The Salt Lake tribune. [volume] (Salt Lake City, Utah) 1890-current, 1912-03-23
To GIVE ALL POWER
COMPANIES A CHANCE
This Is the Recommendation
of Commercial Club
Subcommittee.
REPORT ON INTERURBAN
Committee Also IS Selected to
Look Into the Saltair
Franchise.
REPORT ON INTERURBAN

Al yesterday Moons meeting of th'
Commercial club committee on public
service and utilities. subcommittee re-
port was adopted, urging that the appl''
cation Of the Merchants Light < Power
company OF Ogden be considered by the
city commission only in connection WITH
other applications that may be flied
The report was presented by c. w.
Johnson, Everard Bierer Jr.. and G. Q.
Dunshee who set forth that consdefa
ton of applica tons as designated in the
report would give the people full benefit
Of competition. The report also pointed
out that upon investigation it had been
found that other light and power com
panies would seek entrance 10 Salt Lake
territory. offering rates that might be
even cheaper than those offered in the
Merchants company application.
While no detailed information has been
given out relating TO the reasons for the
report not set forth therein. Il Is under
stood upon excellent authority that the
Telluride company will enter Salt Lake
after September 1, upon basis In line
with that company's present wholesale
distribution rates. which IL is declared
would be the cheapest Of the PROPOSE
tlons now under official or public scrut-
iny. 1t is argued that If all applications
are considered in connection with each
other the outcome will he the granting OF
2 franchise Of maximum benefit 10 the
city by reason OF the competition that
would be brought on by such procedure.
Report on Interurban.
Thomas L. Mitchell and G. F. Good
win, a sub committee appointed to in
vestigate the application OF the Salt Lake
g. Utah County Interurosn railroad prof.
ect, presented report which was adopt
ed, fsvoring the franchise application
upon a number Of conditions. These con-
diuorss. IN the main. correspond with the
which the city commissioners are in
clined to hang a favorable attitude. The
notifications referred to include the fol-
lowing;
First-That the loop be. instead
Of the one asked, one to be bounded
by First West street, South Temple,
West Temple and Fourth South
streets.
Second-That the grantees grade.
curb. gutter and pave:
(Al First West street from Third
to Ninth South, sixty feet wide from
(B) First West street from Ninth
South TO Paxton avenue, which is one
block north OF the city limits.
The sub committee also recommended
that the proposed ordinance granting the
franchise be amended as follows
First-That the. ordinance be so
amended as 10 effectively regulate
The use of said railway for freight
traffic and would suggest limitations
as to the portion OF the route over
which and the hours during which
freight may be transported.
Second-Tbat the route be granted
either:
(a) AS asked. or
tb) By q loop bounded by First
West. South Temple, Richards and
First South streets or
(c) For line from First West,
through and along Pierpont street
and across West Temple street to
the east boundary thereof.
Each Of these recommended routes
Is 10 be understood as in connection
With the proposed route from the
south boundary of the city on First
West street 10 South Temple street
Third-That in lieu OF section "
of the proposed ordinance. provision
ne made for the payment. com
menclng two years after the compile
tion and putting in operation OF said
railroad, OF n suitable car license or
occupation tax.
F'ourth-That the applicants be not
required to pave First West street
except as provided in section ] Of the
proposed ordinance.
Fifth-That as so modified and
amended, said franchise he granted,