Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-02-14
SEEKS FRANCHISE
FOR STREET CARS
E. o. Howard Applies for Privilege
OF Building Another
Road in City.
FOR AN INTERURBAN LINE.
Says Proposed Road to Provo Has No
Connection With Franchise
Sought by Jesse Knight.

Sab Lake is to have u second inter
urban line extending south through Salt
Lake and Utah counties TO Provo, IL a
franchise asked for by n local company
from the city council and county COM
mssoners is granted. L. o. Howard,
assistant cashier OF Walker Brothers
bank. is the man applying for the fran
chise, and so far he Is the only local
man known In the new interurban pro-
ject
The new road is, according to the
specifications In the petition for fran
chisc. to be run by electricity or COM
pressed air The city terminal rounds
for the line are 10 be located at the old
Little property, at the corner of First
South and Second East streets
The company represented by Mr..
Howard asks the city council to grant
II a right of way over Second East
street from First South to Ninth South.
east on Ninth South to Third East,
thence south on Third East to city
Limits, The franchise from the county
Will cover rights over the county roads
to several interurban settlements In
salt Lake count. anu thcHco tHiou6h
Utah county to Provo.
In one sense the new railway VIII
be n rival and competitor of the utah
Light & Railway company. proposing
to carry passengers from Fourteenth
South street into Salt Lake for five
cents. Tho road also proposes to car
~ freight.
LOCAL CAPITAL INVOLVED.
..1 sx, I'd
to the proposed franchise this morn
Ing. said: 1T is true we have asked
for franchise to construct railroad
through Salt Lake City and county,
but 1 am not in position to say
much about 1t. II we get the fran
chlse, then we shall build the road
and l Will tell you all about II. Other
local men are interested In the project. |
and local capital will be involved. but |
as YOU know IL takes money to build |
railroads. and there will be other |
capital interested. too Work Will be- |
gin as soon as the franchise is granted, |
Mr.. Howard said the project was
not connected In any way with the
franchise asked for recently by Jesse
Knight and associates OF Provo. Il |
have heard that Mr.. Knight applied |
for a franchise" said Mr.. Howard,
but this has nothing to do with tho
Knight project"
APPLICATION FOR FRANCHISE.
In q communication to the county |
commissioners. Mr.. Howard stated
that this was link of a chain of
franchises which he intended TO ap-
ply for TO connect Salt Lake City and
all intermediate points with Provo
city. Utah county. Tho main line will
begin. under the proposed franchise at
Road No, with the intersection OF
the city limits near Tenth East, thence
south along Road No. 8 to Highway
No. % south. thence east on Highway
No. 20 south to Territorial road:
territorial to the Murray Holiday,
thence east and northeasterly along
the Murray Holiday road to tho Holll-
day Cottonwood road thence south
10 the limits OF the county. Six other
branch lines Will be connected with
this main line taking in Garfield. Muir
ray, Taylorsville, Sandy, Draper Hol-
liday Cottonwood, Mill Creek, Riverton
and Toele.
Mr.. Howard agrees to build a perma-
nent road bed for the tracks con-
struct first class trolley line. and
take care of the streets two feet out
side OF the car tracks and in the mid
die OF the tracks. Under the fran
ehlse II Is also proposed to maintain
The street crossings and build suitable
waterways under the tracks Mr..
Howard agrees to pay $40 year for
The average number of passenger cars
used and IS a year for the average
number of freight cars used by the
company, beginning Jan. 1. 1913.
Inc application for a franchise sets |
Dut that anywhere north OF Fortecnth
south street passengers will be car
led Into Salt Lake city for S cents
from Murray and Taylorsville the
are VIII be 10 cents. From Draper
he fare will be 35 cents, Sandy 25
sents' Cottonwood. rs cents; Mil Creek.
. cents; Holiday, Is cents: Garfield,
u cents. and Riverton, so cents
The application Is for a 50-year
franchise to conduct an electric inter
iroan street car system over various
'oads IN the county. 1t is proposed TO
iaul freight as well as passengers.
inc commissioners read the COM
nunication from Mr.. Howard and then
,eferred the franchise to the commit
.ec on roads and bridges to be checked
Ip.