| Show E c V Vc j kT COUNCIL SESSION WILL BE BUSY ONE t. t t. t T V I VV V V Vitally Important Matters Maters to toBe toJ V J Be Considered at Meeting Meeting Meeting Meet Meet- V ing Tonight Tonight V MORE TROUBLE EXPECTED I V VV Street Railway Franchise and V Lighting Contract Must be foe V V Decided Upon iVYL V I Two o vIal vitally important matters matters n. a franchise and amt anda year fifty street street rn railway ay street tre t lighting contract contract- a ft R year throe NJ will como come up for final consideration at tho the meeting of or the the city cIt council counci tonight In committee of ot th the whole Friday r V night tho the councilmen wrangled with th the two subjects which came camo before rV V tho the council counci In a peculiar manner and V V with Ith a P suddenness of or aspect that thai made madeS S It Jt Imperative that both should bo be pu pass pas sef s- s V turned down entire entire- V ef Monday night or entre- entre V. V V V V ly h The Tha Utah Utah Light and nI a Railway compan company com corn pan pany promised a 60 o r rate tc on str street streetlights et V lights In place of oC tho the 7 ate now VV paid provided tim tho council counci would reV reenact reenact re- re V V enact the 1903 franchise with the tho only change canse being tho thu elimination of claims V to Parle Parleys Parley's 9 canyon power vor rights Tho The propositions of or the company compan to 8 the tho mayor and council counci wore were to the 4 effect that GO CO lights would be 10 forthcoming forth orth- V coming If It the contract was male made for tor 4 cominG three years and no less than 1000 1030 arc are areV V street lights provided also that this contract as well wel ia JUI the franchise be V V passed passer Monday night In the event ent that It Is not passed Monday the compan company com corn pan pany said Mid It would withdraw I Its offer ofer of oC ICO 60 lights V V Mayor nor Issues 4 Mayor a or Bransford has hs Issued his ultimatum ul- ul V to the ct city council council Ho ITo Io stood j before heron the members Friday Frida night nigh t and personally requested them to vote vot for or jc the tho lighting contract as aR proposed d by bythe the thc company compan and likewise asked them to pass pasa the franchise franchie Ills His Ils ar argument argumentS S hinged upon the tho the cheapness N of or the new V rate for Cor or street lighting antI and the superiority V of electricity over gas l lighting In Inthe inV V the streets of or Snit Salt t Lake Lale V V I Mayor Is in his first big V V light tight and he has two years to go V. V V V Instead of or finding the council counci submissive submissive submissive sub sub- missive to his policies he encountered a snag ma Martin and Black fought the tho franchise and l lighting contract contract con con- t. t V tract for tor personal reasons but their opposition developed man many things that tat had been en overlooked b by the special committee corni com corn i V on lights of wh which Ich the mayor V was a a lemb member r. r In turning up some V V things s that the special committee did not discover Martin and Black gained V I f some strength in the council counci and most of or tholO who had decided to stand with the thc mayor wore were reluctant to rush the VS V V V whole business through as tu he ho had sug- sug sug V cc ted V What hat Major For Forgot ot V tV Mayor Bransford and Councilmen V Mulvey h vey and Tuddenham ha had comprised the committee that discussed tho the lightIng light light- Ight- Ight V V V In lag Ing situation with the company compan The They V had had been East and found that gas as was as V not ft A feasible means of oC lighting streets V n as Q wide as Salt Sal Lakes Lake and the they went ent V into the tho subject at home getting all 01 the data they could gather ather lata S Finaly Finally they turned up with a a con con- o of 12 In the annual annul cost cost of ot an nn V V arc street lamp The ct city had Tind been V V V paying paving 72 72 but hut the thc company compan offered to Full for V 60 providing providing the franchise would be bo passed V Right here the tue mayor and nd t two tiro o coun- coun V V oilmen dropped matters and urged the V V council counci to accept this offer But ut thc they forgot something which In the rambling V ing InS attack of o Martin and BRCk Black bobbed up just In time to save the ma mayor or and y VV the tho 11 administration no little JUle embarrass embarrass- I. I V ment ment 1 V Th The Tho company had offered to install new v lamps lamp for tor 60 GO a year but ut General Generl r V Manager Wells Wolla told the council that only the n new w lamps would bo be o paid for tor forat at nt that rate The company would in insist In- In I. I dV V 1st h he said upon the payment ment of or 7 72 4 for tor the the old lamps now In use This t V V V brought the mayor and the time two coun coun- l V. V to a realization of or the fact that something had been beom overlooked The he V V t s committee had had the Impression that ik V I Ci hal i th the the- GO GO rate would go 0 into effect as its IS soon noon as as' as the contract was ma made le The fV V company compan held out until the ma mayor or and V Mulvey e and Tuddenham had opposed t V the matter mater and finally Manager Wells w V VV V whispered Into the tho ta mayors mayor's ors ear that V 1 V the tho company would make the 50 60 O rate V. V V V general as tie soon as os the contract was signed tf V V Campaign T. T ij V The favorable attitude of o tho the mayor mayorI mayorA r A toward the franchise exposes a bit of ot I fj 3 I V American party campaign buncombe v V V p Of or course it was v exposed d before the tho yi election but his hs attitude now merel merely Yi 1 V that expose I When Whon the tho tho city was Involved In in the n 4 i V campaign tho the American members of ot the council counci demanded that tho the Utah Uth LI Light ht 5 and antI Railway company compan give o I something somethinG t K ti for Its franchise The rime American party d rV V V was waa tired tred of ot giving corporations something some some- V thing tiling for nothing as CS had been done dono In 1 1 VV time the pa past l etc etc Councilman Black 1 devised de an annuity scheme and when V V it i was seen that this wouldn't work Tork V VV V S he demanded that th tho the company sprinkle le leI I 4 V V V the streets street x n on n tho the ro downtown district where there are arc tracks The whole city L V V V administration ru rushed hed to his hiM support t V V and tho the whole American party chimed ant f. f VS lu Ili lu Indorsing tho the move mo i At that time the te administration had I no HO more intention of comp compelling somo some VV rort cort of or remuneration than It I lied had hal of ot f. VS VV turning turning the city ch over 1 0 to the hierarch k V V Now ow that the Uie election electon Is la over 0 tl the V V V year fifty ear fr franchise asked askel for b by tho the V company compan h has s been bean promised by the adi ad- ad al- al i ministration V V V For FOE this franchise the company doubles the l lighting s system slem of or the city t V and reduces tho the cost per l light ht from V VV V 72 72 to 60 a 0 year car In other words the theS S city Is 13 now no paying the company 2000 V a a. year for l lights It I offers to pay lay payS S CX for an added number |
