The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-05-30
Company Asks Franchise !,
Electrical Lines on Wes,
Side Streets.
PROPOSES TO CONNECT
WITH STREET CAR SYSyp
Residents of North Bench A,
Bitulithic Paving Material
Be Used.

That the Salt Lake e. Los A,sl
railroad intends to take action to-,,l
clectrifying its line to Saltair beach
evidenced In communication IN N. !
council Monday night. asking for ~
chlse 10 construct double track cid
trical road over various streets in al
western portion OF the city to cornss
with the tracks of the Utah Light
Railway company, together with tho na
cssary switches, turnouts and telepho,
and telegraph wires and poles
Beginning at the western boundarv4
The city on South Temple street IN
company desires to construct tracks ~
on South Temple street to Tenth Va :
street thence north on Tenth West N
North Temple street, thence east 4
North Temple street TO connect win IN
Utah Light & Power company's iracI
near the intersection of North Tenn
and Ninth West streets.
Inc Saltalr road also desires 10 r,,
its cars over the. following tracks Of MI
Utah Light & Railway company whiJ
intlmates that II is the hope of the Cow
pany TO run electrical cars TO the reear.
from the center OF the business districf'
Temple and Ninth West streets. runnine
east on North Temple TO Third We
street, thence south on Third West h
South Temple, thence west on FlrsI
m
Third West to North Temple, thenc,
west on North Temple to Ninth West
The communication was referred to fh<
municipal laws and streets committees
Want Bitulithic Pavement,
Six different petitions were presen. :.
To the city council Monday night b
residents OF the north bench asking b
have various streets In the northern mar
Of the city paved with bitulithic pave
ment with d bttumnous coal base. TIT
sort of paving was asked FOR q week ae
by residents In the vicinity OF Mort
Main street, Center street and First ave
nue.. who protested against the use 4
asphalt on the ground that IL crackd
on the streets with the heavy s-ade,
| The protest was reported on favorab'
| by the engineering committee MondS
night and the council concurred in ii
committees recommendation to use Il
| bitulithlc pavement.
The petitions for bituIithic paving I'd
folw. William A. Black and others asi
| ing that | street from South Temple
Third avenue be paved; r. X. Dllerbet
and others. asking that X street betwos
the same streets be paved: Matte
Henshow and others. asking that = stra
| from South Temple to Third avenue
paved; j. Frank Judge and others. asl
ing that l. street from South Temple /
Third avenue be paved; Mrs. +. d. Rut
erford, asking that NJ street from Sou
Wall. asking that street from Sou
Temple 10 Third avelue be paved. ~
various petitions were referred to Z
engineering and sewerage committee.
The resignation of w =. Shoppe. de
uty city recorder, was accepted and Il
appointment of DevereauX Wilson. Sd
nographer in the criminal division OF Il
city court, TO I'LL the vacancy caused
Mr., Shoppe's resignation was confirem|
c. W. Mayol was appointed to I'll Il
| position vacated by Mr.. Wilson.
The list of judges and polling p,sct
| Tor the coming special election TO dete,
mine whether or not Intoxicating liolos
shall be sold in Salt Lake City was n
mitted by City Recorder 3. 5. Rives AZ
affirmed by the council.
Patrol System With Bells. 4
The council received the veto of Mayo
| Bransford on the contract with the Sig
nalphone company for the installation b
| its patrol box system and IN accord
ance with the mayors recommending
designated which OF the two systems OF
| fered by the company II would contrac
for The system with the bells was &C
cepted
On the recommendation of City Audi
tor Rudolph Aft. w. w. Wiscomb wa
appointed voucher clerk in the auditor'
office 10 Ill the vacancy caused by th'
resignation of j. j. Accomb, who recenf
~ became bookkeeper in the watcrworh
department.
The council concurred in the recon-
mendation of City Engineer G, F; Nc
Gonagle TO extend the water main Oh
Second North from State TO Wall stree
10 connect with the capitol grounds
main This will greatly increase the va
ter supply in that section of the city II
connection with this matter. Councilrnar
j.. E Hall raised objection to using th'
water bond fund for such purposes. IN
cidentally broaching the proposed exten'
sion OF the East Jordan cnna. He
charged that there was some sort OF
game" whereby the city engineer wa
instructed not 10 90 ahead with the idsa
of securing the East Jordan right o'
way This was denied by Mr.. McGonagle
Mr., Hall also charged that A. F. DO
remus. consulting engineer for the CITY
was being paid for doing nothing ano
was perfectly willing to go ahead and
see about the proposed right of way. NJ
Mulvey objected TO the charge % %wnlcl
Mr.. Hall afterwards withdrew, deciai.
Ing that he did not mean 10 go 81
strong