Show OWNERSHIP S Ogden Jan 21 1 To the Editor of or The Herald At t the session of or the city council cc un 11 next Monday Mond evening if lC th the council convenes then an au effort will wil bO be made by the Elec BIec Railway company compan to secure the pose pass ago of are ant ordinance granting ra nUng en an extension of oC tho tha existing franchise of the company copany 1 for a period of nineteen yea years which to together together together gether with the d term of ot th the franchise fran granted In SOH would make a total of or thirty years MIS MISTo I To the tha lid and that the enterprise e may ny suffer from froni no di in its Intro Introduction the tiie boat manager of the company com coin comI pall pany liars hag ha visited d a number kabel n it if cut ot t all the I cou laying l the matter before bel belthem them them explaining as an IndUCement to II favorable action company cone condi conditioned tinned that the desired extension ext l to is I granted win wilt expend to Xi in th tile the I improvement of ot tt ha U transit facilities So tar far liS as this is con COD corned the offer arrer to it may b be i said s J that whether ir r tb the e franchise f e ch to Ie granted or ox not if It the t company costeen contemplate platen plate th thC business It n will be driven to the n of ex g a 8 sum n or 0 eisa be ba sued for a nuisance as 0 the nome notee or the P present and worn W out machines m S that ah been in UI existence from time i is Ie tabt bec becoming ab absolutely absolutely boo especially e t is the tte abutting residents dong alOng Washington avenue A single car moving along North Washington Wa on a 8 toy dry sum summer mer a day da causes as at much noise and din die disturbance as an a train tram of ot empty freight treiB t cars ears coming through Echo lio canyon at a forty fortymile fortymile mile mUe rato go S loose Juose erm oat out and aad def defective are the darn ara araSo ar arSo S So then I IN my say the th company must soon oon their UI Ir 1111 I lines Imes nes with nw flew Vehicles Vehicle c I and aDd bettor better andon the enterprise or run the t e risk rIle of Ii eing condemned as aa aaa asa asa a nuisance An AD b who has heard beard the cars rs lit ht and BO no one ha has au been exempt from front such irritation who was wasI I within a distance dl of five o ve miles from them themI I knows that thet the noise is 18 ly abom about Not Kot only ea y thi tug but their condition nm r enders unsafe and aDd dan Os erous aa as aft an agency Of lif f transit It may ma I Isaid be said soul that the thu contemplated expenditure ure ot or 2506 turns turne out After all to be no in inducement i ii i whatever to o the I I the request S Aside Irma from this proposition by pa pany y which 19 l I a matter thatter of Importance there thera ther ar are ama other of ot much that must restrain re i the e council coun in granting this franchise In m mth InI I I th IANO th m I m of the council to use their Influence 19 against such stick a measure on the contrary to do all that lies in their theirS I S power to secure a transference of the street railway electric light and other I Ibers I II II I I revenue pr producing utilItIes to the cUT city of I gd There Thero we rea just web a plank I I adopted b by the Democratic conen tine Oct ii lEO Democratic atom bern bers r of the council IB itt visa vier of such ouch a pledge cannot vote for an of 11 the m franchise and keep faith Ig I with the tho people ne They certainly CJE could not act I be hr gull tJ of ot ditch duplicity Neither can caD the councilmen cou n vote Tote for sw swan iok an unwarranted measure m I It must st b be b remembered hat the t ting dl franchise ot of he be street railroad I win will not ROt expire till VU u eleven years yearn more isore Then Theft why l this heaLs haste this extreme ann anxiety anxiety ley at fl this his time tr If acquire so valuable a property front from the city The reason is Ie isas 1 j as plain as an the historic writ wrIting tag on eq tie tIes wall WAil tell They Th ey fear leal that before belore we advance ance eleven rs tato to th the coming century UM Ute I doctrine of municipal ownership own nJ p that at atthe atthe j the present time times 1 I vigorously asserting It Itself IL self and soul being help espoused aed by the twist t ad lid I vancel Ced statesmen oT oY the ago age will grow growS I S and expend expand Into awe each proportion as u to be universally adopted by y all ail all w well weil li t American cities and that municipal ownership and control will be the rule 10 instead in Ia stead of ot the exception That is the reason or of tile the co In I In lbs extension S That at the uio enterprise to Is a profitable l one ODe I Ii i is proven by the fact f that 1 at the company wants an ItO ext nelon of its it franchise l e It If it wes not they tIt it would abandon It IL A 4 I street str railway a as a g necal Iu wh J operated OR on business ine u f te Is a pro pee hOe IUle source sou of or revenue to toe the tb I tore tora tor and nod street car companio com ic J n American cities oltie have baft tied Ilder ate wealth through their manipulation tate There M ar ii no reason aon why the city of I 5 I j en 51 m t own ItS Rs system ot of street car transit It can t he t operated open as economically ar a 0 I lIU uc 4 a ae by a private willie thel the people become tl tile the recipients of th the profits profit I IRd I and Rd emoluments instead I of a few j juato i I eels furthermore in ill time after the org mat inal pare purchase s cost had been paid parn superior faculties f and sa cheaper transportation I I I would ha the public This has baa i been so In the cities of G Blessing I Item ham and ter which own and anel cap I trot railways and other great J J revenue producing utilities ut and the reas reason reason I on OIl to ii that tIt th hs principle of public finan i I their operation Ion which tita LInt idoa of private profit a asS I sett allI S O e mUst In this matter and ac cairo these enterprises are logic logre alt y of Or a 3 p public nature r in h her r commercial Infancy for forI if she defer th the task of ae ee will be beset with complications com I as was the ca case e in the attempted attl purchase of eC e the street railways railway of the th city of Detroit t In that city the street streetcar streetcar streetcar car corporations were too strong financial ci lly l lly ly 17 for tor f iho toa and flexible city citi administration who could not net resist ria the tho magic made Inundations Although the project failed and the de people doomed med a longer lODger to endure corporate im the tile agitation has h produced a wholesome wh edu Mu educational rational street effort upon te the people pup of It the country b je s destined e in the near new fu In future Dire ture td t culminate c tn In universal municipal mUD In all of our OUt cities and th this is hi isto Indeed what tho Electric Railway company fears aneT alto therefore they wish to take time by b the forelock forel k and an by b ecer 9 tag lag In an extension of twenty years yer eleven elev years rs In anticipation of or the expiration of their existing franchise forestalls such possibility BO sO far aft as Ogdon Og o m is concerned e This Is S lose so transparent that not even our city olty council co can call fall faU to see gee it ItIl It Il seems almost Idle to ts even entertain the tha remotest suspicion that the th present pr Dt could be 00 so M and aj he hel hee heed l ieee fe ee Of 01 the Interests interest of the people a tto agrant 6 grant such aach a franchise e Theio Theus Is la no hurry to do this n It Is a or if f too profound con concern lion cern t to the of USa city Ity to tr u lightly or dispose cf of hastily I Let et the company com ny go on Oft about its business as any an 1 would do until the tho time comes cornea when its I franchise is ai atm I preaching expiration ft and an th then n it can sub submit submit mit this proposition to the intelligence of ofa ofa a II city council yet eight years ia in the fu fit future fUture ture tore Dont be deceived de by the otter otis to expend pend the sum sura of fOO for I venture the tho assertion that that tb t or a alar simi similar lar amount wik 1 be expended d franchise or orno not no before the dawn Jaw awn of ot th tM the twentieth century If not the p ratu roust must Jr b condemned as a public nuisance Look to the tha Interests lat of the people rather r than the selfish t interests of any combination of ot men ELIJAH FARR PARR |