The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-01-30
SA[TA|R PROBLEM
BEFORE COMMITTEE
Arguments Are Heard for aud
Against Franchise for Main
Street Privileges.
JUDGE KING DECLARES
CHURCH OPPOSED TO 1T
President Nelson Says Aim Is to
Provide Greater C0nyen-
iencc for People.


sion Saturday night for the consider
alton of the franchise for the Saltalr
road by which the company would be
permitted to run its ears up TO Main
street. Objections 10 the proposed fran
chise cropped out at the meeting Sat
urday night on the part Of the Utah
Light & Railway company. Rcprescn-
tatives of the company were present
and presented their objections. There
wero also other protestants at the meet
ing, and after the discussion ended the
committee decided that il would be nee
essary to have Mt least one more meet
ing before IL would he able to formu-
late report This will be done at the
meeting on Thursday night.
Judge W. II. King appeared 10 pro-
test on behalf of the Mormon church.
Assistant Manager r. L. Hunt present,
cd the protest of the Utah Light &
hallway company, and Walter Lewis,
Eli a. Folland, Joseph William Taylor
and other property owners presented
the protests Of the west side residents,
Joseph Nelson appeared in behalf of
The Saltalr company and 5. Is. Tuttle
dJSo dTSUcu IN pcudJL OIL Ine 1TJuCHlSC.
Protests for Church.
Judge King said he desired TO en-
ter a protest in behalf of the Mormon
church. He contcndcd that by the ad-
dtional traffic which would he ncces-
sary on North Temple and Main streets
il the franchise were granted the re
llgious services in the temple grounds
would be greatly interfcrcd with and
the danger to people attending services
would be greatly increased. He con"
tended that the company should be
compelled to pay something for the
franchise and should also pay the prop
crty owners along the routc damages
for injury 10 their property.
If this company were permitted 10
run its cars up TO the business dis
trict, he could see no reason why any
other intcrurban road should not be
granted the same privilege, and If that
were done, he argued that there would
he a great congestion of traffic on Main
street. which would be detrimental to
the city.
Judge King stated to the committee
that he represented IN eastern COM
pany which intended TO purchase prop
criv in Little Cottonwood canyon and
build an electric road from this city
10 II large resort which il intends to
build in that canyon, and if this fran
chisc were granted 10 the Saltair road
ln0U MS NOuiu no uDuDL siSk
for a franchise up 10 Main street, He
WAS Of the opinion that traffic on Main
street was congcstcd enough as 1T is
without granting any other franchises
ON that street.
Would Increase Congestion.
Mr.. Hunt said the aim of the Utah
Light & Railway company for the past
Two years had been 10 avoid congestion
much AS possible in the business dis
trict, and TO that end number of 1T
routes had been changed. He said that
thc committee must get away from the
idea that Tins is a one-strcet town he
cause its rapid growth indicates thati
ut will soon be far beyond that stage. |
lie said that at present the street ear
traffic is congestcd on Main street, and
with another company running its cars
on that street IL would greatly inter
fcrc with the present schedule of his
company and increase the congestion.
In closing, Mr.. Hunt remarked that
If there were any way to prevent the
use of Main street by the Saltair cars
after the franchise is granted his com.
pany would certainly take steps in that
direction.
Mr.. Lewis aud Mr.. Folland argued
that the additional tracks on South
Temple street wesi. Of Fifth West would
greatly damage property on that street
for the reason that 1t is almost mpas,
sable now because of the number of
tracks on ii.
Mr., TAYLOR contcnded that if the com.
pany runs its cars on the aqucduct owe,
City creek along North Temple street
from Third West TO Main street it
would create so much noise that peo-
pie would be unable to sleep. He also
argued that the jarring caused by the
ears would damage the houses along
that street. /
Questions Judge Kings Authority.
Joseph Nelson, in behalf of the Salt
Lake 6 Los Angeles company. which
owns Saltajr, took issue with Judge
King as TO his authority TO represent
the Mormon church, as he stated that
he had called. UP President Joseph F
smith since Judge King spoke, and
President Smith told him that he knew
nothing about Judge King appearing
for the church.
Judge King Informed Mr.. Nelson
bat he only represented the presiding
bishopric of the Mormon church
As to disturbing the meetings in the
Tabernacle. Mr.. Nelson said that his
company would run only fen ears an
hour over its tracks. and if that many
more than the cighty.one cars an hour
which now pass tho monument corner
would cause any more disturbance. he
thought the Utah Light g. Railway com
pany should be compelled to tear up
US iTdtho-
Mr.. Nelson also contcnded that there
would not be any greater congestion on
Main street than at present for the
reason that the people coming from
the resort all had 10 come up 10 Main
street anyway. whether they were
hauled there on the SaItair ears OF on
The Utah Light & Railway cars. Uci
emphasized the fact that his company
wanted TO mako u more convenient for
the public to reach the resort and that
is the. purpose Of running the cars up
10 Main street
Another Meeting Necessary
$. 3. Tuttlc was very much in favor
or the franchise, AS he believed that
every iDterurban road that could he
secured should be granted the priv.
lec@ of running cars up 10 tbe business
district, rs interurban traffic is what
builds mp city lie could not sec
where the traffic would be any more
congestcd than at the present time. and
he hoped that the committee would rec