Show UNION DEPOT HEARING Arguments Made Before New Committees v SITE TO BE AGAIN VIEWED In Behalf of tho Objecting Property Owners Peter Reid W A Hodges James Thompson J E Openshaw and James H liloylo Made Arguments Argu-ments Parley L Williams Replica for the RaIlroad Companies The Council Committees win Go Over Grounds Tomorrow 1 The Committees on Streets nd on Municipal Laws met In lh > city Council chamber Inst evening all being pcs ent and J J Thomas In the chair The meeting was COl the purpose of hearing the petitioners and protestanls In time inlon depot matter In all some forty people were present Attorneys llowat and Williams representing the railroads and Attorney J II Moyle for the pro tcstants Gonoril Traflic Manager Ec I den Superintendent W 0 Sharp Chief Engineer E J Yard W E Crltser and I I B 1 B Wicks for the petitioners with I Messrs Peter Reid Lawrence Hodges Comm Openshaxv Fisher and James Thompson for the protestants Mayor Thompson City Attorney Stephens and nearly tile mmhole Council also attended The greater part of the meeting was taken up with an informal dlscu lon on the franchises aslred for The May ors office was at llrst used and on the center table was laid the blue print showing the cslstlng trackage and what Is asked for Mr Williams explained ex-plained and answered all questions which were Interjected Mr Williams showed that the location on Third South and Fourth West was the best to suit all tastes and the only place which could be conveniently reached by both railroads After a most exhaustive ex-haustive discussion the meeting adjourned ad-journed to time Council chamber for a public hearing VIEWS OF OBJECTORS Peter Reid took the floor and said he wanted to know If the railroad people were through because the last time they had the last say and knocked hlru out Mr Williams said as thes represented repre-sented the affirmative he might wish to close the case Mr Reid went overtime over-time same ground covered In former speeches about the bells the whistles and general nuisances What the people peo-ple wanted was compensation for damages dam-ages which was his main point Mr Williams rcpUed that damages could always be collected from a railroad or any other corporation provided the law I showed there were damages These matters would all adjust themselves later W A Hodges made a point that the railroads should be made to put Fourth West street In proper condition after any tracks were built on It and a pro lslon should be Inserted lit the franchise fran-chise for that result James Thomson and J J Corum both spoke for concentration of tracks hat is 1 to have one street near Sixth West for instance set apart Car all railroads the latter buying a t tier of blocks through the city Viaducts were what these men advocated for crossing over the one set of tracks thereby doing away with the several different crossings cross-ings I J 13 Openshaw spoke against the granting of the franchise on Fourth West above North Temple The main speech for time imrotesta mm Is Itas by their attorney James H Moyle who contended that the railroad hud no right to close a public highway The streets belong to the citizens for their use and the City Council has no more right to close one of them than It has to take a mans properly Mr Movie staled that If i the Council undertook under-took to grant the franchises It would arouse public indignation mind Imolvo the cliy in long and cosily llllgnllon I The city was but a trustee and should protect the rights of time citizens At this point another protest was flied U was from Ferguson Cannon attorneys for helr and the widow of the lale lohn W Jenkins The prolfHt was ago Inst tin granting of the I union depot franchise as it would deprive lh widow of her home and ruin the properly prop-erly of the protcstanls ARGUMENT FOR FRANCHISE Mr Williams said that the last protest pro-test was a good example oC the misunderstanding mis-understanding of the situation and also the fact that the name objections would be made wherever the depot should be located The widow and children were protected by the law and by appraisement all damages could be propertly adjuot d In making lila final argument Mr William brought out thcMJ points rime track area in not ldened as all tho street In question ques-tion already hate tracks upon thm That the t union depot had been looked forward to for years l > y the progressive citizens and that lha luilfmllllon It would cast would bring no return to limo railroads Mr Eccles added that the 20000 or more passengers transferred last year at Ogden between tho Rio Grande Western and Oregon Short Line would all bo transferred at Salt Lakes union depot but Mr Reid Interrupted him by saying that there was nothing In that The speakers of tho protestants were all milder In their language than heretofore here-tofore The meeting adjourned to meot at the Short Lino depot tomorrow at 3 oclock to go over the ground for the benoflt of the new Councilman |