The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-22
THURSDAY night
FRANCHISE NIGHT
Intcrurhan Route Matters TO Be
Heard by Committee of
Whole.
MINORITY Is SOLIClT0uS
ABOUT MAYORS DIGNITY
Pretend TO See in Harmless
Resolution Attempt at
"GrOss Insult

Thursday night will be franchise
night in the city council, as III was oe,
cided at the meeting of the couhch
Monday night to meet as committee
of the whole on that night and consider
all of tho franchise Of interurban roads
which are now pending. Tins means
,bot The Saltair franchise, the franchise
asked bv O T.. Howard, who intends
In construct an interurban road from
SaIr Lake CITY ia Pavson. VIII all be
considered Thursday night in commit
tee OF the whole and probably dispose"
of.
Jesse knight filed his petition lor a
franchise Monday night and was gwen
inc privilege of the floor to explain
what he intended 10 do. Hc declared
that he would organize a company Tor
thc building Of the road aud intchdcG
tn snbscribc for half of the stock OF
The companv himself and give others
an opportunity 10 subscribe ior Ine re-
moindcr. bul if no one would put mon
ev info il he would build the road nun
self and would do ii in shorter tlme
than any other road was ever buIt IN
this county. He furthermore saia that
the councils of other towns through
which fhc road would pass had already
,rant,d him franchises and If the Salt
Lake council would do the same ne
would lose no time in starting on the
proposed work
KNIGHT Promises Quick Work.
His franchise provides for LAYING
tracks beginning at the south line OF
South Temple street al the InterScc-
tion of First West street, thence run
niun south on First West 20 Ninth
South street, thence west on Nln(h
South 10 Second West street, thence
south on SECOND West TO the city Inn
its, Ii provides for the use OF elec-
fricity OF other motive power, except,
inr Steam and that the franchise shall
he accepted within thirty DAYS. after It's
massage and all the tracks laid within
The citv limits within three years.
Mr. Howard filed his petition for a
franchise last Monday night and 1T was
referred to the municipal laws com
miitce for consideration aud is now
ucndinp before that committee. 1T Is
proposed in that franchise 10 run cars
from First South aud Second East
streets south on Second East 10 Ninth
South street, thence east on that street
to Third East street, thence south on
Third East 10 tho city limits.
The only new feature in connection
with the Saltair franchise Monday
uioht was a petition signed by Frank
Knox and large number of other
business men and firms near Main and
Second South streets asking that the
council grant the franchise according
10 the latest route proposed which VIII
cuable the cars 10 run down First West
street from North Temple street ia
Pierpont street and thence cast on that
street across West Temple street into
the interior of the block in the rear
of the Cullen hotel. where a terminal
station will be built on the site of the
Mccoy livery stable, All three OF the
franchises will be discussed at consld-
erable length Thursday night.
Resolution Arouses Discussion.
There was a lengthy discussion upon
a very insignificant resolution intro,
dueed by Mr., Mulvey, which provided
that the mayor be requested to advise
the city council whether or not he in
tended 10 make any further appoint
mcnts of heads of departments, if not
that the city recorder be instructed tc
have printed the pamphlets containing
the official city directory, the names oil
members Of the various committees OF
The council and the rules of the council
Mr.. Hall and Mr.. Fcrpstrom boil
conteuded that the resolution was ar
insult 10 the mayor. as il was binding
him TO say whether or not he intended
ia make any changes in the heads o