The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-30
RAPID TRANSIT COMPANY
GETS OGDEN FRANCHISE
City Council Has Lively Session
Paving Decided Upon-Saloon
Licenses Granted.

The city council last night granted the
Ogden Rapid Transit company the fran
chise on Wall avenue after cutting out
the interurban privilege. The matter
came up on report OF the council as
committee of the whole recommending
the granting OF the franchise. The re-
port recommended that Section be
amended, making the franchise exclu-
siveiy for street railway purposes and
not for interurban traffic. The lines
are not to be constructed more than two
miles from the city limits and are not
to connect with any other city or any
other resort. Section 3 was also amend
ed, making it necessary for the COM
pany to construct its lines to Twenty
second street within six months and to
continue to Thirty-third street and Wall
avenue. where the tracks of the Salt Lake
Ogden road are permanently located.
If this is not done the franchise is to be
null and void.
The fire committee recommended the
adoption of Chief Paine's recommendation
for the installation Of Gamewell alarm
battery, but the report of the committee
was rejected by the council.
The matter of paving Twenty-fouTth
street from Grant TO Wall with asphalt
came up on a petition. HumphTis said
there was a demand for paving on Lin
coin from Twentyfourth to Twenty-fifth
and on Wall avenue from TWenty-thiTG
to Twenty-fourtl. He suggested that all
should he included in the one district
as il would be cheaper for the city. The
city engineer was instructed to adveT-
tise intention to pave the streets named
Dana brought up again tine matter OF
advertising city business and suggested
that advertising be let to the lowest bid
der, and IL they were even to divide the
advertising between the two Ogden pa
peTs. Dana complained that the other
two members of the advertising commit
tee, Humphris and Thomas. were ignoT-
ing him. and Thomas complained that
Dana was trying to discredit the COM
mittee- Danas motion prevailed and on
motion of Dickson the advertising COM
mittee was discharged with thanks.
HencefoTth the advertising contracts will
be let by the whole council.
Judge Gunnell sent in a redhot COM
munication calling attention to the fact
that his communication of two months
ago sYith reference to closing the the
atres on Sunday had been ignored by
The council. President Browning request
ed the committee to report at the next
Twelve cases Of contagious diseases
were reported. Sanitary Inspector Short
en- called attention to the filthy cOndi-
ton of some of the alleys in the bust
ness district and recommended that they
be paved The matter was referred to
the street committee.
Forty applications for liquor licenses
were granted Chief of Police Browning
recomm ended that no action be taken on
the application of Grazia & Barosottei,
who recently purchased the Ogden Beer
hall as he did not know the men and
wished to investigate The license COM
mIttee and Chief Browning recommended
that no license he granted to Richey q
MOTTell. as no more new licenses were
to be granted this year.
]. G. killstorm and fifty others petit
toned for lights on Seventeenth street.
This matter went to the committee on
/ lights.