The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1909-12-24
OPPOSE GRANTING
OF A FRANCHISE
Property Owners viii Lay OBJ
jeCti0nS Before Mayor and
Council.
WOULD INJURE PROPERTY
DO NOT WANT TEMPLE SQUARE
PUBLIC STAMPING GROUND.

Opposition to the granting Of a fran
ohise to the salt Lake & Los Angeles
railroad to allow the operation Of trains to
Saitair in the business district Of Salt
Lake by allowing a third track around
the temple block is growing daily It Is
believed that most Of the property owners
in North Temple street VIII join In sign
Ing a petition protesting against the
granting of the franchise.
These protests are based mainly on the
ground that to allow the Saltair road 10
lay a third track across the Viaduct ana
through North Temple 20 Main street
and down Main to South Temple and
thence west to First West street would
result in permanent injury to the prop
erty on the streets on which the Saltair
cars would run. and that the operation o.
the cars around the temple square would
result in great obstruction Of traffic as
well as Inconvenience and annoyance.
Property Owners Object.
Some Of the property owners who win
join in the protest to the mayor and the
city council say their principal objection
is TO the proposition allowing the COM
pany to lay a third track, but most of
the property owners object to the pro-
posed franchise on the ground that to
allow the large cars Of the SaltaiT COM
pany to run through the streets would
result in great crowds collecting around
the temple square, especially on Sundays,
convenience to wOrshipers attending the
tabernacle services. This annoyance
would be augmented by the practice OF
keeping the reserve cars in Main street,
and practically all Of the crowds would
gather in front of the new Utah hotel, at
Main and South Temple streets
Bishop NibIsy Emphatic.
C. w Nibley was emphatic last night
in stating his objections to the granting
of the proposed franchise Il think TO
allow the Saltair cars to circle the tenn
pie block with third track would be an
outrageous nuisance, he said. THE idea
of asking for three tracks around the
block is prepOsterous, for the plan Of
making the street in front Of the new
hotel a depot for passengers would re-
suit in untold inconvenience and annoy
ance / am strongly against the pr0pO-
sitiOn."
Joseph William Taylor said: 81 am
strongly opposed to such a thing and viii
fight it to the last ditch. The walls and
ceilings of my house are sufficiently
cracked by the traffic already going
past it. I do not waHS the Quietness Of
my home disturbed by the hOOdlUmism
which the traffic would bring, which
would also interfere with the sacredness
of the temple block
Like opposition was expressed yester-
day by Oscar ". Moyle, who said: Il
don't like the idea very much, and would
be very much opposed 70 the lining up Of
q number of cars in the vicinity of the
temple block If single cars were run,
and the culvert on North Temple were
covered. / would not object greatly, espe-
cially if it were decided TO run no cars
during the tabernacle services on Sun
day"
To Present Petition.
A petition to be presented to the mayor
and city council, with signatuT of many
property owners, is as follows:
TO the Honorable Mayor, President and
Members of the City Council of Salt
Lake City:
Gentlemen-We. the undersigned. resi-
dent taxpayers of Salt Lake City, and
your petitioners herein, respectfully ask
that the franchise sought for by the Salt
Lake & Los Angeles Railway company,
by which said company can operate cleo
trio cars on certain streets upon which
we are the owners Of the abutting prop
perty, be not granted, for the reason that
&c would be q permanent injury to our
property and also source of annoyance
10 our peace and quiet. And in duty
bound your petitioners viii ever pray.