The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1910-03-24
SA[TA|R FRANCHISE
RUN ONTO SIDING
Manager of Resort Kicks Over
Traces Because of Proposed
Amendment.
NOT WILLING TO HAVE
LIMITATION ON FARE
Not Known When Another Meet
Ing of Committee VIII Be
Held.

Everything was progressing very nicely
al the meeting Of the city council as a
committee OF the whole Wednesday night
for consideration Of the Saltalr franchise.
until Mr.. Mckinney offered an amend
ment To the franchise limiting the round
trip fare to Saltar al % cents, when
Manager j. f.. Langford OF the Saltair
company stated that If that provision
should be put In the franchise the coun-
ell might just as well stop. as the COM
pany would not consent to the council
regulating the fare to be charged, espe-
cially outside the city limits The com
mlttee took Mr.. Iangford at his word
ana adjourned without further ceremony.
several members of the council eY-
planned that the action OF the commit
lee Of the whole was not final and that
the council In regular session might turn
down any amendment made by the COM
mlttec. and urged that the further con-
sideration of the franchise he proceeded
with The motion To adjourn was car
rled. however, and the matter viii have
TO wait until another call Is made for a
meeting OF the committee of the whole,
The special franchise committee. which
has had the proposition under considera-
ton for some time past submitted the
draft of n franchise prepared by the city
committee, and it was read IN full at the
meeting. The route agreed upon is from
the city limits on the west along South
Temple street TO Fifth West street. and
then north on that street TO North Tenn
pie. thence east on North Temple to
First West street with tracks incrlac-
Ing the Utah Light and Railway com
panys tracks over the viaduct on NORTH
Temple, then south on First West street
TO Plerpont street, thence east ON that
street across West Temple street into
the interior of the block in the rear oi
the Cullen hotel where the terminal sta
tion Will be constructed,
Conditions Imposed.
The conditions under which the fran
chise is granted are in substance as fol-
lows: The company shall abandon Its
West stree, from its present station or
Second South street 10 South Temple
street the company to enter into a con-
tract with The city TO haul the city :
atlng its line 1t shall construct a con-
crete aqueduct along City creek on North
Temple street from Third West to Main
street: on First and Fifth West streets
the company Will he required TO grave
and maintain these streets in good con-
dition between its tracks and fifteen feel
on each side of the outer rails Of the
tracks, the company shall curb and gut
ter with cement and gravel the north
half OF South Temple street from Fifth
10 Ninth West street, said gravel &c
he oiled and rolled and the Improvements
so made 10 be kept in good repair by
the company during the life Of the fran
chlse; before beginning work on Firs,
West or Pierpont streets, the company
treasury. for the use OF the property own
ers entitled thereto The sum Of money
fixed by the city engineer to reimburse
the property owners along said streets
for taxes paid by them for paving that
part OF the streets necessary to be re-
moved 20 lay its tracks. before beginning
any work under the franchise the COM
pany shall execute a bond to the city
in bp m ZOO 0D0 n fho
faithful performance OF all the terms o.
the franchise.
Amendments offered.
The franchise also requires that the
road shnll be fully electrified and in
operation within three years from the
required that the franchise shall be ac-
cepted in writing by the company within
thirty days after ii is granted by the
council.
During the discussion OF the franchise
a number OF amendments were offered.
Mr. Mckinney suggested several impor-
tant amendments. among which were
that the road should not be used by any
interstate or transcontiDental line, that
the company should lay its wires under
ground. when required to 90 so by the
council. allowing school children 10 ride
for half fare inside the city limits, lin,
iting the number of cars to be run on
each train; requiring the cars to stop
at all street intersections inside the city
limits TO discharge and take on passen-
gers; limiting the life OF the franchise
10 thirty five years. instead of fifty years;
limiting the round trip fare to Saltair
to % cents during the regular lake sea-
son.
The last amendment suggested was dis
cussed at some length and was the only
one voted on by the committee, 1t was
carried by n vote of 10 .. Mr.. Langford
then made the statement that his COM
pany world not consent to any condition
restricting the fare to be charged outside
the city limits. None OF the other amend =
ments offered by Mr., Mckinney were
voted upon at all. as the committee adj
journed soon after Mr.. Langford state
ment. II is not known when another
meeting will be held to complete the
consideration OF the franchise.
DR.. A. Scott Chapman. dentist. has
removed to rooms 134.5 Mercantile An.
mex, over Walkers Store.