i o DEFINiTE ACTION I Council Considers Railroad Petitions for Franchises WEST SIDE CITIZENS HEARD trong Proiosts Mada Against Closing the Stroets Council Committee and City Officials Will Formulate a Report for Action Monday Night Arguments both pio and con wore made U > tIme members of time City Council lust night on the proposition of anting the Oregon Short Line find the nio Grande Western Hallway con mnl lJ the franchises fran-chises for their t new depots and other terminal facility privileges time pro tcfctums of the petitions of both companies com-panies xro given the floor of the council chamber for the purpose of stating objections ob-jections to the proponed Improvements Improve-ments The Council met and then rc Milvcd itself Into commltUo I of the whole after taking ths petitions from the hands of the committees to which they had been beard On the motion of Councilman Council-man DavHor II was then I carried that the protesting bo permitted to ftuto their objections anti that the ropreientatives of the railway conipnnles answer and give their side without any Interference on the parl of the Council members After both sides had bad thIr Pay the Council wns iigalii convened and the report of the committee I of the whole that the matters be rerefcrrod for report nest Monday night was adopted KLI A 1OLLAXD LEADS The petition of the Short Line and the proloating petitions of the reMdcnls of thu west side were read and Ell A IoI Irnd 1 espoused the rights of the f > 50 people who had written their t signatures under his name on the main protest 1 do not want to bo clasBtd as a knocker I ho unld recauau I oppouc the progress of this corporation but there arc 1110 plc who have lived on the I west du of this city for the pant fortyeight years and have rights there that must bo respected re-spected Thu railroad companies have mde them promises that have not been fulfilled Not until aftei many yunrs and after many lives had been lost did time Oregon Short Line company oondoaeend to put In gates at the crossing of North Temple street one of the main thorough faros of this city Tills Is tin street uncd hi reaching the fair grounds and tho vlndnot should CIOHS the tracks t at Ihla point liiKtiid of lit First North Ilu then pointed out that the travc1 waa aueh from lilt tvet fldt that there should be other crDSHlngs piovkkd and asked that two foot vlaductB bo constructed on South Tempi I I Ktraol 1Vi are entitled lo these two rciius ° ts and wi hope thin houornbla body will consider our rights In such light that they will be protected and In auoh manner that thro may b no cftulvoca tion BISHOP 1 JSMEKY 12MP1IATIC Bishop George It Eircry spoko next and much the sumo us Mr Kollnnd Jle wanta 10 Eel the railroad company eject a depot In keeping I with this city and iliclr In torcata here but dons not believe It right that the t people should suffer by a di1 pn elation of value III their property without with-out remuneration The company he said had violated the t omd immi flee giving them the right to lay main tracks by I using tlu same for switching purpoaes and wished I that the C Council would requ Ire the I O S L I company to make a separate application I I I for each and every truck they want to lay over the North Temple street crnsulni The fimo on Foiirlh V ml lie said would damage the properly of the people Jiving there and he Ihoughl tluil I they should be reimbursed North Temple Tem-ple street should have a viaduct for teams as well us First Nor tim and iirosa liiRM lie thought should be piovidcd at Second Third and Koiirth I Xorlh hlreclf My house Ins le5 bricks In It than sonic of th < castles on the ensl side but U Is my home l and Is an dear I to nus as july leans mansion and I want it protected If I the railroad can not afford to build the necessary viaducts I lisle the Council to build them Ve as citizens of this city musi ho protected and it Is I time duty of llls Council to see that we ate UEISI2R MAKES A TALK City Auditor Albert S Tlolsor pnid he would lllco to be hesinl 1 In the Interest of those cltlKPnssomi COOO or SOlO living south of South Temple street nnd west of Second Sec-ond West street Their piluclpal objection objec-tion he Fluted was to the laying of double dou-ble tracks on Third West ntieel which he said with the four lines of telegraph poka and man switches was already bearing Its burden of the public utllltky If I we are to have a cosmopolitan d < pot wehould have cosmopolitan necv iorlcs In the nature of gales and other sufo Kuards Jior 1 thirty years the O S L has used Third West sliert for Its tracCH and the only safeguard has been time loot Ing of a whistle at the lnter eeitoii TII roinmilUc appointed ut the I mass meeting meet-ing of the citizens held Tuesday night IB a permanent commilKH and I if we do not get what we arc entitled to now we will gel II later on If an extra track is Hid on Third West street we ask that the switches be taken out 1 There Is a strong Pfciitlment arising In our section but we do not think thai this Council will rc Ill IIJ us to go to the courts to get our rights HIGH KOLLOVS SHIll K i E Ulch reiterated what had already been mentioned by other speakers and cn I laigcil on the rights of the people over those I of the railroad company teople I build cities and not the I railroads The railroads come after but I will nol deny that they mire considered the owners of lhln city Councilman Ijaveler when he moved thai tho clllons bo permitted to enter their protests and then let the railroad rail-road answer them put the cur before the I horse They should say what they want and then let us say what effect It will I have upon us 1 say give them all they I ask for in reason but prolecl us In our homes and our propeily rights SIDE Or T11R UOAD Attorney Parley L Williams In hehl for f-or the Oregon Short Lime Railroad company com-pany said that I close attention had been paid to all Hint I had been said and ha admitted that there wan merit In a great deal I of their contcnlions It I may be true that railroads did not build this city and that others had rights hero first hut a city cannot prosper bc > ond a certain stage without railroads Icallroadsi supply n need that cannot be mot III any other way Salt Like City has outgrown Its I lallway faclllilr anil the present mentions men-tions of the Oregon Short Line company arc to mcel the rcquiivncnts of this generally gen-erally admitted necessity From all Unit had been said he took it that the people would have the company viaduct the croislrgF Lie pointed out lhat this would be very unreasonable and cited the conditions condi-tions In several other cllles of the country In support of what ho said The building of 1 the first viaduct lie said was all thai could be expected at tho present time but that II the city increased in population others should he bulk as needed as wo3 time case In Dc 11 mem Omaha and other cities This Council eainiol reasonably demand thai the I eompain at this time build these viaducts that will only ho needed later on He then pointed out that the topography of thin I country was such thai I rallrosds could not enter this clty otherwise than from the vest that time residents of the welt slue I should take Into consideration the I welfare of Uio city as a whole In their opposition and thai the Council had lime reserve power lo order time building of additional vladuels as noel ed In years to come It I was admitted that l there would be I dnnuitc lone to those people where the viaduct was built but he said that till company was willing to I reimburse them tIe was not prepared lo alLy whether or nor It would he better to have the viaduct to bo consiructcd at this time on North Temple street In place of at First North RIO GRANDE CASE The petition and protests in regard lo Ihe I HIo Grande were then reul and the mutter discussed Mr Reiser wus the chief speaker and objected on similar grounds to those staled tn connection with tin I Oregon Miorl fine fninehltie that ito rights of the I people should bo protected and that t l the crossings should be guatded S T 1 Swaluii said that ho would any thai the people III the neighborhood 1 of First North and Koiirth West streets would lilt to be heard on the mailer i and asked that I tliuy be given an opportunity to hire counsel coun-sel to appear for them in the matter IU said that the icsldeiitn would be damaged by i tIme extra tracks and lie I Inerta el nolso and traffic and Ihut Ihelr rights hould be cons > iderrd I A G Newman In Inhalf of th i citizens living I on Third West between South Temple and Second North streets entered a protest against the laying of I double tracks l on that street SPOKi FOR THE RIO GRANDK Wuldemar Van Cott as I the attorney for the lllo Grande said ho admitted the Ionic of their arguments ni ± explained thai the company Intended 10 pay for damage that would be done to l the property prop-erty owners Ho I enlarged upon the I bcno Ills that I would accrue to the oltv by i tho Impiovemnni to ho made by the company saying that about CO additional t men would he hired In their shops and thut the pros cni monthly payioll of IXX l would be doubled The Committees on Municipal Laws and Streets with the City Attorney and City JOnglnctT associated will meet In eIII live session next Friday night and fornu I hate a report to bp mibmllletl to the t Council Coun-cil for ncllon m next Monday night