Show AN OPPORTUNITY LOST We Iegret very much to see thai on account of the local opposilion to their project Messrs Stcffcy Pratt and Ly man have withdrawn their application for a franchise which was pending bo for the City Council They proposed to put In an Interurban electric rail toad line connecting Brlghnm City Ogden Salt Lake City and Provo and the cities on a direct line between It would linvo been a very great convenience conve-nience to all of the Inhabitant > of the region covered and a material aid In I the growth and development of the five counties Involved It Is certain that j tho opposition was stirred up by mIs I roprcsentatlon do not say Intentional Inten-tional mlcrepresentatlo because we believe be-lieve that many honestly believed the untrue statements they made and by Imputations that never entered the headH of the promoters oC thia benefi I cial enterprise Crnc of these crii flt r I the project was merely illsgulsc for a steam road and It was claimed by the opponents lhat no steam road should be allowed to come along a street so far eata ag First West Flroot where It was proponed to put this line But the Instance they cited as a precedent pre-cedent for this fort of bad faith was not such a precedent at all In fact It was Just the other way and besides there was a specific provision In the proposed charter which forbade the change to steam In order to make assurance as-surance doubly sure It Is an opportunity oppor-tunity lost to obtain a substantial Improvement Im-provement for the cities and counties which the load would have served |