Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1908-06-01
ROND ISSUE MAY
BOB Up OR DOWN
Council Session Tonight Prom
ises to be Lively With
fractional Fights.
TRANSFER ORDINANCE AGAIN.
Assistant City Attorney +. j. DAILY
says the City Has Right TO
Regulate the Matter.

outside OF DR.. Hyatt's much abused
mere promises to be a stormy night al
mis- evenings session of the city coun
en And while the helpless weather
director" crashes his teeth as it
rains in torrents outside, the mighty
riants of the American" contingent OF
The council will be breasting thunder
lnes and lightnings amid the storm of
the proposed 100000 bond issue
Half dozen times the bond issue or.
dinsnce has come up for action, and
asmany times has 1t been laid over for
one week Last Monday night the
y.eerers" OF the Inner circle began
tget weary OF the repeated delays their
ut bond issue was being subjected to
and concerted and desperate effort
was made to get the thing going. but
was blocked by Tommy" Black and A
couple Of American" Insurgents, abet-
ted by the minority members and the
bond issue again went over for an
other week. Tonight another strong
EFFORT will be made to get the ordinance
up to a vote, but Black seems inexor.
nble In his opposition, either real or
feigned, to an issue of $500, 900, and IL
might be postponed again Mr.. Black
Is said to be in favor of an issue In the
sum of 100000. and thinks that $500, 900
is little too steep to go In just now,
rs that sum would bring the city
within $4,000 of the limit of indebted
ness for sewer and water purposes.
TRANSFER ORDINANCE.
Another interesting development
promises to be the matter of the ordin.
ance for the purpose of regulating the
giving of transfers by the street car
company of this city The ordinance
was introduced last Monday evening
and several members of the council
were for passing II Immediately, In
view of the hardships which they
claimed the street car company had
imposed on passengers In making
transfer rules, but motion was adopt
ed postponing consideration of the or
dinance for one week to enable the
street car company to present its side
of the controversy. Thursday evening
several representatives of the Utah
Light & Railway company appeared be-
fore the municipal laws committee and
presented the side of the company in
such a light that the members We're al
most convinced that there had been no
trouble to amount to anything over the
transfer business. The attorney OF the
company also serenely assured the
committee that whatever action the
council might take In the matter would
be void and of no effect, consequently
hey had Just as we'll let the matter en-
tfely alone. in his opinion
Asst City Atty. F. j. DAILY. who pre-
pned the ordinance, has different
new, however. and says that all the
ights to regulate the company included
n all previous franchises were reenact-
d I'm the last franchise, and Mr.. DAILY
avs the power to regulate the transfer
rivilege Is among them. The debate
n the transfer ordinance promises to
e spirited and interesting.
Several other matters of minor Inn
-ortance are scheduled TO come up for
consideration this evening, and alto
ether the session promises TO be highly