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Show FRANCHISE MM I C0M.5IU I Council Committee Adopts Mr, Black's Amendment Subject; to Change. COMPANY UNWILLING TO PAY ANYTHING Grant Will Be Reported to the H Council for Passage Next H Monday Evening. H Tho franchise for nineteen street car ' i'l lino extensions, asked for by the Utah Light & Railway company, will be re- IH ported favorably to the City Council next Monday night. It will contain a provision that the company shall pay $352,500 in cash for the franchise, to j be paid in installments as follows: Por five years, beginning Jan. 1, 1912, $2000 per annum. Por five years, beginning Jan. 1, 1917, ijH $5000 per annum. )H Por five years, beginning aJn. 1, 1922, $75000 per annum. Prom an. 1, 1927, to expiration of the JH franchise in 1955, $10,000 per aunum. Oouncllrnen Not Fledged. This amendment was agreed upon ata a joint meeting of tho ccmunitlco on municipal laws and improvements held Tuesdav afternoon in the Mayor's of-fico. of-fico. tfhc councilmen present wero not unanimous in its support. It was d'e-cided, d'e-cided, however, that it should bo in-corporatcd in-corporatcd in the franchise, without pledging even the members of the com-mittee com-mittee to support it. and that the mat-ter mat-ter should bo fought out in open conn- , Councilman Thomas R. "Black, who originally favored charging tho com- pnny $1,000,000 for the franchise, of- IH fered the amendment as a compromise. IH It was supported by Councilmen 0. J. Crahtrco and Thomas Hobday, and op- IH posed by Councilman W. J. Tuddeuham. IH Councilman A. It. Carter is also inclined jH to the opinion that it is too much, and that 1912 is too soon to begin requiring an annual cash payment for the Iran- chise. fH Eoad Wants Free Franchise. lH Attorney Parley L. Williams and IH General Manager Joseph S. Wells madu '-H it pretty clear to tho committee that ;H the company was willing to pay any il cash consideration for tho franchise, and that Mr. Ifarriman thought time tho benefits which would be conferred by an improved stroot car service ought to be suflicicnt compensation to Tho city. i H In this connection the representatives of the company presented a tabic show- IH ing the compensation which, according to their claim, the city is getting for the existing franchise. This state-meat state-meat shows that the company is fur-nishing fur-nishing to the city now $"19,320.20 worth of froo light and power to tho jH city, and that, under the terms of its jH franchise, it would ultimately be re-quired re-quired to furnish considerable more. In . addition it is paying about $1300 a rear Councilman Black and his supporters ' took the position, however, that the ll city ought not to give a franchise away )flH for nothing; that tho compensation asked in the Black amendment was rca-sonnble; rca-sonnble; thnt the extension included C radically all tho city not now covered y franchise, nnd that competition in tho future was impossible. They also IH declared that, wore Harrimnn interests jH to abandon their franchise rights now, ) jH some orhor company would be willini; i to pay tho city over $1,000,000 iu cash , JM for similar franchises. ' Arguments of Opposition. jH The opposition. Mr. Tuddenhani in jH particular, argued that the company had novor been a puying proposition: that it proposed to sp'und a great deal of money in giving Salt Lake s first class street car systetm; that to do so it would practically havo to rebuild its jH system, and that, under all the circtim-stances, circtim-stances, it should be treated more lib-crnll' lib-crnll' than provided for iu tho Black amendment. It was docided, however, to have no more delay in the matter, but to report the franchise up for passage next Mon-day Mon-day night. At that time some slight jH amend monts will be offered, changing tho |