Salt Lake Tribune | 1911-03-26 | Page 5 | Want West Temple Car Line Extended

WIT 1ST TEMPLE CI LIE EXTENDED Citizens Seek Commissioners, Who Ask Company to Macadamize Macad-amize Entire Street. Residents of "West Temple street, between be-tween Tenth and Twelfth South streets, want tho street car line ox-tended ox-tended down "West Temple, from Tenth to Twelfth South streets, and tlio street car company has offered to extend ex-tend the line under cortain conditions, but the county commissioners appear to be holding back in tho matter. Petitioners for tho line, headed bv John J? Howells of 2019 South Wcs't Temple street, appeared before tho commissioners last Monday in support of the extension of the lino and when the matter was taken up with the street railway officials thoy agreed to extend ex-tend tho line and macadamize the 6treet between tho strcl car tracks and for two feet on either side, but tho commissioners com-missioners thought that tho street oar company should macadamize the street from propert' lino to property line and there the company's application for a franchise rests. fWo want and need the extension," said Mr, Howells Saturday, "and wo consider tho proposition o't the stroot car company to macadamize- tho street between the' car tracks and for two feet on cither side a fair one. We think that the county should grant the 'application 'applica-tion of thc street railway company for a franchise down West Temple street, from Tenth to Twelfth South streets, whether thc company agrees to macadamize mac-adamize all or only a part of the thoroughfare. thor-oughfare. That section of thc city is well populated and the population is becoming denser and tho extension is a necessity."