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Show THEY WlLt BULU. Franchises lor Two More Salt Lake Slreet Car Lilies. Franchises were yesterday granted by the county court to both the West Side Rapid Transit company and the Salt Lake Rapid Transit company. The companies promise to build their car lines at once. The terms under which the latter offered to build were these. "We will build, equip, and have in running order an electric motor road, with electric service complete iu six months from July 1, l&K); said road to commence at the southern boundary line of Salt Lake City and run two milt's south along what is known as the State road a continuation of First East street iu Salt Lake City. "We will complete to a point opposite oppo-site the smelters, known as the tier-mania tier-mania smelters, an electric road and a continuation of the road already specified, speci-fied, and will agree to have said road done in two years from July 1, 1S0U. "As to the balance of the roads asked for in our petition, wo would respectfully respect-fully ask a term of five years for the completion of work thereon, reserving the right to establish either a horse car service or motor line thereon. "We agree to entirely forfeit our franchise on the state road, if not completed com-pleted according to terms specilied. "Wo further agree, if the balance of tho roads are uot completed within the time giveu by your honorable body to forfeit all our fights to the franchises. "Wo wilt commence work ou tho state road iu sixty days' tiiuo from July 1, waiving thirty days for the acceptance accept-ance of our proposition. " As we are comparatively unknown to your houorable body, we will agree, if required, within thirty days to furnish furn-ish bonds for tho completion of the first two miles specilied according to our proposition." The couuty attorney was ordered to draw up a resolution granting a franchise fran-chise to the Rapid Transit company, Judge Barteh being the only no. |