Show OPINION ON FRANCHISES Weber Club Cub Members Member Make Hake re Becom to t Council Regard Regarding lug ing ig Proposed Ordinances The Weber club by y a substantial ma majority m majority of Its Us members member last Jat night went on ott record as opposing the granting of or any an franchise an electric railroad through Ogden for a period Derod of ot more tan tau fifty years They made such a recommendation tion ton to the city cl council counci and also recommended mended that the ho council counci grant bunt no fran franchises chines except it i first be e that the th party larty applying for them was financially responsible to construct the road and that avenue no franchise be granted grante along alonS Wall These recommendations were made at atthe atthe atthe the close cloo of a long meeting lasting from front 83 until nearly nearl midnight during which time the matter mater was as discussed at great creat length The meeting was called cled by the president W V J Shealy at the request of ten members B Mahler Mahier and his Salt Lake Lako attorney Frank Stephens Stephen were In Inthe inthe the club rooms roms and together r with Mr Bamberger were invited in to the meet meeting meeting meeting ing long enough for Cor Mr r Mahler Mahier and Mr Bamberger to explain their applications for franchises franchisees and to answer any an thins that members wished to propound C C Richards s and H H Henderson Henderon members ot ut the club were the former representing Mr r Mahler Mabler and the latter Mr After Mauler Mahler and Bamberger bad lla fully Culy ex cx explained eXplained tied their propositions they withdrew and franchises the members member discussed the proposed Fred Fre J Kiesel KieeL president of the Ogden Union Depot company made some signi significant significant statements to the effect that he had been h n called cale to Salt Sai Lake by Mr r Ban Bancroft croft crof who asked him about the thc proposed granting of franchises and md incidentally had stated that the Harriman roads had planned to spend 0 in improvements Improvement at tit Ogden O den within a short hort time These im improvements improvements were to consist of an en enlargement n to the shops hops the construction of oC a new freight depot depot a new PIntsch gas plant the remodelling and amI enlargement of the switch swich yards lar s and some other im improvements I i The Intimation that Mr r Kiesel had lad re reI I and also the members of tho the club was that the granting of oC the proposed franchises particularly the one to Mr r Mahler Mahlor would be b regarded as inimical to the railroad and such action might pre prevent prevent preVent vent the carrying out of these improve improvements improvements ments meats Announcement was also made ma e that a a concession concesion was to be b made ma e to Ogden In Inthe Inthe n the way of allowing stopover over privileges to en ons having havin conference tickets These stopover privileges may be b had on ln j the to the ticket agent a ent in iii Ogden of a letter from some merchant or shipper of Ogden certifying that the pas paC passenger pR Is his customer Another state statement statement statement ment made by Mr II Kiesel KIsel was that Mr ll Bancroft had informed him that the shop work of or the tho San Sin Pedro Pero road was to be bedone bedone done in Ogden Another phase hase of the subject that tat brought out Ot considerable discussion was the fact that the tho city of Salt Lake had not granted the franchises but that the com coni company pany puny had effected traffic arrangements with the Utah Light Railway company Mr Eccles of the Ogden Transit company compan was present and an d stated that he lie e would guarantee to give either Mr 11 Mah Malt Mahler Mahler I ler or Mr Ir Bamberger as good traffic ar arrangements arrangements arrangements as they could cot in Salt SaltI Lake I Mr ll Mahler Mahier stated state after the meeting he was satisfied with wih the recommend recommendation a alon I tion lon excepting as to the limit Mr Bamberger Bamber er stated that he sd d to the time limit also that ho lie hoI wanted to get near the depot which he I could not do cio unless permitted to run along Wall VaU avenue The action acton of oC the club cub of oC course was I simply in the form of n a n recommendation and does doc not at t all aU bind bin 1 the city t council counci |