The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-11-12
RAIL WAY COMP ANY
TO LOSE FRANCHISE
Municipal Laws Committee
Recommends Removal OF
Poles in Thirty Days.
LITTLE DONE TOWARDS
COMPLETION OF ROAD
Cutting Down of Tax on Sewer
Extensions i72, 1872 and
1S5 Recommended.

At Inc meeting of tho committee on
municipal laws of the city council on
THURSDAY night IL was decided TO rec
ommcud the adoption of the resolution
OF President A. j. Davis, declaring the
franchise of the Salt Lake & Suburban
Railway company void and instructiDg
thc company TO remove It's poles from
the streets within thirty days.
The company was granted franchise
ON August 10. 1905, to construct an
electric railway from First South and
Second East streets south to Ninth
South. thence yaSt 10 Third East and
thence south TO the city limits The
franchise was accepted by the company,
but one Of the requirements was that
the road be completed ana in operation
by October s, 1904. Nothing has ever
been done towards constructing the limo
except The placing of trolley poles in
the streets. The franchise viii, there.
fore, be forfeited. it looks like. and
the company required TO remove the
poles from the streets.
Sewer Tax Cut Down
The same committee will recommend
10 the council that the city treasurer
collect interest on sewer taxes in sewer
extensions l72. lS2 and lS5 only from
November |. 1909. The abutting prop
rrty owners protested strongly against
paving interest ON the delinquent sewer
payments, for the reason that the in
tcrccptlng sewer Is not completed and
they could not connect with il, Several
of them stated that they would not pay
unless compelled To do SO by the courts.
1t was therefore decided that the treas
urcr should collect interest on those cX-
tensions only from November ]. when
the sewer was ready for connection.
\ number of protcstants against sew
81 extension 22O, in the southwestern
part of the city. appeared before the
engineering committee In support of
their protest. The total frontage of
property in the extension is $4,000 feet
and the protcStants claimed that they
represented more than 900 feet Of
property in the district. which is 10000
feet more than is necessary 10 defeat
the Improvement. Tho protest was
checked up by former ,ity Engineer
KELSEY, who threw out q large number
of the protests on the ground that they
were irregularir signed, and reported
back 10 the council that there were not
enough protests TO defeat rhc sewer. 1t
was claimed by those who appeared be.
=
had no rioht 70 exclude any of the names
on In" protest, for the reason that they
werc perfectly legal. The committee de
c'dcd to refer the matter 10 tho city
engineer and the city attoruc- 70 make
borough Investigation Of the names
on lhc protest and rccheck il and re-
port back 10 the committee.
Second South Paving,
Tho having of Second South street
from Tenth 10 Twelfth East street was
referred b" the engineering committee
10 the city cugincccr for an estimate of
the cost Of the citv's portion OF the i'm
pTovcmcnt.
The engineer will also be asked 10
furnish plans and an estimate Of the
cost Of installin" catch basins at the
foot OF South Temple street. in front
OF the new union depot. or the pur-
pose of carrying the dyainage water and
refuse from that street into the sewer,
uctitioncd for bv A. L. Stevenson in
behalf OF the railroad company
III Of the property owned by the city
facing on State street north Of First
North street. and also facing on West
CANYON street, viii bc sold mt public
auction within the next ninety days if
The public grounds committees s recon-
incubation that the civ recorder adver.
tlsc notice of the sale of The property
Is followed