| Show Appi jv STREET RY PACKET zane gives G ives his views on the situation the tax unction correspondence SALT LAKE dec 18 ISOO the street railroad injunction suit the hearing of which has occupied several days was disposed of yesterday morning the petitioners petition ers including alie dooly block corporation are louis P kelsey ruth fox J V fos F 11 auerbach and samuel auerbach for pray an order restraining the salt lake rapid transit co from laying track and operating cars thereon on second south street west judge ane in a lengthy verbal judgment delivered in the third district court this morning granted the application of the petitioners petition ers and allowed them a temporary injunction zane referred to the present city council in giving the salt lake city railway company the right to lay its tracks on second south street without reserving te the cita the to when necessary said company to make reasonable terms to other companies for alif use of its tracks he thought it was unjust and unpatriotic that ahn public should be made to suffer that property holders should have their property depreciated that additional aks should bo brought upon the streets and travel thereon be impeded simply because two companies which dependent upon the public for nance should stand off and say aliey would not co onerato the judge stated that it the salt lake city railway company would an equitable arrangement then the rapid transit company proceed under of eminent domain and take their portion an the interests of the public demanded said he if wish to reapply in pursuance of this statute the court will biear their case at the very first opportunity PO tl it there willbe no unnecessary delay iud they can acquire that in this way in the tax injunction hin t for the eleventh district attorneys stephens and schroeder filed an amended complaint is set out the names of desiring to appeal from the recant decision of alie third district court heir former action having been brought in behalf ot all the tax payers in the district stephana schroeder yesterday alsi made a tender to collector hardy of 2100 being the proportionate amount of the indebtedness of the district which the taxpayers alio are appealing offer to pay this was refused bv the collector aud alie money was returned to alie vault of the american national bank the outcome of this suit will be watched with much interest iy ay the one hundred and forty seven taxpayers concerned up to the present hour nothing has been heard of burke the runaway convict who made his escape about two weeks ago the country has been scoured by alie police who have left no stone unturned to secure his arrest but without avail alie officers are now working without the faintest clue hon F S richards has returned from washington D C where he went to arbue the case of barrett before the supreme court of the united states there were filed with clerk yesterday the articles of incorporation of the western light and fuel company prospects to operate in utah nevada and montana tho company proposes to bore for and otherwise obtain crude petroleum which is to be used for lighting and heating purposes the officers of the co are T R jones president hiram jonnson vice president V spickard LP ickard treasurer W II 11 flemington secretary charles crane several roa naser manager crane claims to have a process whereby they can manufacture pas che riper than boring for it they arn pose to burnish gas for per 1000 it the present cost bein per thac amount they also propose to revala alie present methods of making pas now employed aej expects to have aslant runn iii in fob that will make feet of crude aas or teet of fixed every twenty fotr hours tho plant will not cot over and will either be established inthis city or germania shelters smelters Sm elters if the first experiments provo satisfactory they will establish fifty different plants in various parts of the territory and expect within three years to farnish heal and licht for the entire city about G last night some in flammable material in james co s cellar was discovered to be in flames an alarm was sent in the fire department quickly responding and extinguished he flames in a short time damage is small |
