The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-04
COMMITTEE AGREES
ON SAL1AIR ROUTE
Several Changes in Franchise
Likely, Though, When Re-
port Reaches Council.
THREE YEARS TO LAY TRACK
AND ELECTRIFY THE ROAD
No Blame on Bergerman and
Nelson for Bar at Fair
Grounds Aviation Day.

The municipal laws committee Of the
city council has finally agreed upon re-
port on the franchise for the salt Lake
n Los Angeles Railway company, by
which The company VIII be permitted TO
lun rs cars up to Main street. ne
franchise hds been before the committee
ioT several weeks and n number Of meet
lngs have been held. at which protest >
ants. also those in favor of the PROPOSE
ton. have hccn heard. Amendments
have been suggested changing the pro-
posed route OF the cars, and the commit
tee has now decided to recommend the
passage of the franchise and tho route
is 1Ncd az follows:
From the city limits on The west the
company viii run It's cars cast on south
Temple street to Fifth West street.
thence north on that street TO North
Tomple thence east over the Utah Light
and Railway roinpsnyS tracks 10 First
by constructed by tho Salt1ir company
10 Main street, thence south ON Main
over the Utah Light and Railway COM
panys tracks 10 First South street
thonc. west on that street over the Utah
Light and Railway tracks 10 First West,
thence north 10 North Temple street and
then back 10 the city limits over tho
same streets as provided coming Into the
city.
Throc Years Time.
The franchise viii require that the
work Of aging tracks and electrifyiDg the
Ssltair system shall h" completed with
"
Nll be some change in the route when
The report goes to the council next Mon
lay night, as some OF the counci,m"n
favor routing the cars over the Utah
Light and Railway compsnyS tracks ftom
the fair grounds along North Temple
street Ia Third West thence south Ia
South Temple and then east 90 Main
street then south to First South. theE
west 10 Third West and then noTtn 10
North Temple and back 10 the fair
grounds and down Ninth West 10 South
Temple. where the. present tracks OF the
SaltaIr line are laid out 10 the city
limits.
sun others are In favor of having the
cars run in on North Temple street 70
then east TO Main street, then south 10
Fourth South, then west 10 First West
and then north 10 North Temple ana
back out on that street. Willie the com
evident that the matter is far from sct-
tied and the report may be changed ma
tcrialy when il comes before Che council.
Fair Grounds Bar.
The license committee investigated tho
matter OF Bcrecrman & Nelson running
a bar at the fair grounds saturday, a,
the aviation meet, without first securing
a license from the city. Both of these
mon appeared before the committee and
stated that Secretary Joseph e. Caine Of
the Commercial club authorized them 10
open up the bar and informed them tina:
he would attend 20 the matter OF a IL
CcnSe. ThcS gave inc commercial Club
- per cent OF the gross proceeds tor
Tho privilege and this amounted 10 Sil.60
for the one day The committee was
of the opinion that there was no one TO
blame in the matter excepting Secretary
Game. and IL decided that he should he
censurad. II anyone. for acting in the
matter without authority.
II was decided by the sanitary COM
mittcc Ia recommend The removal OF the
cltv estray pound from iJs present loca-
ton at Eighth East and Tenth South
streets 10 the Interior of the same block
SO that IL viii not be on the street This
will cost about $i2S.
The same committee will recommend
the confirmation OF the appointment By
City Food and Dairy Commissioner Wal
Ter !. Frazier OF his son. Walter I. Fra
zer. as clerk in that department
4 special meeting of the council WAS
hold Thursday evening Tor the purpose ot
approving the department paYrolls Tor the
last half oil January, amounting to
$l2.e59.3I.