The Salt Lake herald-Republican. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1909-1918, 1910-07-28
Plan Is on Foot to Electrify the
Salt Lake Route Through
Utah County to Get Bust
ness From Proposed Line.
BAMBERGER INTERESTS GO
ON WITH THEIR PLANS
Simon Bamberger Drops Ar
rangement With Utah Light
& Railway and Applies to
Council for New Franchise,
CHANCES OF LITIGATION

THILE the BnmberEer interests
wv were yesterday considering the
construction of an intcrurban
line from salt Lake 60 PaysOn, Utah
county, representatives of the Hnrrt-
man system were contemplating the
LIBERALIZATION OF the Salt Lake Route
far south a. pnyson 60 compete with
the new line.
Incidentally, simon Hamburger, Mt
the head of the proposed system, has
not only applied for new franchise
from his present terminus 60 the south
ern limits of the city, but he has aban-
doned all Of his old franchise except
that which gives him trackage In Post
office place.
Mr.. RnmberEer has announced that
there Will be operating agreement
between him and the Utah Light q
Railway company over their tracks
from the Hamburger depot to the pro-
posed terminal station I'm POstOffice
place
The interurban railway situation
south of salt Lake has assumed
sort OF checker-board aspect, and II
has been strongly limited that before
the Hartman system Will permit the
company composed Of salt Lake county
and Utah county men. who are now
seeking franchises for an electric line
between salt Lake and Payson. to get
even as far as first base. the Hartman
people will electrify the San Pedro. salt
Lake & Los Angeles between these
points.
1t was learned from officials in
several branches OF the Hartman sys-
TEN that just such a move is antici-
pated in the event that the efforts OF
the new interurban company assume an
attitude which appears menacing.
4 Counter Announcement
few days after the announcement
was made that meeting had been held
at Provo on July Il to devise plans
which might lead to building an inter-
urban line from Payson north through
Spanish Fork. Springville. Provo.
. ut
salt Lake. the announcement came
from the Hartman offices here that
Immediately upon the completion Of
the Midvale and Sandy extension OF
Utah Light & Railway company, a
line would be surveyed from Midvale
through to Draper and thence south
into Utah county.
This announcement did not seem to
dismay the promoters Of the indepen-
dent interurban line from Payson north
to Salt Lake to connect with the Bam :
berger line. as the initial meeting. held
at Provo July IA. was yesterday tol-
lowed by another meeting, which was
held in Salt Lake at the office of the
Houston Real Estate & Investment
company. which was attended by the
following representative men:
Simon Hamburger, president OF the
salt Lake & ogden railway; J. w.
Houston. president Of the Houston
a. II. Vogeler. president of the Nogeler
Commission company; w. W. Arm
strong. president of the National Cop
per bank: William r Wallace and Al
win s. Sundberg. of Salt Lake: J. y.
Keller and John DeGray Dixon, of
Provo: A. J. Evans and G. W. Earl. of
Lehi: James II. Clark. of American
Fork; J. S. McBeth, Of Payson; George
A. Hone. of benjamin. and II. T. Rey
nolds, of Springville.
VIII Get Franchises.
/ Although permanent organization
was not effected. IL was decided to
proceed with the work of securing
! franchises through the different cities
and towns IN Utah and Salt Lake
counties up to the city limits Of salt
Lake and TO later ask the city council
here to grant a franchise from the city
limits north on First West to Fourth
South. east to Main on Fourth South
and north on Main street 20 POstoffice
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