Show THE CITY FATHEKS The Franchise Question Taken Up in Earnest PETITIONERS HAVE A HEAHIUGr But No Conclusion in Roiched TIic Main Sewer Other Business I Busi-ness Trans cted The members of the City Council were somewhat slow in assembling last evening and it was nearly 8 oclock before be-fore a quorum was present the absentees absent-ees being Aldermen Kitter Webber I and Pyper and Councilors Smith and Jeremy p TITIOXS George Saxton petitioned the city to sell to him four acre s situated e st of Harris rock quarry Should the city be unwilling to sell this portion he would purchase the entire tract consisting con-sisting of about forty acres Committee Commit-tee on public land THE NEW CANAL Messrs Forban and Skinner represented repre-sented that the canal to bring water from Parleys Creek to this city was being constructed across their land known as the Poppr tract witbou their consent having been obtained and wLile they had no desire to place any impediment in the way they expected to ue reimbursed by the city for the use of their lands and asked that the matter bs given immediate atention Committee on canal SPECIFICATIONS FOR A MAIN SEWER The following communication from Engineer Lowrie was read DENVER Colo August 6 1883 Hon Francis Armsrong Mayor Salt Lake Dear SirI f neloge herein as I promised in my letter of tbe 4th specifications to accompany ac-company the plans 1 then sent you for your main sewer I am very sorry to have so long delayed you but It was only by reason of the misunderstanding ts 1 then wrote you I h > vo not estimated the cost of tne outlet sewer at the river it is a small affair and I doubt not you can very closely approximate ap-proximate It yourselves Please let me know anything farther you may want we snail always be glad to receive your commands com-mands Very respectfully BC LOWKIS The specifications are as Llllovs Specifications for main cutlet newer Salt Lake Excavations shall be made to the lines stakes and instructions of the engineer and so as to truly receive and firmly support the construction 2When necessary to baild up an embankment to prepare for the proper grade it shall bu solidly tamped and shall be concreted beneath the masonry ma-sonry as ordered 3The sewer shall be of the best hard burned bricks laid up in eight inch walls with hydraulic cment mortar in close even joints on the inside Such orick shall be laid with a push joint the arch to be built on stronglymade centres which shall not be drawn until the mortar has all set and then only with great care bo as not to di < turb tha arch which must be covered very carefully care-fully and evenly 4The mortar to be made of one part of the best English Portland cement and four parts of clem sharp sand It must be mixed dry only enough water added to give the proper consistency consis-tency to work properly and must than be used before it shall have begun to set 5All unfilled joints must be carefully care-fully grouted with thin cement mortar before leaving 61he finished work must be everywhere every-where covered with at least two feet of earth 7Al1 chan es in direction to be in curves of forty feet radius Manhole shafts to be built at the lower end of every curve and otherwise other-wise every 500 feet to 1 000 feet as ordered and the castiron frames and curves set as per plans 9 Slant connections to be set as furnished furn-ished and ordered lOThe outlet at the river to be made as per plans all lumber timber and piles to be of sound spruce the piles to be barked ringed and then drawn to refusal No pile to be used of a diameter at the butt of less than twelve inches or less that ten inches at the small end 11 Concrete when used will be paid for by the cubic yard laid It will be made of one part of the best cement three parts of sand and four parts of stone broken to pass through a twoinch ring and washed entirely free from dirt It must be mixed as aid rammed in layers of nine inches until the water rises to toe top and then not disturbed for twelve hours 12All material and workmanship toe > to-e the best of its kind to the direction satisfaction and acceptance of tne engineer charge These ooinmunicatiois with the one published in Thursdays HERALD were referred to tbe comtuitee on sewerage There being no reports on motion of Alderman Sharp the Council went into a committe if the whole to consider THE FRANCBISE QUESTION Mayor Armstrong called Alderman McCornick to the chair and the following follow-ing petitions were read 01 Edmund WIlkes asking for right of way for an electric road along Second South Street from the Jordan river to Fort Douglas also northward from this line to the Hot Springs filed August 2nd 1887 Of W H Remington for right of I way along First and Second Souh Streets and north to the Hot Springs filed May 22 1858 Of the Salt Lake City Railway Company Com-pany filPd June 26h 1888 In addition to these the numerous uDtl ° mental petitions which have been filed from time to time were read Councilor Djoley said he observed that both Mr Remingon and Major Wilkes claimed that they were going t o use the Sprague motor system He did not think it likely that two persons hould have the right from ihe com any and as they or the represents ives were preSt nt be suggtssed that ney pyplaia the matter Alajor Wiikes thn stepped forward and stated that he proposed to use tne best motor in existence which was the Sprague He admitted that he had no authority to act for thit company but the patents were for sale and his comp com-p iny o uld purchase them In his pe I titian he had mentioned the Sprague i I he would like to say instead that he I would use the best system whattver that might be I FROM MR BEMINQTONS SIDE Mr Murray in behalf of Mr Rem ington an d his associates said that the business men were careful always to take the right step first In regard to the offer of Mr Wilkes to maintain a line of electric lights along the entire route it would cost them something like 91000 during the life of their francnise He had made a visit to the east for tbe purpose of inv ° tigating the electric systems aud Was convinced that the best system in the country was the Sprague motor which it = J was their intention to usa Snould the petition be grarted lie stated that he nad the exclusive right to use the system here and produced II formidable bundle of documents to provo his assertion The statement was arc pted however and the reading read-ing was dispensed with Several memoere asked if the Sprague sytem had been introduced in aiy new places lately and Mr Murray replied that they had secured a contract for u line in Boston and expected to secun one for Davenport in a few days Be then read a very lengthy report made by a committei appointed by the city of Airjn Oho ttj 2H7esugie the merits of the tlectrio syotetn Jilt 1 yOTErnfee reported that they tad vis ted Allegheny City bat tne system in u e there did not meet iheir wants They then visited Baltimore where the Daft system was in use and found that it was not worth consideration They then visited Richmond Virginia where the Sprague system was employed and found that the cars ran smoothly act easily around sharp surves and up heavy grades sjmetitiies carrying as many as fity passengers The car were lighted by electricity anti the whole system was neat in appeaivnie and miseless in operation while tine cars were under perfect control a id could be run ut any rate of speed from just moving to fifteen miles an hour and there was but one feeling among the people which was strongly in favor 0 tnti sytem and they recommeudac its adoption as fill ng all the requirements require-ments of Akron Mr Murray then read a telegram from Chicago statIng that a contract had just b > en s gneti tor the iutroduc tion of the sys tin here HI then read from a Boston paper an address inane by President Whitney to the directors of the West Eud Street Railway Company Com-pany in which htl described ti e Sprague system indorsed it as a success and recommenec its adoption by the I company Mr Murray then read a letter from the sprague Company in whih they express their willingness 10 give bonus guaranteeing the succes of their system sys-tem Continuing his remarks he said that other improvements would be made with the growth of the city amorg them being the paving of tine streets His company was willing to make it a condition of the franchise that when this was comtuenctd tHey would pave tine track and eighteen inches on each side H < did not think any member of the Connsil would like to see a company bounu down by conditions con-ditions at the very outset which would mean financial ruin Councilor Young said it woull seem from the documents read that but one of the petitiontrs had the right to use the Sprague system It was evioeut that the petitions could not grantefl in full as the petitioners rl asked for the same thing ne beJieed that if the matter was fully consult red the question might be settled to the satisfaction of all by granting the peti Ions in part and be moved that an ad j urnment be taken until tonight Councilor Dool y said there was very little to be done and he did not St e why it should not ba done at once Un viewed the matter as something m the nature of an experiment which should je iuvestigaed and moved that Mr Remington and his associates be granted permission to construct an exprt mental line ono mile in leugth over the route named in the peiitiou as might be designated by the committee on streets I nd if the gentlemen bad the confiJence in the system they claimed to have he dd not think boy would refnse the cffer Alderman Sharp asked ff Mr Wilkes petition was to be ignortd and Councilor Coun-cilor Dooley replied that he did not see why the street railway sytem could be extented without injury to any com pany There were plenty of streets He believed the reason why the streetcar street-car line did not pay better was because be-cause it was not properly managed He was unable to see why a company should bs allowed to monopolize the business There had been considerable talkabout paralelling the existing line This would be necessary to some extent ex-tent and he saw no objection to it Councilor Sowles saLt i he was a believer in rapid transit and when a company offered to guarantee a system it was pretty good evidence of its efficiency There was room in Salt Lake for another system and he was in favor of taking such action as would be for tile benefit of the whole city re eauiiessof individuals i Vmnoilor Roberts did not think Mr Wes petition should be ignored According to Mr Murray he offered to expend over 90 000 for the benefit of the city and was willing to put up a forfeit to carry it out Alderman Sharp said that he would hesitate before voting to grant a franchise fran-chise for any of these ufWmethods of propulsion He was not prepareJ to say at thh time that eectricity was the brst me J hod of propelling rars and was therefore in favor of grunting one of the petitioners the right construct an experimental line to sh IW how it would work While he did not desire to do anything wHich might injure the present street railway company it was admitted that the centre cf town was between South Temple and Fourth South streets and unless a right of wav was given along one of those streets it would be of little benefit tony to-ny company Councilor Yoangs motion to adjourn was then discussed and it was shown that it would be impossible to have a quorum tonight All motions were then withdrawn and the Council arose and Alderman McCornick on behalf of the committee of the whole reported progress and asked for further time which was granted I The Council then adjourned until Tuesday night I |