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Show t'H''H"II"H"rvwvvvTV'!-!'- T J, I That Franchise Grab Should Not Succeed J X The revised Saltair franchise is scheduled to come before tho council tomorrow night or at an early date. X ! It provides for a double track on Fifth West from South Temple to North Temple and on North Temple 7 X to First West to parallel tho rails of the Utah Light and Railway company, excepting over tho viaduct. Also X j- for doublo track on First West from North Temple to Picrpont stroct, thouce along Ficrpont street to the west J, side of West Temple. y It also provides for trolley poles, though it does not stato whether these poles are to be placed in tho T j center of the street or on the sides. The franchise permits the running of trains of not to oxceod three cars. j. V If thorn shall be any impediment to the common and ordinary use of the streets the penalty is $100 fine. T Therefore, if a congestion of cars of tho Saltair company over the viaduct or at the terminal, near West Temple 7 T street occurs, a measly little fine can be imposed and that is all. ' T X When tho Morris administration pormittcd the railroads to closo up five or sbc streets from North Temple 7 T north, and placo in lieu thereof a viaduct about thirty foot wide, when tho original plans callod for double that X 7 width, a groat outrage was done to the citizens of tho northwest part of the city. Now, it is proposed to further - T congest the trafllc on that viaduct by permitting another railway company to use it and thus add to tho inconvou- X' ionces of all those who havo occasion to use that viaduct for conveyances of all kinds. 7 T Tho franchise sought by tho Saltair peoule is for a period of fifty years or until 1060. T X Tho YOUNGEST CHILD IN SALT LAKE MIGHT HAVE GREAT-GRANDCHILDREN BY THAT TIME. 7 i The franchise is a clangorous ouo in uiauy particulars. Li the first place the city gets practically nothing for TC it. And it is worth one million dollars if it Is worth a cent. The parties asking for it aro thoroughly unrclia- 7 C bio and irresponsible. It, Is moro th-n likely true that the purpose of the franchiso is to bo used to float a large T 7 bond issue, or to forco the Utah Light and Railway company to purchase their right-of-way and Saltair at an ox- f T travagant tiguro. 'X. 7 A councilman In this day who vill vote to any institution a Jifty-yoar franchise, is not worthy the confidenco of y X his constituents. It is the giving away of something of great value belonging to the people without proper couskl- 'X 7 oration for tho public's interests. y X It is the quintessence of gall for thcBe Saltair people to ask Salt Lake City for a franchiso of auy kind, X. 7 in view of Uie lack of enterprise they havo shown in the management of that pleasure resort and its transporta- 7 X tion facilities during the past few yoavs. -j- ! It is boyond comprohonsion that some counciJinou would think for a momont of granting these irrosponsiblos T X. a franchise FOR TEN YEARS, to say nothing of FIFTY YEARS! 1! 7 There in not a disinterested man iu Salt Lake City who bcliovos that it is the purpose of those pooplc to put V X. $200,000 into a roal cstato investment in tho block whore a number of options wore taken as the terminal for tho 7 7 Stltair railway, unlosa the purpose be to toll this valuablo franchise to some other railway company or some other f X traction company, SALTAIR 'S BUSINESS WOULD NEVER JUSTIFY SUCH AN OUTLAY FOR A TER- MINAL. t X i X It, thorcforo, is manifest that the franchise Is nought for some ulterior . juotivo. for speculative purposes in 7 T which the council is asked to proscnt to those Saltair pooplc an innnoiisny valuable asset without a propor con- V s aidcration. 7 . T Members of tho council should not forgot tho protest that was mndo five yean; ago whon a former council voted X 1 a fiftv-vcar franchise for tho ufo of tbc streets of Salt Lake City. CRITTCIRM OF THIS HAD AS MUCH TO DO 7 : !" WITH THE DEFEAT OF THE MORRIS ADMINISTRATION AND THE ELECTION OF THE AMERICANS AS "X ' X ANY OTHER ONE CAUSE. The councilman who, by his vote will give to Joseph Nelson and othors tho franchise -j- T which thoy neok, will by that same vote sacrifice any political ambition which hc may havo in this city, bosidos X 7 doing an irreparable- injury to tho city as a whole, and a specific injury to the groat Harriman interests that have 7 1 7 done so much towards building up Suit Lako. X X. it is a mighty good rule, when any one prosonts a long-time franchise, to say to him, "The day of lifetime y j franchises has panned. ABk us for something that is reasonable and duo consideration will be given to ovcry re- X - quost." . - 2 i T Too many men make their ill-gotten fortunes from inducing thoughtlcHi; or wcakduieod, or sap-hoadod, or venal councilman to give them franchises of Ixcmondous value which they can use to forco tortus upon roputablo y f ' and enterprising corporations, tho possession or which is mado imperative by tho complications that grow out of ? manipulations of the holders of these valuablo public grants. 7 X ' THE FRANCHISE SOUGHT IS PURELY A SPECULATIVE ONE. IT SHOULD BE KILLED AND KILLED X jj; QUICK. m X a Ti,j..;..j..j..;,r'H'v,!"H'VV'HH'vvW |