| Show SMOOT APPLIES S FOR FRANCHISE N C H ISE ISEI S I I Wants to Run His HJ Electric Line LineTh Th This County t CONFLICTS WITH SUBURBAN rt ASKS A POR FOlt BIGHT OF op WAY ALONG I TONJ itS PROPOSED P ROUTS 4 Through his hi representatives senator Reed Smoot m has haB asked U the th consent Dt of the courtly enl to run his electric road Salt Lake county en route to Davis Davie and Weber counties And at the Ue same he time permission is de desired desired desired sired to construct hanch lines Unes up Big BI Cottonwood to Brighton an ao another 1 other to Sandy besides Ides other spurs to t It smaller maller places in th the oo nt The petition was presented to th the tOA board at its Ita meeting yesterday efter noon by T P Steffey It bore beM Iks l s his signature Une those tho e of r Tatt att and F P M Lyman Jr it After being bPI re received received by the tom commissioners and din dis d discussed cussed at length by Mr Steffey Chair Chairman Chairman Chairman man James Jame H Anderson Anden n referred it to the committee on roads road and bridges where it will be discussed dl at greater length l and the merits mente of 0 the proposed road dissected and nd examined Conflict With Suburban Line Mr Steffey staled sta to the board that the franchise asked for is 18 but i n n Ung link of ot the road vi which Senator Smoot Smout and his associates propose constructing along alon the Wa Wasatch satch eat h mountains through the more densely populated portion of the cen n i I ter of ot the state He H said Jd it is necessary nary sary to secure ee ure a right of way through Salt Lake county to connect conn ct the north northern northern ern em an j southern thern ends enda of the hn lint line H J J save lave a brief outline pf of what is proposed tJ by the promoters what bat they ha have e done J 1 e eIn in the past and what their pi ph the immediate future are all n of li ii has nas OUI received d newspaper ne paper notice before The franchise calls for t r about forty fOtty fo ty miles mUeI of road in this county The ma majority m of it is over highways ai mud d mads r ds which are not w covered by iy ny company But at the same esree nn hn tino the new line lir asks for tor franchises tn or r many nany roads which have already been s by the suburban line fine Juat Just ho hv huv the he I two lines are eye to operate the rome F me thoroughfares find end ot come in e Afflict t with each esch other Is hi a problem which h the roads and bridges committee has to work out There is IA no doubt that Senator will II ultimately receive his bl hM in inthe Inthe Inthe the main but how bow the matter ft d f let Ift letting letting ting the two tw nsw new proposed ed iua ru roaL l op operate operate operate erate along th the sane thorough thOroughfares far t I is isto Isto isto to be solved to is not known It wits ivas inti mu intimated intiMated mated yesterday that the suburban people will wUl take the te t matter mattar matt r In Into Ino o court before they will consent nt 10 o letOn th tJ Smoot road encroach upon up n iU its It t ri rl tory to the extent of or running parallel net tracks upon u the tile streets and road 1 ch chare are inducted ledin in its Ita franchise County Treasurers Report Before the Smoot S road mar came came up the tae representatives of the tb road tiled an acceptance wIth ith the bOard hoard of or the conditions under v r it itis to is granted an n ex t o time tim m ii lay lav laving lag Inc its tracks The action of o C that road is taken takes as a aa au u that iha U t it tw w fr frOMe poses OMe to build and within the Immediate immedi immediate ate ale future If it does don not under the new franchise it St JOSH Its r right of t way ay ayIn In In the county y a resl with Uis RanI asking tot that th tbt Rio JUo rande Western eIn rod road he ed C to place a at the Junction I crossing c It was WIllI pointed out ut that dur dut i iu ing the past put few fw months mu m at that cross crossing crossIng I ing Inc engines and trains have run over people and collided with vehicles with fatal fatt results Nie of the board instructed to So tall call the Ute attention to the petition and ask them voluntarily to abide bj by b its I Upon request reque t Ue Ute beard appointed ted tedI two del tw the irrigation congress I to be h held at Chairman James JamesH Jam H Anderson and John Joan G 3 were wei appointed ap |
