railway; no one lmagines for
a minute that city electric railway
would be paying proposition in
dependent of suburban connecting
lines. but he latter are just what
every merchant in North Yakima and
every rancher and fruit producer in
the tributary valleys wants most tC
help them 10 get rich. What is for
rheir good will be for the greatest
good of the community.
IT is naturally to be expected tuat
all will not be smooth sailing fol-
the promoters of the Yakima Inter
valley Traction company. They agree
10 have three miles of railway il
operation within one year from
January |. 1907, five miles within
three years from that date, and ter
miles within five years They will
meet with opposition in carrying
out their plans. 1t is not to be ex
pected that the Northern Pacific will
fall over itself in making profita bl,
traffic arrangements, and this is blu
one of many things to be taken int,
consideration. But, in view of tn,
great benefits derived, it should b.
the pleasure of the people of tn
city and county, as it is their plail
duty, to lend the company every en-
couragement in their power. TIL
sooner the proposed road is in opera
zion, the better for us ALL