The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-12-30
CONSIDER FRANCHISE
TO EMIGRATION LINE
Council to Insert Changes Re.
sulting From Agreement
With Property Owners.
LAST MEETING MONDAY
Present Administration Will
Wind Up Its Business at
Adjourned Session.
LAST MEETING MONDAY

Unable 10 dispose OF all matters which
are pending before II. The city conner
adjourned last night TO meet acnin NJ
10 o'clock nest Monday morning. ms,
two hours before it must retire and give
the reins of the city government ovor
10 the new commission. The chief mai
ter To be taken UP Monday morning Ia
the application OF lie Grand Young for
a franchise TO extend tho Emigrat{nn
Canyon railroad line from The present
terminus - Fifth South street near
Mount Ohvct cemetery southwark on
twenty tirst East street 10 the southern
city limits at Tenth South street. ThIa
WIN form u part OF the Holiday extension
Of the line for which "a franchise has nj 4
ready been obtained from tho board OF
county commissioners.
petition signed by the lnajoritv OF
the property owners along the proposed
route o! tie line was presented 10 tho
city council last night. together with a
number OF concessions which I,e Grand
Young has agreed upon with the property
owners. II was that these might DC Ia
| serted in the franchise that the matter
went over until Monday morning
Railroad Makes Concessions,
The property owners on the east bench
held "a meeting Thursday night, ut which
time the matter was gone into thorough
II, and many who were previously on
posed to granting the franchise Changed
their minds and are now heartily sup
GOOD
VIII OF tho people. President Young has
agreed To- number OF concessions
which will be incorporated in the fran
| chlse. Among these are conditions that
| the lire Viii be open for passenger traf-
| hc from I a. m. 10 r. m. and that tho
| Inc shall be used for freight PURPOSES
| only from y, IN. TO q. M. the hours
during which il is not to be used tor
| passenger service.
| Another agreement is that al street
| crossings shall he boarded and that
crossings 70 private property VIII be
viii be gravel balssted to the tops oc
| tho ties,
Mr.. Young. according to the petition
sent 10 the council. has also agreed not
To charge more than scent fare for
| the trip from Fifth South 10 Twelfth
| South At rirst Il was intended 10 make
! II o cents to the city limits, Tenth South.
! but Mr.. Young agreed 10 make IT Twelfth
Mr. Young las. nIsht presented TO tie
| city council the plans "f the proposed
route OF the road. for which the council
asked him two weeks ago.
Appeal in Water Cases.
\ communication was received last
! night from Attorneys T.. s. Richards and
pculcd TO tho secretary uf the interior
| from the decision Of the general land Of
! flee rejecting the city's application tor ar
easement to certain reservoir sites iu
Cottonwood CANYON. Under the decision
of the land office the city losos it's rights
! TO certain water rights at Lakes phon-
be- Mary, Martin, Catherine and Twin
| lakes in Ets Cottonwood canyon. wncrn
| il is proposed I'D the future To build dams
| and big reservoir. The counsel for tha
! city are confident that they can get The
| ruling reversed so that the city cHn hold
| its rights. which il obtained two wears
| ago under q provision of al act OF con-
| gress.
The council. upon the recommendation
| OF the counclmcu from tho Firs; ward
| decided TO change the names OF Martin
| avenue back to Tenth South street.
| Tempest avenue back 10 Eleventh South
| street. and Sugar avenue back 10 Twelfth
! South street. The names Of these streets
| were changed two or three years ago,
| and Il has been found that IL caused
| much unnecessary confusion. Inasmuch
as the three streets run through without
| "A break and are three OF the main thor
| oughfares I'm tho southern part Of Tho
| city. the council decided that they should
| be restored 10 their old names 10 he III
| keeping with the general plan OF nam
| ing the streets.
! 4 number OF assessment ordinances
| raising revenues 10 pay for special I'M
| provcments. which owing 20 The tiula
! limit fixed by law could not be taken
| up last night. will be considered by the
| council when IL meets Monday morn-
| ing. All old business VIII be entirely
! wound up at that time.