Show I WILL NOT BUiLD DEPOT Union Station Franchises Rejected Re-jected by Companies ACT CAUSED GREAT SURPRISE I Oregon Short Line and Rio Grande Western Give the City Notice that They Will Not Accept the Franchises Fran-chises Given ThemBut the Terms I of the Ordinances Were What the Companies Asked for and the Rejection Re-jection Was Therefore Unexpected Comment of Councilmen 1 There will be no union station The Oregon Short LIne and the Rio Grande Western have broken faith with the people of Salt Lake and have rejected the liberal franchises granted them by the City Council franchises which grained practically everything which the railroads wauled and which III 11 mo would have amounted to several millions in value True tile franchises were only for fifty years when the Eastern people r like u ninctynlncycar franchise then the cost of the building and time in which to complete it was specified and these did not suit the ideas of the men who were to put up the money President Burt and VlcoPrcsldcnta Bancroft and Dodge favored the franchises fran-chises and wanted the station hut they were evidently overruled and the New York officials of the two companies decided not to accept lioW ACTION IS VIEWED It is I regarded by many as a direct blow to the beat interests of Salt Lake and the railroads in fact every railroad rail-road man In town yesterday deplored the action In their opinion It means lhat the union station proposition Is off for good and all not only on account ac-count of the fact that the city will not be likely to grant another franchise on such very liberal terms bin owing to the groxvlng enmity between the two systems The result will be that the two shabby stations of the roads will have lo do duly for some time to come I at least Gossip of the streets is to the effect that the Oregon Short Line at the last moniLMit xxas anxiousJp withdraw as by moving its passenger terminal south to ihe proposed union station H would lose Iho hold upon the conference pas sengers who come In crowds twice n year The move It Is said would hurt the Short Line but benefit the Rio Grande so for this reason the Short Line was eager to drop the plan Some of the conservative element are of the opinion that it wiil l yet prove a blessing In disguise They argue that the Burlington or some other big road will soon be asking for admittance to Salt Lake and If the franchises for the union station had been accepted tho west side would have been bottled up by the two roads to the disadvantage of a newcomer NOTICES OF REJECTION UI > to 0 p in Monday there seemed no doubt that the franchises would br accepted but later telegrams came to General Attorneys Williams and flock ness to reject the franchises and the following letters wore yesterday sent to the City Recorder To tim Mayor and City Council of Salt Luke City taliWe desire to advise you that on account of conditions contained con-tained In llui ordinance bill I No 321 grant hug a franehlso for a union depot and for rights of way to It wo cannot accept Iho same Dated May 1 100 v M IT BANCROFT By P L Williams Attorney DAVID C DODGE J3y Robert Ilarkn ss Attorney To tho Mayor and City Council of Salt Lako City Utah Gentlemen Tho Oregon Ore-gon Short Lino Railroad company hereby respectfully advises you that on account of tho conditions contained in the ordinance ordi-nance bill No 32a approved March 10 1500 granting certain privileges and rights of way It cannot accept tho siimc Dated May 1 1900 OREGON SHORT LINE RY CO By P L Williams Genl Attorney |