The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-02-26
union STATION FOR
|NTERURBAN ROADS
Probable Arrangement VIII Be
Made by Saltair, Bambcrgcr
and Knight.
FRANCHISE IS DEFERRED
UNTIL TUESDAY MEETING
Believed Provision Will Be
Made for Share of Revenue
for City.

During the consideration ol tho Jesse
Knight franchise ny The council meeting
as n committee of tho whole Friday night.
II was strongly hinted that n deal is on
foot 10 join with The Saltair company
and the Bamberser road In getting a
union terminal for those throc lines. and
1t is probs bic that the site upon which
the Saltair company now has AN option
VIII be utilized by the three roads. which
viii build upon ii n fine union station
for the suburban lines entering this city.
The site now under option To the Salt
air company is I'm the rear OF the Cullen
hotol, and is now occupied by the Mccoy
livery stable,
Attorney Jacob Evans who represented
Jesse Knight, urged The committee to
permit his road To run up First West
street to South Temple street instead of
stopping az PierDont street. Jas was de-
cidcd by tho committee Thursday night.
He said that II that change wcro made
h" would then be in a better position to
deal with the Bambergcr road or the
Saltair road on the proposition Of union
terminal station, and IT would also give
the three companies a Iitt" more terri
tory from which 10 choose u site for
their terminal
Deal for Terminal.
The committee did not make the change
Friday night, but even rs the matter
now stands. the Knight people could
probably make n deal with the Satair
company 10 use its terminal. as the lat
ter company is now asking for II fran
chise to come down First West street
To ficrpont street and then east on that
street across West Temple street into
the interior of the block in tho rear OF
the Cullen hotel. 50 that The knight
road could run up First West street To
tracks To the terminal. IL is probable
that by The time the franchise is re-
ported back 10 The committee of the
whole on Tuesday night, some tentative
arrangement between two OF the roads
mentioned at least will have been made.
The reading Of the Knight franchise
WAS completed Friday night and several
amendments were suggested in addition
TO those made Thursday night. The first
one was that the hauling OF freight into
the city Will he confined TO the time
between the hours of midnight and 6
O'Clock A. m. and all freight. express and
mall matter shall be hauled i'm incloscd
cars Of the same general appearance and
character as the passenger cars.
Mr.. Lyme offered an amendment to the
effect that the terminus he fixed at Third
South street in stead OF Pierpont street,
three.
Revenue for City Suggested.
An amendment was made To section
3 oil the franchise requiring that the
grantee in the franchise shall grade and
gravel the streets upon which he opcr-
either side OF the outside rail OF the
tracks. Provision was also inserted i'm
the franchise requiring the use of span
construction for the wires and the use
OF steel poles south as far as Ninth
South street
Mr., Lyme suggested an additional see
ton 10 The franchise providing for the
payment to the city annually OF l per
cent OF the gross receipts OF the road
for the first ten years, per cent for
the second ten years. per cent for the
third ten years 4 per cent for the fourth
ten years. and per cent Tor the last
five years of the franchise. This was
opposed by MI Evans. who declared that
IL would be impossible for Mr. knight
and his associates to pay such an amount
to the city.
II is believed that some arrangement
Will be made OH this subject, but 1t is not
likely that Mr.. Bync's proposition will be
adopted hy the council.
After suggesting the amendments de-
sired. the committee decided TO refer the
franchise TO the city attorney for rcVi-
sion. and after il is revised IL will he
submitted To the committee OF the whole
ut its meeting Tuesday evening at 7:30
o clock
The council held n special meeting after
the franchise and approved
the contract with Albert c. Smoot and
his wife for n right OF way and easement
over land along the line III the Twelfth
South street conduit. which will he con-
structed by the city at once. Work on
this contract will he begun today.