The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-09-29
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OF PHONE FRAAG
Committee Recommend,
dependents Concession
Declared Void. /
TO REMOVE EQUIpMI
Wellnan's Request fu|
Goes to Whole Counc
> Street improvement
TO REMOVE EQUIpM

The municipal laws conimit.s.
city council will recommend
council at its regular scssior :,
Monday night that Councilm..
Mcklnncy's resolutions be ado,,.
clariug forfeited, null and ~,
franchise of the old lndcpondc,.|
phone company. which was m,,,
by the Rocky Mountain llsIl TsI-
company and more rcccdtly al
by the Mountain States Tslcnh..
Telegraph company. and orde,js
company and its 'pretcnded |,
sors TO remove it's polls vi,e,
duits and other property fIor
streets of the city. ri
This action was agreed ma,
meeting OF the COMMITTEES m.
night. The committee wen; ar,
resolutions carefully, making
minor changes in the original Ion
is said that the Independent Telr
company was without power 10
transfer the franchise without at
ing secured the permission Of Ik
council or having offered lis n:
for sale TO the city as provided
terms of the franchise.
On this ground the ccnlmiiisr
strive to have the franchise h
null and void with the order IA,
equipment remaining on city hi
under the franchise he removed
thirty days from the adoption
resolution.
Consider WellInan RsQuut
The communication from F.. IL
man, who was shot in the left |
by j. j. Morris, convicted murde
Joseph Walter Axtcll. asking M
city give him aid. as he has been
to work since the shooting. whi|
cured while be was irving a
Morris IN his desperate fiigh; in
AxtclI was killed. will be eon1
by the committee OF the whoIe
communication was referred N
claims and municipal laws toa@
but rs II delicate point of Ian n
to appropriation of money Tor h
purposes is concerned the cod
decided 10 recommend that it 0
sidered by the committee Of q:
Alexander Stott made ano:t
test 10 the engineering and 81
committee against the sidewalk
Oakley district. which are non
laid. He claims that the speei6I
were changed after inc eontrt1
let and the residents are being
inferior work. The matter was'
up By the board Of public wufs
eral weeks ago, and some dd
work ordered torn mp. Mr.. Stott'
vet satisfied and is still pro1
against the work tina. is being q
the district.
To Improve Tenth Eat
The engineering and spwerall
mittee last night decided to REQ
TO the council that 5000 be appror
to place Tenth East street
Seventh and Eighth South slrea|
passablc condition. The Peters,
Estate & Investment company
toned the city council to build
duit for the salt Lake and
canal between these streets, saYll
the thoroughfare Is in an IMP
condition as it is, II is thousn
the trouble can be remedled W'
appropriation recommended,
Prior 10 the committee meeii1
night, brief special session
city council was held TO cOnslQ
matter of resembling the action
council In approving the hrsI
estimate on euro and gutter el
No. l6. including Seventh Eas
from Martin to Tempest avea
has been alleged that defeeils
has been done on this extena
the council desires TO lnvealR
matter before any paymept
work is made. The matter 60
be rescinded last night, as ihe
not as many members OF the
present as there were when .ss
was passed upon. 1t was laie
come up next Monday nlght; wa
act as a stay upon the audliot
and prevent payment OF the con