The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-21
ANOTHER TURN At
SA[TA|R FRANCHISE
Special Committee Will Report
Amended Measure to COun-
Gil Tonight.
NOT LIKELY THAT KNIGHT
FRANCHISE WILL BE UP
Other Important Matters That
May Be Disposed of Are Play
grounds and Boulevard.

The franchise Of the Salt Lake d
Los Angeles Railway company (the Salt
air road) Will he reported to the city
council tonight for final passage, ms
the special franchise committee has COM
pletcd It's work in connection with that
matter and it is now up to the council
to decide whether the franchise Will be
passed in the form reported by the COM
mittcc.
Under the franchise rs il now stands
tho cars will be run into the city on
South Temple street from the city Inn
its to Fifth West street then north on
that street TO North Temple street, then
cast on North Temple street. with tracks
interlacing the Utah Light e. Railway
company tracks over the viaduct, thence
east TO First West street. thence south
on First West TO Pierpont street, thence
east on that street across west Tempe
street into the terminal station IN tne
interior OF the block, back Of the Cullen
hotel
In order TO secure the privilege OF
LAYING third track on West South
Temple street, the company agreed TO
curb, gutter and macadamlze the -north
side of that street from Fifth TO Ninth
West street and keep it IN repair dur
ing the life Of the franchise. The com
pany also agreed to build q concrete
acqueduct along City creek on Norlh
Temple street from Fourth West To
Main street These Improvements Will
be accepted in lieu of q percentage or
the gross revenues of the company. as
was first intended to be eXacted for the
franchise.
The Knight Franchise.
The Jesse Knight interurban fran
chisc has been completed by the commit
tee also, and Mr.. Knight has beeps IN,
vited TO meet with the committee AT
o'clcck this afternoon and decide whe-
ther or not the terms and conditions OF
the franchise are satisfactory to hlm;
II is not likely that this franchise Will
be sent TO the council tonight for final
consideration, rs it is probable that
some changes will have to be made, IN
it. The o. F. Howard franchise has
not been completed by The committee,
so nothing will be done in that matter
tonight by the council.
If the city engineer has completed
the estimate of the cost of completing
the boulevard along Eleventh avenue,
across the military reservation ana
down 10 Twelfth South street, the coun-
ell will decide as 10 whether that I'M
provement viii be made this year, a
delegation from the Salt Lake Real Es-
tate association appeared before the en-.
pinecrinu and sewerage committee OF
Geh council Friday night and urged that
the boulevard be completed without de-
Law and the committee referred the
proposition to the city engineer for an
estimate of the cost Of the work. III
this has been made by the engineer the
council will take some action Ill the mat
ter tonight,
Public Fairgrounds Report.
a report will probably be received
from the board OF park commissioners
and the city engineer re!atlve to the
proposed Improvements at Pioneer Park
necessary to convert a portion of the
park into n public playground, 1t is
the intention of the commission to use
about - acres in the center of the
park for the playground site, in which
will be baseball and football field,
bars and other equipment which will
make 1t ENJOYABLE for the children of
the west side. This Will he the first
public playground in the city and it is
expected that others will be provided
in the near future.
The municipal laws committee Will
recommend the passage of the franchise
of the Utah Light & Railway company
for the extension of its Second West
line from Ninth to Tenth South street
and also for line from Main TO West
Temple street on Ninth South.
Four New Ordinances.
The same committee will recommend
for passage four ordinances amcndatorv
to certain portions Of the present ordi-
1ances
The waterworks committee will meet
again this afternoon and take final ac-
lion on the bids for the new dredge
which the city proposes to purchase.
The committee has practically decided
10 accept the bid of the Marion Steam
Shovel company of Marion, Ohio, but
If Will receive bid this afternoon from
Silver Bros, Iron Works company for
the building Of the dredge which may
change the views of the committee in
that respect. 4 report on the PROPOSE
tion Will be made to the council to-
night.