Show GRANTED FOB VALLEY ROAD AND STREET RAILWAY Important Action by the Council Big Protest Against the Valley Road Franchise Two important and valuable fran franchises f were granted last night by the Ogden city council one to the Salt Lake Leke Valley Railway company giving a right of way along Wall avenue the theother theother other to H H Spencer and Joseph P Smith the former representing the lo local cat cal capitalists and the latter the east eastern ea era ern bondholders of the proposed new street railway system The Salt Lake Leke Valley franchise was In several respects the most important change being interposed By Councilman Abbott making it obliga obligatory obligatory tory on the tho grantees to extend their line northward from Ogden to Brig ham within five years There ThOre were other amendments Including one to prevent discrimination in Inthe the matter of rates against Ogden and In favor of Salt Lake This franchise passed in the face of a protest signed by leading merchants of the city who it wasP was claimed aimed represented seated 85 per cent of the taxa taxation tion timi The main features of the discus discussion sion illon Were the numerous amendments submitted by Abbott and Jones who together with Councilman Carr Car opposed opposed ed it at every turn Councilman Powers defended the measure In a spirited address in which he claimed that the of the people are for the ordinance and the ordinance ia in for the majority of the people notwithstanding the protest pretest of merchants The Tha vote wits was seven to three In the beginning tin an effort was made to take up the local franchise first but this failed Several minor amendments were pro proposed proposed posed for the Ogden street railway and anda a few of them adopted the chief one being an aTi elimination from the title of everything the street railway privileges privilege The vote on this franchise was nine in favor Jones haying having left the room before the vote Other business transacted was as fol follows lows lous The city attorney was instructed to draft an ordinance for the creation of sewer district No S The claim of J E Davenport ex ox of police pollee for 76 beak back salary was ordered bald Daid The chief of police John Conlisk ap appointed pointed S M patrolman in place of D A Murray resigned An at attempt tempt to lay the appointment on the table failed and arid the appointment was confirmed The city recorder was instructed to arrange for the refunding of in sewer Onda The council again passed a resolution offering tile the waterworks company for their waterworks system mak mk making ing jg the offer dire to W C Weaver as receiver Engineer Gibbs Gibb and j A j Quigley representatives of the Salt Lake Val Valley Valley ley road stated Tast night that they were satisfied with the franchise as as all they had expected to con construct to City anyway in the thc event of their franchise for the rest of the distance Mr Smith stated last night that con contracts contracts tracts had already been prepared for forthe forthe the purpose of new cars rails and other equipment and that rush orders would be telegraphed at once The ne necessary i cesry transfer pApers from the Jar arrived day so that there should bould be no delay Both ordinances are to take effect im immediately immediately mediately on their approval by the mayor |