Show I RiO GRANDE GETS V THE FRANCHISE FRANCHISEr I if r City Council Gives Ro Bo d Right to t Build Spur Track ACTION ON LIGHT MATTER MATTERI I COMMITTEES TO TAKE UP NEW NEWHOUSE NEW NEWHOUSE HOUSE APPLICATION MAY 3 l By the vote Yote of oC lj 1 teen members present the coit J night grouted granted to the Rio ern em Railway company a tO construct and operate fur for Wi years a Il aspur aSur spur Sur connecting its It road with the tilt San Pedro Ppdro LOB Lo Angeles Ang fealt lt Lake rail rall railway railway way wa The fhe ordinance granting the franchise that the company OJ may build maintain and a it spur track a aTOMS ross rosa a portion of ot Sixth West We e t street between n South Temple lend t nd d First South tr and across nero South Temple be between between tween Fifth West rail Sixth Wea We Wear streets Neuhausen and a nd Wells ells r alM absent ent and those tho present Iw nt vot voting lug ing for fot the ordinance were ere Council Councilmen men m n Black Blaek Barne Banell A AJ J Davis D E II H Davis DaviE Dean Fernstrom artenstein f Hobday n Martin Martill Ma Freece in and td Wood and President Pre Hewlett Explanation is Demanded A resolution re calling c on the board ot of public to explain one of its of or official official I was Introduced by Council Councilman TuRn man 1 n Tuddenham 1 nham and was unanimously adopted The resolution recited the let letting letting ting linK of the contract for the construction con trul tion lion of or water mains during the year yea 19 to P P Ford lord of Denver and palled J attention I to the action of the board hoard in Inin instructing in P J T Moran to continue Work vork on 4 water main luain extensions designated h sw s It Nos Nog 74 SI 81 89 st 3 and 91 Wi un cu in h r his contract for 1901 1 1 then tiene henle d of or the board an explanation exp an Uon of why shy hy it issued the order to Moran llora Councilman Tuddenham and Fern tr m contended that the action of the board ioard was likely like to involve the city in I litigation with Ford and might ml ht result in ill compelling it to pay DaY p both Ford and und Moran loran for fOl the extension work which Moran Morau loral has batS been ordered 0 J r to todo do doThe The Th mayor t sent a communication to I the council in which he said lid P he fre frequently re needed money with which to tor tonny I r Tny ny Incidental expenses such as al the I freight frt ight on consignments consignment of asphalt or ordered tiered dered for use ue u e by the city and urged I that 2000 be appropriated as a hmay may mayors ors irs Ir contingent fund promising to ac account account account count for r r his bis expenditures re I on motion of Councilman Martin the communication was received and filed the appropriation made Council Councilman Councilman man an Hobday being bein the only on I opponent HP He If based hi hh objection on his lack of uC knowledge that any an asphalt had lad been ordered delivered del el d to the city j Newhouse Ordinance May 3 Councilman Hartenstein Introduced fn trod the flu following res which Idell WWi was adopted l after It lad had evoked consider considerable able obie ton Resolved That the Ute committees on ot municipal laws las iu and d struts streets be b in instructed int rudd t to tak take up the application of or Mr II Samuel Newhouse for COl a franchise for street lighting ont one week w k from frum Wed Ved evening April 20 li and that Mr Newhouse be notified to appear at that tim Councilman E H Davis Davi saM said in his opinion the resolution was uncalled for far that it 8 dJ 4 d Councilman olin Wood nd mi in inY V Y tion saying saving that w ne le lie he wa Wag WIUf ready read to take up UI p the Newhouse application at tt any be he h did not believe p it was to instruct the committees in inthe the th matter nater Councilman Hartenstein Harten ld Id the i council might ml ht take such action as its Ita member deemed fit and proper but buthe buth buthe he h should Insist thal N hou b he be given gien a vote otO yote of If thanks for the valuable valuableS S M ices he had rendered to the people eople J of Salt gait Lake City by proposing inK to build bulJ ami operate an n electric lighting Ji plant He Hf has forced the Utah rUth Light Railway company to come before tills this and otter offer to reduce its charges for lighting H hUng 3 ii per Per cent and for that he should have a vote of thanks from this council said Mr lr Harten s st in councilman PreCe said laid he thought ht the th resolution ought to be adopted d and that the members of or the two commit i toos Icea should meet the night of May My 3 s I d to tak ink up lip 4 the Xe Newhouse f house ap av j I 1 U Uk Ion n Councilman Wood said Nid the theof th of or in was wasted I HH R 5 there was WH no nl to consid Con il MUST Mr J r New houses application so I fat as he knew He lie was ready to take lake lakeit it at any an lim but he hc did not think the th members of or the committee ommitteE should it lh instructed as a to when they should cde It Il Fernstrom Makes Admission Councilman Fernstrom said he 11 wan wa milling HUng to have Ita the franchise taken up by b the commit whenever when er it its ita m mm m mb beis b rs desired rl red to consider It It was as un undoubtedly true tru as stated stat J by br Council Councilman man nan Harten tein that the people peole of I Salt alt Lake City were wor w r Indebted to Mr lr e for a reduction In the price of lights His Hi action lution had caused the I Light Railway Hallway company to cut lut its prices and for ro that Mr I a aoS entitled to tu be thanked But nut he believe it would be nece necessary ry or orad I ad advisable at that time to give f the itt lh pro proposed pro proposed posed vote ote of thanks Of the thirteen fn members present Dreamt vre c nt all t yott voted d for the resolution excer t Coun Cone Councilman cilman tilman K F t H Davis I Licenses Are Granted I The council voted to grant rant rt t 1 ll and druggists licenses licences to the I following Seren A Co Joseph Jooeph FJ F Falset Falsetto l to Strom Solomon Nel Nd Nelson I son Joseph Jo Hanak Charles Aur Auer es estate tate late A red Wey Vey James Jam Reilly Au Augustin Augustine Augustin gustin gustine Weber and A C e Smith An ordinance fixing the following fon f of prices for dresses ir HIM aad shows show was is p passed s l Circus or menagerie erle In Ini i eluding luding dudin sideshow 20 O for let day dy and for each additional day OIK on Oil ring c ire us 75 7 for a day 5 for second nr day da and Sto for each day dRY thereafter each 4 with W Uh lot circus 25 5 for far day 40 for tor each additional day dav Councilman Hobday explained 4 that tat the license Iken e had bad J e the H li Ht t nse big for ct the e and a d t days for fol the lint day be because because I cause C it dW l went nl the ee tu jn In the city more than one o on day I at a An ordinance creating the n of j I purchasing agent for lor the th city at a 1 salary CIt f iio a month introduced by b 1 i HartA I tein Was as referred j to the tb nd l laws I committee ommittee with Instruction to tu report V It back ba k to the council within two wet w weeks ks Councilman HartOn Hartenstein tein introduced a It 1 resolution permitting bicyclists to us u uthe use the sidewalk on the south BOuth Sid Id of South S uth Temple street between State and Sev Seventh e ev East cast streets while the t e paving pa ha Is torn up But it was killed by a vote ote of of o 5 ti ayes and 7 i noes o |