The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-05-20
News OF the lntermOuntain ReqiOn
PROVO NEWS NOTES
Special to The Tribune


PROVO, May l9,-At the regular meet
Ing Of the city council last night, Division
Superintendent G. C. Pratt. Attorney l..
c. Wallace and Local Manager I. A,
Smoot of the Bell Telephone company, ap-
peared In the matter of the franchise
granted to the company about three weeks
ago. Mr. Wallace stated that his COM
pany objected to the franchise wherein
IL established rate clause and said that
the company would never establish an
unreasonable rate. and suggested clause
In piece OF that now in the franchise as
follows: The council shall have the right
to fix rates II the company's charges be-
come unreasonable. and II the company
does not accept the rates as fixed from
time TO time by the council, and il Is
necessary for court decision. then the
city has the right to aunul the franchise.
and the company will pay the costs of
litigation. The matter was referred to
the committee railroads and telegraph
lines, to be reported on in two weeks.
Mayor Decker extended an invitation
to the council 10 attend the function to
be given on Friday at the b. Y. university.
when Governor Spry and staff will be
here.
The following bids for the constructing
of 1913 feet Of sewer on Academy avenue
were received and opened; j. II Hanley
Salt Lake City, sil,9l1.52. Williams
Plumbing company, Provo. S16,sS7: G. M
Wheelwright, ogden. S16,547. II, 6. Gil
kerson ct al. Salt Lake City, .SlA.949; Davis
& Heuser, Salt Lake City SIG, 1895. j, H.
Hanley of Salt Lake City being the lowest
DlUGcf WAS dWaCueU the contract,
The grand lodge. Pythian Sisters, elect
ed the following officers for the ensuing
year at their session today: Grand chief
Nora Williams, Park City, grand senior
Myrtle Blumcnthal, Provo; grand senior,
Emma Anderson, Ogden, grand manager
Kathryn Grimes, Helper, grand master of
records and correspondence, Nirgie GriggS
Eureka; grand master of finance, Lucille
Adams. Bingham; grand protector, Nina
Underwood, Mercur; grand guard, Kate
MCCarty, Salt Lake. grand trustee. Emma
Bet2, Salt Lake; grand representative
Merriam of Muskogee. Okla. supreme
chief has been in attendance during the
session
The knights OF Pythias grand lodge
after a very busy session today, elected
the following officers for the year: Grand
City; grand vice chancellor, e. o. Leather
wood, Salt Lake City; grand prelate. II.
G. Blumenthal Provo grand keeper OF
records and seals, II C. Wardleigh, Og-
den. grand master of the eXchequer.
Thomas HOLIDAY. Salt Lake City; grand
grand inner guard, M A. Ward. Helper:
grand outer guard, +. H. Mcrryweather.
Schofield; grand trustee G. T.. Nichols.
Murray supreme representative. III. p.
johnson. Sandy,
The competitive drill between the Rocky
Mountain degree team Of Salt Lake and
the Provo City lodge, No, 10, degree team.
for a purse Of Sl5, was won by the Salt
Ike team.
The next convention Of the grand lodge.
X. OF p, will be held in Salt Lake City
in 1910.
Deputy County Clerk H f. Christen-
sen has received word from Copenhagen,
Denmark, that his uncle is dead. Mr.,
Christensens uncle was a very wealthy
man. and his property will go TO two