The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1909-12-21
COMMIT Tee REPORTS
ARE NOT ACCEPTED
Important Matters Thoroughly
Discussed, hut Definite Ac-
tiOn is Postponed.
HAULING OF FREIGHT BY
STREET RAILWAY OPPOSED
Judge 0. W. Powers Threatens
Injunction Suit if ResOlu-
ton Is Adopted.

Although the joint committee OH streets
and municipal laws spent the entire after
noon Monday in going over tho resolution
granting the Utah Light & Railway com
pony the privilege OF hauling freight iol
! tho government over rs lines 10 Fort
/ Douglas and the franchise of tho salt
Lake * Los Angeles Railway company
for laying double tracks over certain
streets ot the city to permit II 30 run
cars up Ia Main and South Temple streets;
neither OF these matters wa3 d)SposNd
o( at the regular meeting OF the CITY
council Monday night. The committee
reported fnvorably upon both matters
and recommended that they hc passed
but some opposition arose At the last
moment ana both were laid over Tor one
week.
The opposition arose at the committee
meeting ln the first place but the com
mittcc submitted its favorable reports
anyway There were some members OF
tho council AZ the committee meeting who
were not members of ihc committee. ana
when Tic matters came up before INC
council they raised objections To the iinal
disposition of both matters until The
opposition had been heard further.
Judge Powers Objects,
In regard 10 the freight hauling prop
ostion. Judge .. w, Powers appeared be
fore the committee and entered q vigorous
protest against granting the privilege
lie declared that the hauling OF freight
on tho street cars to Fort Douglas would
greatly iujurc hts home In P"pperton
place and that il the council adopted the
resolution he would file an injunction
suit IN the courts and try to defeat the
matter.
The resolution as introduced restricted
the hauling OF freight TO the hours be-
tween y y. IN. To J u. m daily ana pro-
Vldcd that the company should avoid
Is much as possible the hauling OF irciSht
along Main street. II limited the size of
the cars to be used To ten tons I'm weight
when empty and twenty-five tons when
loaded. and required the cars TO be
equipped with automatic air brakes ana
also that the motor car b" required 10
run AT the head Of the train. particu-
larly when returning from the fort. Tue
hauling OF express matter and baggage
is prohibited and the company Is not
permitted TO discriminate against any
railroad company In regard 10 the maui
ing OF freight To the fort. The rcsolu-
ton grants the privilege only during the
pleasure of the city council.
o'Donneu Against 1t.
Mr.. O'Donnell was the first TO oppose
the resolution. lie declared himself Us
against il and called the councils attcn-
tiou 10 the statement of Judge Powers
in regard To the Injunction suit. lie de-
cIared that the council should be very
careful in this matter and upon his mo-
lion the resolution was laid over Tor one
week.
The franchise for the Salt Lake & Los
Angeles Railway company provides for
the laying OF tracks from its present llne
on South Temple street along Filth West
TO North Temple thence east To Main
street. thence south 90 South Temple
street thence west To- First West thence
north To North Temple. thence west to
Tenth West thence south 10 South Tenn
pie, thence west 10 the city limits. This
would give the company the right 10
run cars up 10 Main aud South Temple
streets and provide FOR the clcCtilfylnG
of the road 10 Saltair.
Must Build Aqueduct.
one OF the provisions OF tho franchise
is that the company shall build con-
crete auueduct over City creek along
North Temple street from Third West Ia
Main street and lay lis tracks on top Of
the auueduct The cost nf the 3queduct
is estimated at $50 600 and that would
moan good Improvement for the city.
Ii further provides that in the first ten
years OF thc life of the franchise the COM
pany shall pay the city an annual tax Of
SO on each of its cars: the second ten
years a tax OF SIS each the third ten
years $50 n car; the fourth ten years
x25 a car, and the last ten years $50 a
car.
AZ the committee meeting in the after
noon several residents OF The west side
protested against the granting Of the
franchise. and when the matter came be-
fore the council, Mr., Holly stated that Il
said that they had not had an oppor-
triui;y 10 lac heard and present their pro-
tests, so he moved that the franchise
be laid over for one week 80 that they
could be heard. The motion WAS car
rifI.