The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-06
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GRANT A FRI|
Proposed Gift by d
Saltair Beach 4
Would Be Mist
MAIN STREET WOTv1
BE HIT NJ
Would Mean Endle
sion of Cars for
Mnufho F.


notice that the ~
'omlnittee Of The commos
practically agreed upon ~
he Saltair Beach comma, Z
ears down Main street g.
was a well.known Salt
was talking to Tho Tr;h.'5 :
ing, he said; III!
81 am surprised th,,d
committee could think AZ
1t may be that the d..
not siftod the matter ~
consideration that they s.
granting of such a franz
. terrific blow to Main Il
II u would connect the III
Beach and enablcU
a big bond issue.
What 1t woula !
The management Of a
give rs ono reason wbv
granted the franchise IA.
put on Il thrce.minntc 49, |
to a train, Now what w.
As at now is there is A.,
ton of street ears nm
First South and Main a.
dred cars pass this corn
during the morning hourI 1
afternoon 125 cars an L~.,
minute, aud the street or,
creasing all the time. AZ
additional service wbich
Beach company proposes e.
be for three months ever,
June, July and August
cesSlon of cars, in fact
that would parafyze n
street.
+" Under the franchise
the Saltair Beach comus
stipulation as to tho "a
10 be run or whether
drawn by an electric a.
motor power carried un.
Therefore there is nothiu
Saltair Beach COMPANY I
cars from the steam road
them over the streets III
locomotive.
Would Be a DetI
" Suppose the frauchj
During the summer mont
gestion of traffic on the H.
the service would hare
or au additional trad
latter is imprQcticablp
would be that the stree
would be compelled to p
aud thus curLail and redu|
TO other parts of the citY.
Beach company would 81
of their cars.
"The result would
Lakers who are compel
service In going 10 "a
homes would be delayo1 |
order that the few ahn
Beach daily could have n
detriment of the many.
Now Have Good
"The Utah Light and
pauy runs its cars twclsc
year. Since the Harm
purchased the Salt Lake
TEN 1T has rcbuilt the
has bcttered and improve|
until now n large portio|
has a four and six-minuto
under the old regime twel
twenty minute service "
The company has spent 4
lars in its effort to g7>
City a good system Of q
ice and 1T is extending
to the benches and slbu
as possible. Should the
of citizens OF Salt Lake
ed solely to save pleasure
ing "A block or two and
fiotation Of a bond issue'
Load Freight at 2
When the Bambergc
gins running its cars TO
as it will this summer, II
triication of that line
then Salt Lakcrs can
gestion of car service u
of the city. The Bambe
can under the francbisa
load and unload freight
iice if they so desire.
was granted without the
IL thought that the city
s'It would seem as I,
cause the council TO give
Il franchise 10 the Saifai
pauy over Main street
ful consideration, but ths
not grant it at all,
"Salt Lake under the
of the American party IA
has never grown before
tinue to grow and this -
son why the matter OF q
the longest asphalted sire
ed States should be cs
cred. Millions OF dollar
pended in buildings noz
South street on Main. II;
arc to be expended
a cornoration q franchise
lv TO cause a detcrioratIo
OF this property aud the =
provementl
A Dangerous tn
"'It is a dangerous
franchise over MAID
are other streets fartne'
Will accommodate SaltsiaL
more easily than will ~
will not INCONVENIENCE
he least. ] most earnes
he council will not eran1
over Main street, for
hat it will. prove the &
.akes. 1t is not Deeessi,
people of the city Ia a.
want to be iucommoded
,ome one may iloat q 1on'
views I feel sure VII
of nlnc-tepths
ION of Salt Lake -
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