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Show Sixth Street Most Save Quick Service Committee Refuses to Reliovo Street Car Company of Obligation Plan for New Sower. In futuro tho street-car company will havo to maintain a scvon-mlnuto sorvlco on Sixth etrcct Only on that condition may the polo lino bo placed In tho center of tho street. Another condition Is that the line must be oxtopded to tho City cemetery this year. Thoso conditions wero mado whon tho grant camo up beforo tho commlttco before. Tho Utah Light and Railway company sent In a lottcr to tho Council on Monday night, saying that the grant could not bo accepted under such conditions. condi-tions. Tho company made a vigorous light last night.- Charles B. Swan, engineer of tho company, was present, urging tho desirability desir-ability of having tho poles In tho mldtllo of tho road. Ho also tried lo pcrsuailo tho committee that It was Impractical to make tho performanco of thoo things a condition. Mr. Tuddcnham tusked why tho company would not abide by what It agreed to. "You told mo that you lntctlcd to put in a soven-mlnuto service," ho said. "Then why do you object to having that mtulo a condition?" Mr Swan replied that the company might want to change It to a flvc-mlnuto service. . Mr. Black suggested that a clause to that effect bo Inserted; that tho company be compelled to maintain a seven-minute servlco until such lime ns It wanted to bettor It. This did not meet with tho approval of the company's representative. rep-resentative. Mr. Swan then submitted figures, showing show-ing that tho Sixth streot lino did not pay. Ho showed that during eleven months tho company had run an avorngo of 14,710 car miles per month. Tho receipts for thnt lino for cloven months amounted to 527,7' 1. wherens tho total operating expense ex-pense of tho lino had been S3LD03.16. This left tho company nearly 54000 In tho hole on that lino. Ho said that at presont the company was willing to keep a soven-mlnuto soven-mlnuto service. But tho directors did not want to be tied down In that way. Tho commlttco insisted, however. Tho unanimous resolvo was to concur In tho former roport. The Streets commlttco decided tho dls-puto dls-puto between C E. W. Bowera and the Utah Optlcnl company last night, Mr. Bowers has had a window in front of his Jewelrv storo on Main etrcct. which extended threo feet from tho building line. J. J. Daynes of tho optical company com-pany protested, snylng that It Injured his business. Mr. Bowers said no objection objec-tion had been made before. Other" stores had similar arrangements and no ono objected. Mr. Daynca said that If the commlttco did not grant his petition, he would build a similar projection In front of his store. Tho samo wauld happen all along tho street. The committee thought it would bo unwiso to thus risk losing three feet of the sidewalk all down the street. City Engineer Georgo "W. Ttlter has prepared tho Initial plans for tho new sewer In tlu southern pnrt of tho city. The pump will bo at Eighth West nnd Ninth South The main sewer will then run along Ninth South to Fourth East. Thcnco tho gravity aewer will run along Fourth East to Eighth South, thenco to Third East, thenco to tho corner of Seventh Sev-enth South, thenco to Second East, thenco to Sixth South, thence to Slate and thenco to Fifth South. It will th'ero connect with tho present system. Thero was considerable discussion last night beforo tho Municipal Laws committee commit-tee about Mr. Fernstrom's now signboard ordinance. Scott Anderson, representing tho bill posters, was In attendance, pre sentlng ids side of tho case. Chlof By-wnter By-wnter and Building Inspector Lewis urged the sldo of public safely. Tho committee commit-tee will go around today to Inspect t.to various signboards all over town. |