Show THE CITY COUNCIL special Sl ecial session to Consid erthe U nac Francl iise the city council met last night in special bession to hear the report of the committee on streets and alleys in relation to granting a franchise to the utah nevada california railroad for the use of certain streets on which to build the track of their proposed railroad the absentees were aldermen scott and holdaway and councilor W R H pasman mr alexander read the report ot the committee on streets and alleys as follows to the city council of Provo city your committee on streets and alleys to whom was referred the bill framing a right of way through the streets of ifopo city to the utah nevada california railway com pany erport that we have examined alie same and find that some of the provisions of said bill would not be for alie best interests of provo therefore beg to report a bill W D ALEXANDER JOHN A BROWN on motion of mr farrer alie report was accepted tho council then proceeded to alie first and second reading of the resolution is drafted by the committee president in behalf of alie aed the council Cou ucil he desired that the bill should be referred back to the committee and that he might have the of meeting with them as alie bill as it biad been read could apt be accepted under any mr alexander moved that the bill be referred back to the committee on alreeta and alleva anatlie andt lie city attorney mr benn was not in favor of referring back the bill the gentlemen had apparently patently ly been in a hurry and lie would tike to see the bill passed and through with mr suggested that if mr bean was in a hurry for the council to take a recess that lie meet them and explain matters mr brown offered an amendment to alie motion that it be referred to alie committee on judiciary the amendment waa lost by a vote of four to three the original motion was then passed at the suggestion of mr the council entered into some discus aion ns to what streets it would be advisable to grant for the uso of alie company alie general opinion seemed to be against alie company being allowed to pass through alie central part ofalie cily alie council then adjourned until tonight at 7 p m when the matter will be 1 ucher considered |