Show ON FRANCHISE FR Short hort S Lines Manager Discusses the Depot Question tion General Manager Managar W H HI Bancroft of the th e Oregon reson Short Line upon lila his return yesterday esterday y truss from San n Francisco Francl made a statement s Dt regarding the Ute franchise asked a by the company for a track ek on en the he t east ea t side of Fourth West street He declared d the Short Line was as simply liking asking a for more privileges and anel a nd that the council committee had considered c that application independent of o f other matters matter The Rio Hio Grande Western company apparently a attempted to confuse the theatter matter atter m before the committee upon Out our application a with an entirely tirel independent ent o ut proposition presented pr by It he Be aid said s namely Damel the building of a union depot d ds upon conditions and terms pre prescribed scribed s by that company As I understand it It this proposition preposition pr of or o f the Rio Grande Western We tern company has haM h as not POt yet been presented presente to the coun council counell ell cil c li The application of our company rests ests re r Ul upon the necessities of ot the CUe case rowing growing g out oat of our e situation which w demands demand the line liRe on en Fourth West Wait street all 11 of or which was WU fully explained e to the council committee e at atthe atthe atthe the hearing besting So far as at the union depot pot rop proposition l ion tion t is 18 concerned time the t Oregon Short Line L ine Railroad company comp BI is 18 ready and willing to take it up wWi with the Rio Grande Western company The de desired e sired ired s result cannot he be ao accomplished without the cordial cooperation of ot beth th companies c and I deplore any an attempt to t o intrude any Irritating circumstances Into nto i the controversy So far as 8 any other railroad com corn company pany peny p any is ii concerned the Oregon Snort Line company must be permitted to de do determine e ermine termine t for itself what its transportation tion rico and operating necessities are and andin andIn in i n this view only we have nave felt that we te might insist Ins lt upon a consideration Uon of our application for Cor additional privilege M freed from any allY outside con consideration consideration If we shall be unable to re receive rew w cooperation from the RIo Grande Western company in IR 1 the matter of or erection of ef a union passenger station out ou company will as an the Rio Grande e Western company it would do build a suitable passenger paa er station co |