The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1907-03-22
SERVICE TIE-UP
IS EXPLAINED
West Side Rapid Transit Com
pany'S Lone Car Lost
a Wheel.
FRANCHISE is IMPERILLED
COMPANY is GIVEN TIME TO I'M
PROVE.

The troubles of the West Side Rapid
Transit company came up for a general
airing before the municipal laws commit
tee of the city council last night as a re-
suit of petition from number of resi-
dents of CannOnville. to which the line
runs According to the petition. the seTv-
ice has been bad for a long time past
and for d period of three days recently
no cars at all were run. In view of these
facts the petitioners asked that the fran
chise be revoked or the company com
PEELED to give some assurance Of its will
ngness to improve the service
z. c. Lackine, an attorney, appeared in
the interests of the company. Mr.. Lack
inc is possessed of a sense of humOr and
his remarks, as he tried to justify the
conduct of the road, were appreciated to
the full.
Well Mr. Chairman and gentlemen"
he began after the reading of the petit
ton, 4 am willing to admit that our
service during the past month or two
has perhaps not been quite all that was
expected This has been due TO several
reasons To begin with the ties which
compose our track and which were put
in eight years ago. have all given out at
practically the same time, namely, the
present, and on top Of this our system
has met with an unfortunate accident A
wheel came off our car. gentlemen, and
although new one has now been pro-
cured and the car is again IN service. the
damage resulted in delay Of two or
three days which the petitioners have
referred to-
An All Round Man.
Questioned as to the details of the
service and equipment. Mr. Lackinc af-
forded the information that the rolling
stock consisted of just one car and that
the mOtOTman who runs it is also the
conductor. switChman. section gang and
general superintendent of the road.
DO you ever expect to be able to put
the service into shape to satisfy these
people, asked one of the committeeman.
We'll" replied Mr. Lackine. we hope
to take in a nickel once in a while as
soon as a few more houses go up at the
end of the line He added that the
road had been operated at loss for
some time past. but that he would bring
the matter of the councils wishes to the
attention of the officers and the employe
of the road. and recommend that some
| definite steps toward Improvement be
! taken.
Walks Over the Line.
Councilman Fernstrom volunteered the
information that the only time he had
ridden on the line all of the passengers
mad their umbrellas up as IT was raining
outside. AIT. HOLIDAY said he frequently
had occasion to travel over the line, but
when he did he usually walked. Mr..
Black then wanted to know if the leak
referred TO by Councilman FernstrOm had
been attended to by the company, add
inS that he desired the information as d
means of determining what, if any, eff
forts towards the improvement of the
service the company had made in the
past In the end the matter was laid
over for a month to give the company
time to consider the advisabiity Of buy
ing another car and fixing the rOadbed
with the alternative of having the fran
ChiSe revoked.
A number of local druggists were up
before the license committee regarding
their alleged sale of mQuOr some with
Il. i
censes. No definite action was taken
however. and the matter was referred to
the Druggists association to report to
the license committee later and to ar
range graduated scale of rates for IL
censes dependent upon the section of the
city where the store is located.
The water committee granted the ex-
tention of the water main to Westminster
Heights addition. asked for some weeks
ago. and the contract for the work will
be advertised at once.