Show COMPANY OFFERS NEW fRANCHISE Extends Use of Lines to Inter Interurban Interurban Interurban urban Roads ITen If Ten Miles or More SPRINKLING IS ELIMINATED BANCROFT PROMISES TO SUBMIT SEPARATE PROPOSITION The Utah Light Railway company com pan yesterday filed with th city recorder a anew anew anew new franchise ordinance which it will ask the council to pass in lieu of the fran franchise franchise chise approved Sept IS 18 which was not accepted by b the company compan In it the two objectionable features cited by b the company in its refusal are ar eliminated namely name I the provisions cover covering coverIng covering ing street sprinkling and the use of inter interurban Interurban interurban urban lines of the tracks In the city citi V In the franchise passed by the council It was stipulated that the company should sprinkle or flush as the council I might direct all the streets in the present paved district where there are car tracks with the additional clause that whenever the population increased the corn com company pan pany should sprinkle 25 5 per cent more of the streets The new franchise submitted by the company leaves out this provision en entirely entirely entirely Proposition In the franchise that was refused by bythe b bythe the company com pan the following provision in regard to the use of the lines Jines of the com corn company company pany by interurban companies was in inserted Inserted sorted Salt Lake City further agrees that the provisions in said street railroad franchise authorizing other railroad com corn companies companies to run their cars over the tracks of said Utah Light fc Railway company shall apply appl only to Interurban roads pro provided provided provided vided no other company shall be permit permitted ted to use more than eight blocks of the tracks of the Utah Light Railway company compan Interurban as heroin herein used shall be construed to mean towns resorts and other places situated more than five miles outside the limits of Salt Lake City In n the franchise which the company compan now asks to have passed the section quoted above is made to read as follows Salt Lake City hereby further agrees that the provisions In said street railroad franchise authorizing other railroad com corn companies companies to run their cars over the tracks of the said Utah Light Railway com corn company company pany shall apply appl only to Interurban roads and to such only that are not com corn competitors competitors with said grantee herein Interurban Inter Interurban Interurban urban as herein used shall be construed to mean towns resorts or other places situated more than ten miles outside the limits of Salt Lake City The reason for this change is obvious The Utah Light Railway company compan is spending millions in Salt Lake City and of course does not wish some time In the future to be hampered by some competing competing competing ing line which might start Its lines five miles out of the city and run Into the heart of the town over the lines of the present company thus taking both Inter Interurban Interurban interurban urban and local busl busi ess The tenmile limit Instead of the fivemile limit will also be Insisted upon by b the company as asIf asIt asIt It If the latter were adopted it would give innumerable chances for mushroom con concerns concern concern cerns cern to hold tip up the old concern by es establishing establishIng establishing small and inexpensive lines line and then compelling their purchase at atenor enormous enor pus figures Mr Letter The franchise proposal is accompanied by a letter from W iy Y H Bancroft president president president dent of the company compan in which after stating briefly the reasons for its it sub submission submission submission mission he tells of the in intention Intention intention in regard to street in inthe Inthe inthe the following language As soon as the he company can get through with the th work ork of relaying rela its Us tracks and md putting the road Into condi condition condition condition tion for operation free from the continual al Impediment that must be endured dur during durIng during ing the time the reconstruction is pro proceeding proceeding proceeding it will vill be my m disposition and the disposition of the directors to present to the council a proposition to provide suit sult suitable suitable able atile water cars and appliances to sprinkle all the streets of Salt Lake Lale City so far as It Is practicable to do so What I mean by practicable in this con connection connection connection is To sprinkle for such a width as we may ma be able from our water cars Our streets are of such unusual width however that I am not able to say sa at this time that it will be practicable to sprinkle from the street car lines the entire width of the streets While a 11 proposition of this kind will be made as early as the company is in a to carry It out if accepted by the city it will be with the expectation that the com corn company compan pany pan will receive some moderate com corn compensation compensation for themselves Just what will willbe willbe willbe be a moderate and reasonable compelY I am not sufficiently well in informed Informed informed formed at this time to state definitely but from the Information I have It is my full expectation that the company compan will willbe willbe willbe be able to undertake this sprinkling at a arate arate arate rate hat will be a very great saving to the city ty compared with the expense it Is Isnow Isnow isnow now Incurring In street sprinkling The new franchise will be read to the council Monday evening and will be bo re referred referred referred to the special committee which considered It before In all probability another series of meetings and hearings will be held and thus the work of Im Improving improving proving the local system will be delayed at least another thirty days das |