Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1909-12-21
FRANCHISE NOT
AT ALL POPULAR
Considerable Opposition Against
Granting Freight Privileges
To Street Car Co.
INJUacTIoN is THREATENED
Judge Powers Informs Committee That
He Docs Not Carc TO Have His
Residence Damaged.

| After the joint committees on streets
and municipal laws had spent the en-
tire afternoon In framing q franchise
| granting the Utah Light G. Railway
company the privilege OF hauling
freight for the government to Fort
Douglas. the city council laid the mat
ter over for one week without consid-
Grafton. last night In the committee
meeting there was considerable oppo-
sit!on TO the granting of the resolution.
Judge o. w. Powers informed the COM
mitteemen that IL the resolution WAS
passed he would seek to obtain an
injunction against the city street car
company. He declared that the haul
ing OF heavy freight cars over the Third
street line would jar his house and in
Poppcrton Place. and he did not pro-
pose to stand for any damage to his
property
The resolution introduced restricted
the hauling OF freight to the hours be-
tween s p nj. and l a. M. providing
that the company would avoid hauling
the freight over Main street whenever
II could. The size OF the cars was
limited to 10 tons and they should not be
loaded to exceed 20 tons. The rcsolu-
ton requires the cars to be equipped
with automatic air brakes. The hauling
of baggage or express under the
resolution Is also prohibited The COM
pany agrees under this resolution not to
discriminate against any railroad COM
pany in the matter of handling freight.
The resolution may be terminated at
the pleasure of the council.
When the resolution WAS read some
of the councilmen wanted to amend II
to read that the grant terminated in
five years from the date of the resolu-
tion, This was objected TO and City At
torney Dinniny was asked to explain
why the resolution had been drawn
without naming the expiration of the
document. Councilman O'Donncll was
the first to oppose the resolution. He
declared that he thought that the coun-
ell ought to be careful about granting
the resolution. He called attention to
the statement made by Judge Powers
and on his motion it was laid over a
week.
SUBSTITUTE OFFERED.
The Salt Lake g. Eos Angeles Rail-
road company presented a substitute
franchise which was read In the joint
committee Monday afternoon, but no
action was taken on IL, the matter being
laid over for one week. 1t provides for
the laying of tracks from its present
line on South Temple street along Fifth
West to North Temple, thence east to
Main street, thence south to South
Temple street, thence west to First
West. thence north to North Temple.
theEee west to Tenth West, thence
south tc. South Temple. thence west to
the city limits. This would give the
company the right to run cars up to
Main and South Temple streets and
provide for the electrifying Of the road
to Saltair,
One of the provisions of the fran
chise is that the company shall build
concrete aqueduct over City creek along
North Temple street from Third West
to Main street and lay its tracks on top
of the aqueduct. The cost of the
aqueduct Is estimated at $4,000.
and that would mean a good improve
ment for the city. 1t further provides
that in the first 10 years of the life of
the franchise the company shall pay the
city an annual tax of $40 on each of its
cars; the second 10 years a tax of SIS
each; the third 10 years $50 a car; the
fourth 10 years $25 a car, and the last
10 years $50 a car.
The residents on the west side are
objecting against the franchise and
Councilman Holley had the franchise |
laid over until they would circulate q
petition and present 1t to the council. |
The franchise was laid over for one |
week.