Show THE FRANCHISE QUESTION IT IT IS USUAL for a Ii public ImbUe service cor corI or orP I P toa k H t Rood good d deal il more of or ora ofa ofa a oily city JI than it exp expects to get bet in order list Hint it may inKY eventually eem to make c on graciously I in Iii accepting all or ot niort than It Jl hoped for 01 Whether er ci tho the Utah I Ii Light ip lit ht Hallway company ha 11 has followed this the custom or or net Bot it lw lies hAS succeeded in committing the council committee to a it very y liberal Involving the extension of or franchises some years when at nt least one of uC tho those e franchisee was given a n nt t year ear addition in 1902 It would be unfair to pass past over the proposed pro reduction in charge for light service ervice t which hicl would effect a material saving avin to the smaller consumers espe especially daily dalh but INt while negotiations negotiation are on oil tIle the council ought to make an sit effort I for fr further saving to the people in inthe inthe the minimum charge for fOl light in in interest interest terest on meter r deposits and Kud in charges for fAr fi r gra p gas for to l fuel purposes and at the same dm time secure re seine ome me sort of agree agreement ment for to l the tle betterment mt of oC the street streetcar car lH r service Another point suggests su ge ls itself Under the old franchises es the city cit had hod the light Ii ht t to string wires wire on the poles loles tree free of charge That provision is h useful because the city elty might want to own its ita own ou lighting plant ami an anthe the M Olea le would be needed nee ed in such an anc c ent yent MoreOver the knowledge that such UI a proviso pro ito was WitS in force would serve serveto re reto to mke the company cautious about the kind of o service rice it gave If It J this is ts not already alread included in the new proposition u It should be beThere beThere beThere There need nee be no disposition to em 1 harra arr s the thc company compan or hamper it ii aim sim simply ply pI because it is in a trying position but hut at the seine same time there should 1 be beio belO io lO hesitancy about handling the time whole matter on a purely business bu ineN basis The company wants some privileges it can cant get t only front from the city cit the city wants want wanta a clear title to the Big Eig Cottonwood atel right In the negotiations the company compan asks aske a u good bood deal more than It is entitled d to or 01 should get The problem now is to be fair and at the time thes s same anie time exact those things thins the city lOUId 5 have h e and has halS a right to de tie demand tieI c mand mandIn I I aud audIn In co considering M the problem pi the coon coun count t iii il i it acting solely I for the city though thougla thou h and anti a few others eem to think U the they y are representing the com coin a and aud d not n t the city The citizens has baa already served a good purpose e in j out what the thc peo people lile 1 1 desire and siad it will earn the gratitude tude of or the community if it shall im un impress press presa still more mere forcibly u upon on the coun tl the fat fact that they are acting f fur for r the th people and only for fOl the peo pee people people pie I |