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Show I Monstrous Grab 'Is Opposed, Mass Meeting Will Represent Repre-sent the Overwhelming Sentiment. Speakers to Be Limited to Ten Minutes Min-utes Councilmoa On "Water , Bights. . "Wo. the undorslgned, citizens of Salt Lako City, do vigorously protest against ) tho granting of any franchlso extension to tho Utah Light and Railway company by tho present City Council, behoving wo havo no right to tlo tho hands of futuro generations, and we do hereby lndorso tho call for a citizens' meeting to bo held at ( tho Grand theater March 23, 100". at S ( o'clock p. m., that tho people may glvo expression as to their feelings on this Im portant subject." Such Is tho protest of a thousand cltl-I cltl-I zona of Salt Lako who are opposed to tho monstrous grab that Is to be attempted at the heritage of futuro generations by I the Utah Light and Railway company. nllas, tho Eclect leaders of the Mormon j church. As stated, the protest has been nlgncd bv at least a thousand of tho resident resi-dent of tho city, and can be regarded us an index of tho turnout of citizens tonight whon the great mass meeting at tho Grand theater Is called to order Some of the Signers. Tho following nro somo of the most prominent sinners, complied from a hurried hur-ried glnnco through the twelve lists that havo been Jn the hands of tho committee of tho Real Estate association slnco tho i call for tho mass meeting was mado: ' Smith Drug company, P. A. Druehl; II. G. McMillan. J. Lynch, AV. M. Brud-)ey, Brud-)ey, V. I. Snyder. Tuttlo Bros.. M. II. Walker, M. J. Cheesman, L. IL Farns--worth, Judgo Cherry, Judge Marloneaux, Juc'go Hllca, O. W. Powers, "V. II. Tib-bale, Tib-bale, II L. A. Culmer, A. R. Dergo. Harry Har-ry Joseph, Walker Bros Dry Goods com-' com-' )any, by J. R. Walker, president; W. R. Hutchinson, John Q. Crltchlow, Warren 1 C Boguc.B F. Bauer. C. S. Varlan, C. S. ( Kinney, E. D. R. Thompson, Georgo W. Morgan, W. J. Dooly, J. M. Anderson, Dr. C. I. Douglas, Kelley & Co., O. K. Lewis. Few of tho lists contained less than a hundred names, most of them more, so that It Is clear that In advance of tho mooting of tonight at least 1000 persons havo already signified their disapproval of tho franchise. I Begins at 8 O'clock. lj Tho meeting tonight will bo called to order promptly at 8 o'clock. The Grand theater orchestra will bo In attendance ,t and Thomas Homer will preside. After . an explanation of the object of tho mect- j Jng tho occasion will be turned over to tho ( public. It Is to bo their meeting- and they I will organize It themselves, choosing from j I their own body the necessary ofllcers. j i Tho list of speakers Is a. long one and 1 contains somo of the best orators In the f city. It Includes Judge O. W. Powers, II. t P Henderson, C. S Varlan. Henry W. f Lawrence, W. I. Snyder, Judge Reed, D. , C. Dunbar, T. R. Black. William Ray. 1' Judge McDowall and Judge Bowman. , Owing to the long list the lime occupied by each ot the speakers will bo limited to ten mlnuiJH. The variety of tho phases In which tho matter will be discussed will bo . as great as tho number of speakers, and tho range of discussion will extend from ,' the monstrous attempt at tho grab to the ljrlnclples of municipal owcnshlp. 1 People Are Aroused. The mcro discussion of tho event on the streets Indicates what a firm hold the at-i at-i tempted grab has taken on tha public, I Tho lethargy with which former munlcl- ! pal outrages have been contemplated Is gone. The people aro aroused, and tonight to-night thero will be a voice of protest go up. o Among those who will not attend tho mooting will be Mayor Morris. Tho Mayor has been very pronounced In his opposition opposi-tion to the proposed measure, but according accord-ing to his own statement yesterday morning morn-ing ho will not avail himself of the opportunity oppor-tunity tonight to state his opposition to tho mass meeting of citizens, c Speaking of the matter yesterday, Mayor Morris expressed himself as being very much in doubt as to tho validity of the claim of tho Utah Light and Railwav company that they havo water rights at ' jj tho old paper mill. His visit thero on Thursday showed him that for a great many years tho water has not beon used, henco was constructive of an abandon- , mcjit, "If it Is the property of tho com pany it Is a very valuable piece of prop-t prop-t I erty for tho city, but I havo no faith in 1 tho claim that it Ih theirs." I Seems to Bo Abandoned. ' Councilman E. II. Davis was of the Fame opinion, "Tho city should havo It , and I thir.k will get It. but It certainly looked to mo to have boon abandoned ever Elnco tho old paper mill was burned," Thero 1b another and a rcspectablo element ele-ment in tho city that does not regard the concession as vital to tho Interests of tho city or tho present schemo of development i of tho water system. This element con tends that the waters of Llttlo Colton-i Colton-i wood can be brought Into tno city at prnc- j tlcally tho samo elevation, without tho sump ground or Intake of the Utnh Light people. It admits thero would bo somo advantage In the possession, but not enough to warrant tho clvlng of any franchise. fran-chise. A Public Nuisance. As to tho giving of any franchise whatever, what-ever, there Is a strong antl-fceling, which , will undoubtedly bo manflcst tonight at , tho meeting. Tho belief of a good per- centago of those who express thomsolvco Is that no franchise, con for ono year, should be granted. They lnko tho position posi-tion that tho present, franchise should be revoked, and designate tho Utah Light ' , and Railway company, not as a public utility, but as a public nulsanco which ought to be abated. ' . In its list of thoso of tho Councllm'cn t who were claimed by street gossip to be j favorable to tho proposed extension of franchise. The Tribune yesterday morn-lng morn-lng unintentionally did an Injustice to i Councilman Ilartenstein. Ho was classed 5 ' among llu- seven who, rumor said, would i! support the move. Mr. Ilartenstein states i that tho publication placed him In a falso Vi light, and Tho Tribune Is glad to tako this opportunity to set him right before his ! friends andthe public. |