Show ASKS FRANCHISE i FROM I I Utah Light L Railway Co Pre Preparing Preparing paring to Build Line to Bing Bingham Bingham Bingham ham Junction That the Utah Light Railway com corn company company pany may be able to take up the mat mal matter malter ter which it has h long had In hand a of extending Its Suburban lines unes 10 to anu aim Bingham Junction it has asked the coun oun county county ty t commissioners for an early considers consideration con tion of its request for a county count fran franchise fr franchise chise The board will wil consider this fran Iran franchise franchise chise at an early session There are a number of reasons why the franchise franchi has been hanging fire fre Mur Murray Murray ray City has been trying to obtain a 6 5 i cent rate to and from Salt Lake but this the railway company has ha positively refused to grant grant The county commis commissioners cor I have hae been asked to wield the th HiS Stick while the franchise Is pending but have not liked to tackle the proposition p Uon They have however consented to con consider cn sider eider fixing a date Q te when the company shall be he b compelled by the th franchise franchis to tb tomake t make the reduction Before the franchise franchis shall have been granted It will wi be amended amende by the laser inser insertion tion Uon of ot a clause claus providing that in five or ten years ears the fare shall be 5 6 cents The commissioners are not of or one mind mindon on the length lengh of time Ume to elapse Murray Mury City CI wants the shorter time and pres pies pressure pressure sure Is being bing exerted on the commission commissioners ers erg fr to make snake the clause read rad five fe years yer from the tle date of or the franchise With this exception and a few tew minor miner r amendments it I is said the franchise frAnchis will willbe wil willbe be granted in its entirety There The 1 is no possibility of the county count getting any anything an anything thing in return for the th privileges The commissioners believe beles the lie county Is too to anxious for Cor suburban lines to haggle about tended abut conditions If the th lines are ex extended extended extended The Utah Light Railway company is prepared to build to Sandy this year yer and will wi commence if not finish Its line lne to Bingham Junction These Thele lines lne would have hae been built bui long ago if the smelters had not closed clod The Sandy line lne has has how bow however ever eyer been definitely promised and a tentative promise promis has been ben made regard regarding regarding ing the Bingham Junction extension |