Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1910-03-21
Says He Will Not Pay for Fran
ChiSe Into This
City.
OTHERS HAVE NOT DONE so
Ia Some Gases Depot Sites Have Seen
Given 90 Thcm--A Gift Tie
Did Not Seek.

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Provo. March 2l-Wrcn Jesse Knight
vas asked be- Doc intended 90 attend the
Salt Lake city council interurbau con-
m.ttee meeting this afternoon De- said:
$50. don't think 500 The council
seems tn De- unanimous in the opinion
that they want me To- pay somethins
for bringing the road into salt Lake
city. and D ann Just as decided that I
won't pay anything. so there is nothing
more Co. be- done that can see. . have
no criticism 60 make on che disposition
and action af che council Dr. they thiuk
they have done right that viii boz sat-
l-nctory e. them, and o. is tu me
81 d1 not consider that I was asking
for airy favors by asking Co come into
the city. but they evidently did THE
benefit would be Co the city Boy making
20 easier for people rom the country Co
go there ana spend their money, which
without the advantage OF rapid and ire
uucut transportation will be- spent az
home. and considering that fact l DO
not sec why the salt Lake people should
want me 10 pay anything when the
peOulc-Gtah county pcoplc-Who would
take their money Co salt Lake and
spend TO- 81 the road was In operation.
Gid not ask anything for franchises.
Other roads have been given depot sites
and other privileges from salt Lake
CITY to come there I aid not ask that.
AZ first the council seemed willing %
give me "a right of way Co Pierpont
avenue. but later they wanted me 90
stop at Third South street, which Is not
go advantageous point for dept.
WHY they made that change ! don
know. Then. in addition making the
road pay the city portion of IT'S re-
caipte. they wanted 20 insert clause
in the franchise that would prevent me
/ from selling the road, 20 should want
Go do so unless the sale was agreeable
10 the city That was a proposition I
could not accept. and which ] think mo-
/ enc VINO would build road would a'-
cept.
THE BLANKET FRANCHISE
something has been said about O.
/ blanket franchise. = did not ask i1t "a
! blanket franchise through the city. be-
cause iu the city ] expected to use the
streets The reason 1 did not want TO
I designate the route through the county
was that ] did not intend a. use the
/ county road. except az points where IL
was absolutely necessary, and for short
distances. 1 could not run the railroad
along the county road because | could
not run trains at the rate OF speed re-
CURED TO make time The reason ] did
not want to designate the route through
the county was that 10 70 was specified,
the people owning real estate along
the route would charge cNorbltant
prices for the right OF way ] don
blame them for that. but / did not
want 90 be placed IN position where
vouId have TO pay it. Then the cX-
peuse of surveying several routes TO
determine whiph would be the best,
would be- considerable. and I did not
want 70 20 TO that expense unless
was sure I would get franchise. /
wanted 80 or go days To- select the route.
u Is possible that ] could have made
th. arrangements for a r.ght-of-way
through the county. but saw very
clearly that J could not enter the city
without pavlnr something for doing so.
and that Is what ] objected TO. and DO
object Co.
"If there is any impression that
have any feeling OF resentment against
any of the salt Lake officials that is
"a mistake. As ] said before, ! suppose
they thought and think they we're doing
right I simply would not accept their
terms. that is an there Is Co H.
DENIES A RUMoR
I'll has boon minated that private
meetings 9 had in salt Lake Influenced
me against building the road. J want
TO say about that. that Boz AN the pri-
waite meetings and conversations had
with salt Lake people J was encouraged
in the project. n the inumaton I'M
tends 10 convey the idea that any action
or statement of Mr. Bamherger had
ANYTHING 90 do with my withdrawal
from the field that Is altogether err
roneous MY relations with Mr. Bam-
bcreer were and are pleasant and If ]
had built 60 is verN. likely ! would have
Joined with Mr. Bamborger in some
way.
meant bv the intimatiou that private
meetings influenced me 200 giving up
ne railroad project. but there is ubso-
IuteIy nothing 90 IT,