Show WilL PUNCH HOLES IN REPORT Councilman Martin Marin in Rage Because His Prerogatives Have lave Been Usurped BACKED BY FAMOUS PAIR NEGOTIATORS WITH ELECTRIC COMPANY NEAR AN END ENDI ENDL I L IA D D Martin lartin Is chairman of tile the Im lm Improvements Improvements committee of the council counci L L LD DMartin D Martin Martn Is also very mad It I Is all al because his hI committee has always had charge of ot city lighting and now the special committee which toured toure the mid middle middle middie dle die west with Mayor Bransford Investigating gating the lighting problem Is threaten threatening ing to submit a report without consult consulting consultIng ing lug him Martin Martn says that the committee committe was never authorized to make a report All Al the members of the committee were sup supposed supposed Supposed posed to do was to accompany the mayor on a trip Now they are usurping the power of ot his committee In fact tact says I Martin no special committee was ever I appointed In a resolution Introduced by i him Councilmen Mulvey and were given 2 from the the city treasury and ancl am asked to take It and accompany the mayor They did so and their authority ended there thereIn In order to appreciate Martins attitude toward this usurpation one only needs to take a good look at him Martin Martn Is Volcanic I am fighting mad he said last even evening evenIng evening ing and when that special report comes comesup comesup comesup up Just watch me mc puncture it i I will wi make all oil kinds of holes in it I Just watch and see And besides I will wl move that I it l he 10 e referred to my committee for tor con consideration consideration Then I will wi fix fx it some more Why Vh these thee fellows have taken all al kinds of powers power unto themselves They have been riding around the city at night in I automobiles furnished by the gas and electric companies looking over the lighting system I tell tel you OU it I is some something something something thing that I am going to stop I won wont t be trampled on in that way Martin is not alone in his attitude Patriot Black and Other Important Matter latter Crabtree are with him heart and soul soul They wont even tell tel us what they are arc doing said Crabtree in referring to the alleged special committee They cant run me thundered Black Blaek Martin Mulvey Is one of the special committee He le laughed when told of ot the violent threats threat All Al they want Is a finger In the pie he commented get over It I said Tuddenham Big Row in Prospect But nevertheless there Is going to be something doing in the council when when the special report is made and It probably will wi be done next Monday onda evening The committee has been working every day with the officials of the Utah Light Railway company In regard to a system i and the plan adopted last week has hs been slightly modified j It I is understood that the gas company compan which first offered to put In lights for form m 32 each per year yea has ha come down to 2 26 6 in order to do up the Utah Uth Light Railway company compan and that the opposition opposItion tion to the committees report will wi com come from those in the council counci who favor the th proposition of the Weisbach elsbach people It I will wi be a fight between the gas and ami electric people with wih the chances In fa favor favor favor vor of the latter as the franchise for forthe forthe forthe the street railway also hangs In the bal balance balance balance ance and many concessions have been made because of this In fact tact the light lighting lighting ing question and the franchise problem have become so closely cosely Intermingled that they the are now practically one and the same thins thing thing Conferred With Experts Last Lt evening the special committee held heM helda heMa a short session and conferred with Jo Joseph Joseph seph mph S Dwells general manager of oC th Utah Light t Railway company O G II I Stickney a lighting expert In the em employ employ employ ploy of the company who has come from Boston to plan the Salt Lake system and John Montgomery contract agent or of ortho ortho tho the company Nothing could be b learned as to the latest arrangements and not even the members member of the council counci not on the com corn committee committee could ascertain anything from those who are aro keeping the secret Those who took the trip east est and who have hae been ben preparing the report are Mayor Brans Bransford Bransford Bransford ford and Councilmen Mulvey Tuddenham Tuddenham Tuddenham ham and Holley Holey |