| Show INTERURBAN LINES Will CENTER HERE Salt Lake Destined to Become Terminal of Network of Electric Roads THREE FRANCHISES ASKED PROPOSED ROUTES ARE OUT OUTLINED OUTLINED OUTLINED LINED IN EACH PETITION With three interurban lines already bidding for entrance to Salt Lake to connect small towns within a radius of miles with the capital capita city of the state the th future of this city as asan asan asan an center is established For weeks the city council has been discuss discussing discussing discussIng ing interurban matters brought up through the application of the Salt Lake t f Los Angeles Railway company the Saltair interests for a franchise through the streets of the city Two weeks ago E O 0 Howard cashier of Walker alker Brothers bank asked for a franchise for an interurban line which will connect Provo Prove and other Utah county count points with Salt Lake And last Monday night Uncle Jesse JesseI Knight I o of Provo known throughout the States as a mining wizard asked for a franchise to also connect Salt Lake and Provo The three franchise matters will be betaken betaken betaken taken up by the city council Thursday night as a U committee of the whole hen it is expected that some steps will vill be taken to bring the matters to a focus and lay the foundation for an in interurban interurban center Owing to the number of applications i for tor franchises now before the city with I tha assurance that others will be ap applied applied plied piled for later running to other points more Inore remote there is a movement on soot foot to compel all of the lines to have their terminals at the same point both for the accommodation of of th lines JInes and for the benefit of the city as this would keep the Interurban cars on practically the same anie streets and at the same earne time bring them nearer the heart of the business district than could be allowed if f each of the lines had a sepa separate separate separate rate route through the business section This plan Is being proposed especially v with Ith a view to the future Several members of the council have taken the matter up by b investigating conditions in other cities where Inter have havo proved such 3 potent fac factor factor i tor In the business development of the cities cales Will Spend Million Dollars In the request of the Saltair man management management Is included the proposition to erect a terminal station in the center of the block back of the Cullen hotel where the McCoy livery stables are now standing Options on much of this ground have been taken by the promo promoters promoters promoters of the Saltair line the purchase of which will entail an ex expenditure expenditure of about Improve Improvements ments it is stated will cost at least as much more and the company campan proposes to spend more than for a dou don double double ble track system to Saltair and for the best rolling roiling stock on the market While hile the line for the present will merely con connect fleet Salt Lake with the great Saltair resort it is felt certain that within a ashert short time the road will to Gar GarI I field Tooele and other towns in Tooele county All of the small towns in the southern part of Salt Lake county and those near the canyons are to be connected with Salt Lako Lake in the interurban system planned by E O 0 Howard Howar who has the backing of men of money in Ii Salt Lake Tho The objective point of this line is Provo and other Utah county towns the most extensive plans for the line having been announced d In the application of Howard to the county commissioners for a franchise Jesse Knight of Provo made a most favorable impression upon members of the council in appearing before that body Monday night and explaining the objects of his proposed company in asking the council for a franchise He declared that he would take tako 51 per cent of the stock himself and th tho t the bal balance balance balance ance would be distributed to those who vho cared cured to take the stock The line will be berun berun berun run from Provo to Salt Lake and will connect all intermediate points to this city Mr Knight stated that fran franchises franchises franchises had been obtained through each town except Springville and Provo but that he had little doubt that franchises would be granted in each of these cities clUes He declared he intended to go ahead with the road as soon as a franchise is granted by Salt Lake and that the road would be in operation in record time The Saltair interests ask to use streets on the west side of Main street though several petitions are now before the council asking that the company compan be allowed to come down Main street These are by business men who declare it would be he a good thing for the city In opposition to these petitions are others from several organizations declaring the presence of interurban in cars on Main street would block traffic and would be bea bea bea a mistake on the part of the council Proposed Routes But from plans so far as announced the Saltair company com pan wishes to run cars carson carson carson on South Temple street from the west western western ern em city limits to Fifth West Yest street thence north to North Temple east eastover eastover eastover over the viaduct to First West Test street and south on First West Vest street to Pier Pierpont Pierpont PierPont pont street The plans are to run east easton easton easton on Pierpont street across West Temple street and half way wa Into the block where the terminals are to be construct constructed ed according to present plans How Howard Howard Howard ard asks to run south from First South and Second East streets where he pro poss to build terminals to Ninth South street thence east to Third East and 1 I th then n south routh to the city limits on Third East Jesse Knight in his petition for fora a franchise asks to start at South Tem Tern Temple Temple pie and First West streets thence south to Ninth South west to Second West street and south on Second West to the city limits In addition to these interests asking for interurban rights the Utah Light Railway company Is already building an Interurban system from Salt Lake to Murray and then branching out in sev several several eral end directions from Murray The com corn lins of nt in improving p Ig the r roadbed adb between e vs Salt t Lake and Murray for the accommodation tion of faster and heavier cars and will continue the building of lines to Sandy Sand West Wet Jordan and other towns this spring pring It Is not expected that the coun council council cil will take any Rny action Thursday night on the franchise matter malter but it Is certain that some general scheme for the handling of the In Interurban Interurban Interurban problem will be decided upon after which the shaping of the he various ordinances and franchises will become a matter more easily handled |
