Show A fRANCHISE Salt Lake Valley va cJ Seeks Entrance I Ito to the City 4 PETITION TO COUNCIL t tW W WILL BE PRESENTED AT TO NIGHTS MEETING TG Asks Ak Eight Bight ight to t Run Eun Cars Ca Prom From Fm City Limits South Sout thou on First is West Street Stet to fo t Second South Street It Is I Be Believed Believed laved That the Are Ae Behind Project The Te city council will wJ be asked aed for an Important street railway franchise at is its session this his evening The Salt Lake Lae Valley VaIle Railway company compa which de declares clares clar its is purpose to build an electric line lne from Salt Lake to Ogden wants want a down First West Wet street street streetA from the city limits to Second South j A petition petton has ha been drawn up by bv I Charles Charle A Quigley vice president of the company and it i will wJ be presented this evening The in includes includes I eludes more than First West street but it is described in such a way from surveyors plats that it is quite lengthy The portion of it that is of most im covers the on First West street The company c de desires desires desires sires to run in as far as Second South street or in that neighborhood nei where it will have its terminal depot There have hae been many rumors behind this scheme since the incorporation of the company compan last January Januar The most widespread suspicion has been that it itis is a covert covelt way wa of seeking admission to Salt Lake for the Chicago Burling ton Quincy railroad which has hag been aiming in this direction for fOl years ears However the promoters deny this They maintain that the sole purpose I is to build a electric line be tween Salt Lake and Ogden Preliminary Preliminary nary and location surveys surreys have al already alread already I ready read been completed and engineers are ready to begin the work of cross sectioning lust as an soon oon as this way shall have been granted Will Use Heavy Sails Rails It is declared that the road will be laid with steel rails ralls which are heavy enough h for a steam railway that the roadbed will ill be of the best and the cars and equipment will be of the latest invention with the most electrical devices Another remarkable feature of this project is the declaration that the dis distance distance dIstance tance between Salt SaIt Lake and Ogden miles will be covered in one hour This is even een faster time than the steam railways make What I effect the road will have on the Rio Grande Granule Western and the Short Line is not known yet The question of pas paz passenger senner rates has not yet been settled There is no official statement as to from where the money mone for the work is coming comin The road will ill cost and the promoters do not say SY where here I they the are going to get that amount But Mr Quigley Qui le the petitioner and the vice of the company is the local for Studebaker Bros the wealthy manufacturers of wagons and agricultural a implements of ot South Bend Ind md They certainly have enough moneY to build an electric line even een if the Burlington has nothing to do with the time project The action of the city council on this is of course not known It will likely be referred to the commit committees committees committees tees on streets and municipal laws for consideration investigation and report |