The Salt Lake herald. [volume] (Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1870-1909, 1909-03-19
RAILROAD men
ARGUE POINTS
Two Roads Want Track Along
Third WeSt-Work of
City Council.

With two lines already running along
Third West street from South Temple to
Second South streets, and the Utah Light
& Railway company having a franchise
for another track there, the municipal
laws and streets committees of the city
council last evening decided that it could
not well grant franchises for tracks on
this street to both the Salt Lake & Og-
Line. as asked.
Simon Bamberger appeared in behalf of
his line and explained that all he want
ed was track for switching purposes,
willing to accept equal privileges with the
Oregon Short Line.
George H. Smith for the o. S. L. op-
posed this and said his company wanted
the franchise as it was or not at all, and
would not share privileges.
Mr.. BambeTger made a statement of his
case, saying that he had made efforts
to secure depot rights for his road with
the o. S. l.. and had favored union depot
arrangements all through He wanted
to get rights into the wholesale district
that he might switch his produce cars up
there. He accused the o. S. L. people
of melting some firms to petition against
the granting to him of the right to lay
a track here.
Mr.. Smith admitted that he had brought
the petition down to the council. but said
that il had been sent to his office. He
said he was going east in a few days
and asked that nothing be done until his
return in thirty days.
This was not granted. After hearing
all the objections the committees decid-
ed to make recommendations to the coun-
Gil at once.
Mr.. Smith said thatAhe o. S. L. would
switch the cars of the Bamberger road
over their tracks. but Mr.. Bamberger OBJ
jected to this, it would involve han
ding the cars at Ninth North, from
which point II might be several days be-
fore they got near Second South street.
Some Repartee.
Il am here now to stay" said Mr.. Bam-
berger in answer to an insinuation by an
o. S. /. representative that he was only
working to sell out anyway. Il am going
uptown. too. / have a franchise to run
my electric road to Market street, and /
am going there"
The discussion at this point became a
trifle heated and J. J. Stewart moved
that the committee recommend that the
city attorney be asked to prepare a fran
chise giving both lines the Joint right to
single track on Third West from South
Temple to Fourth South for switching
purposes only, and that no cars be per-
mitted to stand on the line. This was
carried.
The council met in the early part of
the evening and received two petitions
protesting against the franchise to the
Salt Lake & Ogden railway. One was
from w s Henderson, NJ s Browning
and the Utah-Symns Grocery company,
and the other from K. F. and Anna NJ
Hanna, the Utah Lumber company and
c. E. Murphy. These are the protests
which MIR. Bamberger accused the o. S.
L. of inspiring
The council passed the pay rolls Tor
the departments for the half month, to-
falling s12.O5693.
The finance committee decided to rec
ommend a resolution to the effect that
whenever any of the city departments
have occasion to do any work outside
their own department. then the depart
ment doing such work shall report the
amount of work done and probable cost. so
that proper adjustment can be made. This
was rendered necessary by some overlap
ping of the work of the various depart
ments.
The streets committee did not take up
the question of the complaints against
the new foot viaduct which the Oregon
Short Line has under way over Third
West street, but postponed hearing the
railroads representatives on that subject
until next week.