The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1911-03-25
BOuntiful-C -Centerville District
Needs Better Transportation
Facilities to Salt Lake.
ONE THOUSAND CITIZENS
PETITION FOR SERVICE
Point Cut Necessity of Swift
Means Of Communication
With Metropolis.

The Pasadena OF Utah" wants direct
and swift communication with Salt Lake
City, and steps taken last night seem
destined TO accomplish the aim right
quickly. 1.-The Pasadena OF Utah" is the
beautiful district whose centers are
Bountful and Ccnterville, north OF Salt
Lake
The people of these two places and the
section Immediately surrounding want an
extension OF the street car lines of the
Utah Light & Railway company. and they
are determined TO have IT II It Hes with
in their power. Last night 200 of the
leading citizens of Bountlful and Center
Vile held a mass meeting a the former
place The meeting discussed the inn
portant matter OF the extension OF the
Salt Lake street car lines TO Ccntervile
and framed its conclusions in the form
Of n series Of resolutions
The resolutions set forth the fact that
the extension OF the Utah Light e Rail-
way line from Salt Lake is a supreme
necessity; that under present transpor-
tatton facilities. the people OF the Bountl
ul-Centcrville district are compelled to
pay fare which they deem prohibitive !:
that the section cannot come into Its own
so long as the people are obliged 10 spend
% cents For transportation TO salt Lake
and return; that persons of moderate
means who want to live in a delightful
rural district and have employment In
the city find their desire baffled by ex-
isting conditions: that the extension of
the street car line would put 10000 i'm
habitants in the district within ten years
where now there are 5000.
Pledge Free Franchises.
The meeting last night was held under
the auspices OF the Bountlful CONNER
clal club and Is a direct and tangible re-
suit of the organization of the new Utah
Development league. a petition was pre-
pared directed to the Utah Light Rail-
way company In which the needs Of The
Pasadena of Utah" are set forth and
pledges given. one OF these pledges is
that the company will be granted "a fran
chise through Bountiful and that the clti
zens viii lend their support morally and
I'm every other possible way 10 obtain in
dorsement of the enterprise from the
cities affected and from Davis county
The petition was signed by l95 of the
200 present at the meeting, and the only
reason why the other five did not sign
1T was because they were wives OF men
who had already signed. 1t was pro-
posed that 1000 names be obtained for
the petition and in order To get these
names a committee of seven OF the most
prominent citizens of the community was
appointed 10 canvass the district. This
committee is composed of John Ford
chairman OF the board OF county commits
Sioncrs OF Davis county; Amos Cook.
mayor OF Bountiful; n. G.. Porter, Rich
ard Stringharn l., j Muir James a E,Id-
redge and Charles X. Mabcy.
The committee Will get out bright and
carly this morning. Friends of the plan
say II VIII he an easy matter TO get the
1000 signatures.
Opportunities for Homes.
1t was pointed out that at the very be-
ginning the car line would have 1000
people 10 draw from and that within n
short time this number would be doubled
and that again doubled. The speakers
dwelt at length upon the boundless op-
portunities offered by the Bountiful Cen
terville region, especially in that this sec
tion affords unsurpassed sites for subur-
ban homes TO be occupied by folks who
have their business and their work In
Salt Lake The speakers urged the point
that, with adequate transportation facli-
ties. business men and professional men
would hasten to seize the chance TO en-
joy the delights OF a country home with
In a few minutes ride of their busl-
ness.
The extension would involve the build
ing Of about six miles Of track north
ward from the present terminus OF the
salt Lake street car system to the north
of the CITY