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Show GRANTED RAILROAD FRANCHISES. Review of the Business Transacted by the County Court. The county court fairly reveled in railroad franchises yesterday afternoon, no less than three being granted. One was yesterday granted to C. K. Want-land, Want-land, W. H. Irvine, Harvey Hardy, Geo. Crismon and H. M. McCartney for a single-track road, with necessary switches, on Kightli East street from the limits of the city southerly to the county road lying ou the south side of block 4-1 ton-acre plat, or Winder street; also ou the county road lying on the south side of block 10. 3-aere plat A, and block 11, 5-acro plat C, easterly from Eleventh East street to the penitentiary. peni-tentiary. The grades aro to be such as the county has or will establish. Tho grantees aro to keep in good repair the space inside tho track and a space two feet on each side, and use no steam power unless stationary. The road must be equipped amply for the accommodation of the public, and the cars must not run at a speed exceeding twelve miles per hour. The track rauBt bo laid so that the center shall be at least ten feet lrom the center of tho road or street, and so constructed as to be no impediment to travel. All grading, paving and like rights are reserved. Fares are to bo no more than 10 cents. Unless the franchise is accepted in thirty days it shall lapse. A franchise was also granted the Hupid transit company to build a single or double track road on the State road, from the south limits of tho city down to Murray, under similar conditions of the other road, the nearest rail to be at least twenty feet from the center of the road. This franchise is for twenty years. Another franchise gives the West Side Rapid Transit company the right to construct a road to be apurated by horse, electric, cable or steam motive power, commencing at section line between be-tween sections 15 and Lt, township 1 south, range 2 west, at the west cud of Sixth street plat of Eldorado, running east on the street to the section line between be-tween sections 13 aud 18, thence through Brighton on section lines betweeu 17 and 18 and on to tho west boundary of Salt Lake City. The conditions of this franchise are similar to the one to C. E. Wantlaud. |