| Show GRANTED A FRANCHISE 4 I Suburban Road Will Commence Com-mence Surveys WORK TO BEGIN SHORTLY c The Company Is All Ready to Go Alxcnd With the Project for Building Build-ing Lines All Over the County Now That tho County Commissioners Have Granted the Necessary franchise fran-chise Which Was Accomplished Yesterday Attorney A V Taylor Says It Is Acceptahle Notes i Attorney A V Taylor stated to The Tribune last night that now that the f l franchise had been granted to the Salt I Lake iS Suburban that engineers would I nL once he placed In the field and work 1 1 would commence as soon as they have 1 mad their reports The money Is forthcoming and all Is ready to begin operations lie wired the company in I the East last night and has mailed a I copy of the franchise The first line to to be surveyed will he the one down Third r East to the Interior of Uic county and then will come the branch lines The road Is now an assured fuel and it will be pushed just as Iast l us men and money can do the work After a long delay the Board of I County Commissioners yesterday finally I I final-ly adopted Commissioner I Andersons p resolution granting a franchise to the f Salt Lake it Suburban Hallway corn pan iy for the construction of a Klreet railroad from the intersection of Third r East rtrcet and Highway No 7 at t the t c city limits on the south running Inl a I generally southerly direction along I highways 7 f7t G 00 17 CG OS 07 liO l 1 G2 31 7G S 70 IS SI 1 and S1 The grant includes the main line along the I t Stale road through Murray to Sandy r i and < 1 a branch line to Taylorsvillir l The resolution as passed is practl t ooii 4hn tirtrt 115 tlifit iiiihll < lir > < l In The r Tribune 1 several days ago The usual reservations are made by the county I regaidlng the right lO lay water pis I and sewer pipe in the streets or I I roads occupied by the railroad The tax Imposed Is 10 for each passenger car and il i for each freight car operated during each year The company Is I required 1 re-quired to execute bond In the sum of 510000 which amount will he forfeited to the county If O pur rent of the road is I not built within one year though the Commissioners upon proper showing agree to extend the time for another yeah thus allowing the company two years in all In which to build the specified speci-fied amount of the road The hitch In tho mailer of granting grant-Ing the franchise arose hecause of dif foronfos between the I Commissioners and the companys representatives regarding re-garding the terms of this bond The latter insisted that exceptions should bo made In I case of labor strikes or acls of third parties for which the company should not he held responsible responsi-ble and thai these matter should he specifically set out in the franchise On g the other hand the Commissioners look the position that all these I questions were included by implication In that clause authorizing them I upon proper showing to extend the time another 0 year for building 20 per cent of the road Tho resolution was not modified In this respect but after it was passed A V Taylor I attorney for the company com-pany said It was satisfactory nnd would he accepted Th company is authorised to charge I rates of fare varying from 5 to 25 cents per passenger The highest fare 25 I cents may be t charged for carrying a I passensor from the Intersection of r First South street and Second Ea lIt l-It 1 street In this city to the town of Sandy d From the center of the business district I t dis-trict In this city to the Intersection of I highways 17 and GG or to the huerser1 Ion of highways 12 arid 17 1 a rate of 10 < cents per paioonger may he charged II I It was learned yesterday that I Attorney Attor-ney Taylor had received a considerable I f Kiim of money from the chief officers I of the company within the past few I das directing him to I begin the pre liminary surveys of tho I proposed route I as soon as the franchise was granted l k Railroad Notes J The Leamington cutoff track was nearly opposite Saitair yesterday I I r Trains K i and H l on the main line Ida ho division will carry United Statcs mail hereafter It i IH l wilii hat t when the first pile was I driven In the lake for the Southern Pacific Pa-cific cutoff the pile was driven clear out of r light into the soft mud and steps have been taken lo overcome this f diniculty That order J for rails by the two Pacific I Pa-cific roads means that the rails for the Los Angeles extension are forthcoming as the new rail will release sixtypound or Union Pacific old standard sufficient I to lay the track Into Los Angeles The mil on the Leamington cutoff is the same standard from Julesburg and vi 1 cinity |
