| Show Harriman Fights I New Electric Line AlSO SEEKING RIGHT KIGHT T OF WAY WAI AY Plan Is Foot to Electrify the Salt Lake Route Through Utah County to Get Busi Business Business Business ness From Proposed Line BAMBERGER INTERESTS GO GOON GOON GOON ON WITH THEIR PLANS Simon Bamberger Drops Ar Arrangement Arrangement Arrangement With Utah Light Railway and Applies to Council for New Franchise CHANCES OF LITIGATION lIILI the Interests In C ere W were fre the construction of an interurban line from fruna Salt Lake to Payson Utah county representatives representative of the linen Harri Harriman man system were fre the of the Salt Lake Litke noute II as far ter south as ft to compete n with ItIL the new tine line lip Incidentally Simon at et atthe the head hend of the proposed proponed system natem tem baa hn not only nIT applied for fo n It new Dew franchise from bin hla hi present prat tt to the south ern era limits of the city but hut he has baa aban neel all nit of t Rile bin hi old franchise except ex pt that which gives him In rout lust 1 office place Mr 11 r linn has ba announced that there will trill be no operating agreement between him and nd the Utah Light A R Railway company over o their tr track ck from the lie Damberger depot to the pro proponed proposed posed pfd terminal station tat Ion In place The Interurban railway situation south of Salt Lako Lake has assumed a umed a sort ort of checkerboard aspect and it has been strongly hinted that before the Harriman system will permit the company composed of Salt Lake county count and Utah county men who are now seeking franchises for lor an electric line lino between Salt Lake and Payson to get set even as far fal as first base balle the Harriman people will electrify the San Pedro Salt Lake Los Angeles between these points It was learned from officials In several branches blanches of the Harriman aye syll system tern tem that just such a 1 move mote Is antici anticipated anticipated anticipated In the event that the tho efforts cUorts of or orthe the new Interurban company assume an attitude which appears menacing A Counter r Announcement A few tew days after the tho announcement ment was wall made that a meeting had been held at Provo on July 14 11 to devise deville plans which might lead to building an Inter Interurban Interurban interurban urban line from Payson pason north nonh through Spanish Fork Springville Provo American Fork Lehl Lohl Draper and Into Salt Lake the announcement came from the Harriman offices here hero that thal immediately upon the completion of ot the Midvale and Sandy Bandy extension of or Utah Light LI ht Railway company a line lino would world be bo surveyed from Midvale through to Draper and thence south Into Utah county This announcement did not seem to dismay the promoters of the tho Independent Independent independent dent Interurban lint Un from Payson PaYlon north to Salt Lake to connect with the Bam Bamberger Bamber berger ber er line as the meeting held at Provo July 14 ht w liS ae yesterday fol tot followed followed lowed towed by b another meeting which was held in Salt Lake at the office of or the Houston Real float Estate Investment company com pan which was attended by the following representative men Simon Bamberger president of the Salt Lake Ogden railway J T Vf W V Houston president of the Houston Real Estate lt tate Investment company A H IL president of the Commission slon company W V W Arm Armstrong Armstrong Armstrong strong president of the National Cop Copper Copper per bank William R n Wallace and Al Alvin B vin S of Salt Lake nJ J T B Keeler and John John DeGray Dixon of Provo A J 3 Evans and C W Earl of Lehl Lehi James II Clark of American Fork l ork J T S McBeth of Payson George GeorgeA A Hone of Benjamin and H T Reynolds Rey Reynolds Reynolds of or Springville Will Get Franchises J Although permanent organization was not effected It was decided to proceed with witt the work of or securing franchises through the tho different cities and towns town in Utah and Salt Lake counties up to the city limits of or Salt Lake and ond to later ask the city council hero to grant a n franchise from the city limits north on First West Went to Fourth South east cast to Main aln on Fourth South and north on Main street to Continued OB on Page Pa e Two TITO HARRIMAN AGAINST NEW ELECTRIC LNE LINE Continued from raze rae One place lace where whore a II Juncture Is to bo be formed fored with the tho Salt Sl Lake Ogden at the tho terminals The Tho members Of oC the committee from each ach town are charged with the tho re of securing such fran and tights Lights of or way WB According to o John DeGray Dixon who Is la tao ary of tho the committee the promoters of ot he the tb new nev enterprise have havo received much by people In Utah and Salt SJ Lake counties who favor tavor the pro proposed proposed posed new line Une which has been pro pronounced pronounced entirely feasible by an expert electrical engineer from Com Chicago The committee will m first turn its attention to o securing franchises and rights of way wa in Utah county and will wi then apply to the council counci of at Salt Lako Lake to grant the franchise over the streets from rom tho the city limits Into Postoffice place lace While going on O Simon Bamber Bamberger ger er president pr of the Salt alt Lako Lak k Ogden railway a 11 way who Is also alo interested In the proposed flue lino south to Pay Payson Pason son will wil con continuo with wih the tho to help hel of or his associates associate to work vigorously in the tho matter of At a ting ing his application for tor a franchise through the streets street of the city to bring his line lino Ino down doW from its Jt it present terminus terminus terminus nus at Third West est and South Temple streets street down donto downto to place where the he company has hu property fronting on Main street entirely ly ample for a pas pa passenger anger station and Ind passenger terminals A Ask Alk k Council COd cl for Franchise Tuesday night July uly 19 the Salt SnIt Lake Ogden railway had an nn ordinance pre presented presented presented to the of or the city council asking for f r a franchise along North orth Temple Templo street east to tho the middle of ot tho the block From this point the lint lints Is s to go diagonally through private property to Second West street streeL From Second West tho company a fran Cran franchise franchiso chise chiso chile along this street It et south to Fourth South then ten east on Fourth South to West Temple Temple then north on West Tem Tom Templo Temple Tompie plo pie to PostoffIce place then east cast t o a oMain oMaIn Main street and south on Main to fourth South and an thence west to First West from which point the line lne goes goe south to the city limits This ordinance is Js in the tho hands hand of oC the municipal laws committee This route would not conflict with tho the lines Ines Inos of tho the Utah Light LIKht Railway company except In tho the matter of cross s on South ut Temple I le First FIst South See Sec Se onu south Uth and Third South Soth streets The only point whore where the Bamberger Damberger line would be obliged to take Joint track age with wih the Utah tJ alI Light Railway RI company will wil Uth be on Main between Fourth South and place The Te Damberger Bamberger road read has an old uld fran Iran franchise chise chico from Crom Third West and South Tem Tern Temple Temple plc east cast on South Temple to Wont West Tem Tern Temple Temple pie south on West Temple Templo to place lace and then to Main street stroet Some time ago the Bamberger people sought to make a deal with wih the Utah Light Ight Railway company for Joint over this route route The Utah Light Ight Railway company made a prop Uta one of the tho terms of which was that the Bamberger road should pay Its Is share or of interest on o the Investment py represented In the thO track franchise and cost cst of or construction In addition additon to rent rental nl al il This was unsatisfactory to tho the Bamberger line lne which Is now seeking a II new now franchise over the route above described Simon Bamberger admitted last night that the coat COt of or running a line Une down Second West street would be heavy on account of the tho paving pa which has been decided upon but he be said Id it I WIS to chances of ot litigation which h might follow utilizing tho the old franchise and accepting the terms demanded by b the Utah Light Railway for Cor joint which would old carry tho the road to its It terminals at Postoffice carr place Something of an Idea of the cost of street railway paving may mo be had when It Is Js stated that the tho total expense to the Utah Light Railway company fm ru the laying of its Js it double tracks two miles mies on tho tim Ninth East line will be street lne wH As A sort of or a sequel to the announce announcement announcement ment merit that the Midvale and Sandy exten sion might be extended south Bouth Into Utah county the question queston of or the feasibility of o the route has arisen arIen since F H l Knickerbocker assistant to Vice dent and General Manager W V II H I Ban Dan Bancroft Bancroft croft of the Oregon short Line and also president of oC the tho Utah Uth Light Rail Railway Rai Railway way company accompanied by L L L L Da Dagron Dagron Dagron gron engineer P E E Hunt assistant general genera manager and an O 0 A A Honald of the street railway company took an automobile ride from Sandy Bandy to Draper a few tew days ago They Tho found that It I would woul be impossible to get through the Jordan Joran narrows except by a a west welt route which would wal cost between and a n mile mie The Denver Rio Jib Grande occupies the bed of t f the narrows and the tho Salt Lake line lino the east cast right of oC way It was waB their lenort I 1 tn f f ft suggestion that If it t the i lines linos are to have an electric interurban road south Bouth to Payson it tt t will wi likely bo ho by b 1 electrifying tho Salt SnIt Lake Route be bo tween here and Payson Payson As A tho the Salt Lake route rato runs through the very heart Sl of oC tho tim agricultural district and posses passes through h tho the cities and towns south and would woul save savo tho construction of or a road from Sandy to Lehi hl a distance of about seventeen miles mies along which there is practically nothing worth woth while it is l agreed that the te best b st thing to do will be bo to electrify electr this thi branch of ot the tho liar Har lar wll Payson lines between Salt Sai Lake and I r I |
