| Show S REPLIES T r TORT TO N. N T. T PORTER Offer of Simon I to Bountiful Bamberger an ergel Theme of Letter t r OBJECT IS EXPLAINED f Purpose Was to Obtain Sc Special clot Street treet Rights Wi Without Competition The offer otter of Simon er Dent Dent- ii nominee for tor governor of 2000 of Bountiful In n connection to to tb the city ell f with street railway franchises fur- fur the theme of oC a letter written yesterday b by E B. Conway Ashton to NT N K IT T J Porter Mr lr Ashton takes exception t to Mr r Porters Porter's statement in n a speech Thursday nl night ht that he t r-it r at Layton L. Ashton In In an address at Poplar Grove Oro earlier in the week had declared that ter r Bamber Bamberger er had offered Bountiful fr In consideration of oC that city's refusal I to grant the Utah Light Rallay Rail Rall- Rail wa ay company a franchise in D Bountiful I Mr r Ashton's Ashton s 5 reply which discusses es esI Bamber ers er's offer from all angles toll fol- fol l I lows M My I D Deaf at Mr Ir Porter Porter- M My fly attention iwas was as attracted this morning 1 b by 3 a it t news item Hem relating to your our Layton speech 1 You are credited with ln ha having stated that I h had Md d in my Poplar Grove Gro speech z 1 T stated r that th t Mr Ir Bamberger had offered Ui 3 o to Bountiful Cit City In consid consideration era era- tion of the city's city s refusal to grant the Utah Light Railroad company compan a t franI franchise fran Iran I chise to operate a t competing line lino r c Error Permit me to correct your our error I Idid did net in the Poplar Grove Gro speech nort nor norin t I in any other speech make any allusion to the Bamberger cr offer ofer of above referred to I refrained not not- because I didn't know the fact tact but because I was trot not discussing Mr L Bamberger as a mani man r i but merel merely discussing his record in the theA I A 10 matter of oC establishing rates ratos which f. f then and which now se seem m to me to be discriminatory 1 dl in character I I SAV gor w y n no o comment from you OU in Jus Jus- 1 r tit cation of the difference in fn rate between hern he- he rn tw tween n the thc fare of 45 cents char charged ed for forI 4 I z the thc round trip from Crom Salt Lake to your our home town and 30 cents cent charged for I precisely seh the same ride if the round roundtrip trip ticket is purchased at Center Centerville llIe nOr did I sec see an any statement credited to you you Ou In In which you ou justified the 10 cents 1 f additional f rate char charged cd for or the ro md I trip from Salt Sall Lake to Bountiful If the ticket Is purchased at Salt L. l Lake Lake o Nor Nordo Nordo Nordo I do I believe e that you OU can Justify in n law lawor or reason such 11 differences Declares Kate elates t No o matter what Mr Bamberger's costs of oC construction may mar have o been the line being a common carrier such discrimination was as and is unjust unreasonable un- un reasonable ire and contrary to tC the carriers carriers' car car- duty duh to the public and such discrimination dis crimination n ane area others show a spirit altogether out of oC keeping keeping- with the just and t and fair t rates which would be he enforced f Q by a public utilities commission i 1 Permit mo to sa say that I was present at the public meeting at which tho of of- of fer wa was made and as nB I recollect you were not nor nr were you ou a n member of ot the city council of oC Bountiful City at attrial trial that time The Tribune I is Burel surely in error as to what you OU said Raid I in this re reg regard re- re g gard for as I understand It you ou were th nand and now V are are a r resident l ent of Cent Cen- Cen terville t R Offer In OlIn this connection It Is only fair to Mr Bamberger to sa say that what he did In connection with the tho offer effer rr r could not in m my opinion be con construed trued asa as J a bribe It was not so intended b by Mr tr Bamberger but that such an offer ofer was I made even en you OU yourself admit Taking fe your OUI admission as the fact and without s 6 quibbling as to whether the was offered by Mr Mi Bamberger Bomberger for tor a franchise or er 1 for Cor the refusal reCusal by hy the tho city I of DC a franchise to tho Utah Light ht it Railroad Rail Rall- Railroad road company compan the offer being made mado b by I air Mr Ir Bamberger at a n. time when hen ho already al al- al ready enjoyed a franchise through tho the city of Bountiful and at nt the morn moment nt when a competing line lino was seeking seeking- enc en en- c into the city oven even you OU will nIll not I 1 deny that the offer w was as made with Ith the I obvious purpose ef cf stifling j I tion t You tou say that he was going oln to pay pa a s nn for fol a franchise which was worth much to his road That is conc conI con con- I c ceded ded but in n what did the prospective C value consist for which he was W to pay l so Jar large c a sum sum It u w. w Consisted clearly erv in n the right to tt operate free from t r I Lion a public utility Was Vas as the cit city t i under Mr air Ir s 's plan to accept s f the e r und fund nd and build abrar t r 1 elt a Jail a af f city hall hail or me memorial with a ita it a a durai dura dUra- ble Je monument to his generosity to to to I i main roI roI rothe ro- ro l n rough the long yours years while the 1 i f people of the city and aud the territory aai aa- aa 33 01 ilc Jacent nt i were 16 slowly returning to tho the donor or in excessively high rates the tho j lund fund so tO adroitly of offered b by him I launch I Ih hat h he expected to get It back is r t further evidenced h by tho the fact th that t tIr Mr Ir j requested franchises over O overs JJ d the very streets s over o which the new it IL survey of C the competIng line IIno had been v ru tunI run tun vil I A ip public utilities utilities commission when 1 f I r Appointed should be free from Crom bias 0 o 4 n theor theory It Is for Cor the protection of tho the f f. f public W against discrimination and anel unI unJust un- un Just juat I rates tates for Cor the tho safeguarding cf of the tG P against rates rates' ire te rat rates ea which public senI sen I corporations corporations In some instances im- im upon Ulon the rune bee uee they thc have the power to do so Shrewd bargaining b by the stron strong against tho the weak eak Is thereal tho the real roal purpose as you OU know of ot the creation creation crea crea- tion of ot a public utilities ties commission Do the thc people of ot Utah want a railroad owner and an an operator to safeguard their Interests Interest or do they want to trust a l aman aman man mall of or the people to look after atter their interests interests' Yours trul truly E C C. ASHTON 1 |
