Show FIRST EAST ST The Street Car Company Starts Work There CHECKED BY MAYOR SCOTT Who Conpflj the Hen to Quit for the Freteni SO THE QUESTION OF FRAN CHISC CAN BE DETERMINED The JUlwyrn SOW al4rlnB the J1 aUerWbr Ibe Mark I w aa flurried First East Street was the uia A of v considerable commotion this moru lug At the usual hoar for laborers t begin their days toll gangs of men provided with picks shovels et made their appearance on the street and under the direction of Superintendent Read and bin assistants sistants in the employ of the Salt Lake City Hallway stationed tem selvea at various points from North Temple to Ninth South Street and began preparing the bed for I double track railway This proceeding unheralded bat the curiosity oft of-t people was soon satisfied by the explanation that the extension of the street railway along this thoroughfare was the Improvement that had been promised in the late partof latyear but which owing to the severe Heather had to b deferred de-ferred Xow that the spring was open and the und on hand the frt raIlway was going f work in I earnest There w no disputing this rlon for between lv and n 200 men were plying their tools vigorously and within a short time the eye could trace along the entire street the line of the excavations for the te The peoolc along the street were generally jubilant at the pros Iteci of rapid transit connection connec-tion with other parts of the town and the action of the railway company plainly indicated two con ditions one being that the public look with strong favor pblc service now given by the electric cars and the other that the resi I dents along the entire length of PIt East street are very anxious for the street railway to put a line down therp The proceeding caused quite a commotion at the City Hall and among certain capitalMs Uie latter particularly Members of the City Council presented themselves and 3ko what authority the railway rail-way had for putting a track down on the street The reply was that the companys franchiee gave them the cmpnys tle right and the public good male I necessary Then Slajor Scott came and made similar Inquiry eliciting elicit-ing the same response He denied that mch was the fact and declared that the company had no franchise The railway officials insisted that they had and had held it for fifteen years or more The mayor however how-ever would not accept this statement state-ment and ordered the work to b stopped forthwith Things began to put on a lively appearance particularly at the City Hall crashing over First East where Ecvcral hundred men bad Bsscmblcd t listen t what was going on There was a great deal said the mayor insisting in-sisting that the railway company must not put 1U lino there and must forthwith withdraw III workmen work-men The railway men took the position that he had no legal right t take the course which he had in dlcatcd They had a right to lay a track on the street sass if the mayor or corporation questioned It the lawful way to proceed was by securing se-curing an Injunction letting the courts decide the matter The tt were not the property of the cor jiorition bat were for the use of the public and as the ups ration of street railways was legitimate legiti-mate use when n company had received re-ceived a franchise cmpuy unlawful to prevent their enjoyment of itex colt In the way provided bylaw which could only b determine by the crt Mayor Scott give directions to Marshal Young to prevent further work on tbcttreet and Insisted that he knew of no franchise granting the railway company the right to occupy Uiat lt Then I force of policemen was called to execute the Mayors order by force If ne Cur thOJ li neither the railwaymen railway-men nor their employes exhibited any belligerent spirit The railwaymen railway-men did however denounce the use of force to prevent the prosecution of the work as an outrageous anJ unlawful ins ixeding and they suggested that If the nnyor knew of no grant to the company for First East Street he should And out what had been done and ascertain what the citys actual position was before he proceeded The matter was cusfed to a considerable siderable extent but I was evident that no arrangement could b made at the time to definitely frettlefhe mate e President McCune and VlcuIreslileut Chambers of the railway company agreed with the miyor to suspend operations while the attorneys for Use respective parties par-ties endeavored t arriveat a solution of the problem The storm coming on just after work was stopped prevented pre-vented any effort at resuming operations op ations during the days day-s to the utlon ofthe charter for the railway company the first franchise was granted April C6 152 I provided that certain conditions con-ditions should be complied with In the layingand I operation of railway Unit Among these conditions was 005 that certain portions the track should be laid within a given time One part thus afTected n First EastStrectbelween First and Third Third South streets Four years I after the granting of the first franchise fran-chise an extension of its terms was asked for a to the streets on which I lines could operated The followIng follow-ing waspased by the City Council as fliown by UierjcorJ RESOLUTION I Granting to the Salt Lake City IUI1 i rood Company the right to con J Cmpny te rgbt t rn trc and openio a street railroad in certain streets In said crain Ftrt sid city Jo I resolved by the City Council of Silt Jke CIty that the Salt Lke City Itailroad Company Its aner and assigno have the authority and con rent of the City Council and the permission per-mission Is hereby granted it to construct con-struct a donbe track switch commencing commenc-ing at tho intersection of First South and Second East streets and running north on Second But Street twenty < 3 > rod thence east four 4 rods ceros the sidewalk t the companys stables and also to construct an operate a single or doable track street railroad together with all non witches for the accommodation of sid road on other streets tin the corporate limit of s Lake Cur St Lke Ciy where the llailrc d I not now run nowrn TnlSJ q it hM P > e needed hereafter I subject to the Bame conditions obllsra I UU jroncunns 100 provisions A are contained in a resolution of sold tonndl granting to said Street Kail 1 road on certain streets therein named Approved April 2Glh 1S and for the some term dating from thsSIh day of April lS cg te i Adcpicd January 6th 1S74 HASIEL i WZLLS M vor ItontRT CAMPBELL C Recorder Anotherfeature of tie proceeding was the enactment bJ the council JSeif following which appears f Article IV app Arcle of the Revllid Ordl nances of Salt lake City IS7J Sec 2 That the Urns specified in the charter of the Salt N chrr Lake City flail Ik Cly r Company approved April R 187 for the completion of said eons piny line of railroad on First cm E fctreet from Third South street to First South street be and I hereby extended extend-ed daring the pleasure of sold company com-pany st any period within the lImIts of hra charter This removed a limitation as tc time on First East Street the part affected being that portion named In the section quoted pron original franchise and the amendment thereto went Into elet amendment Aprl 152 and were granted for twenty one years from Uiat date to April 25 1693so rla ed company has three year yet to run under the old crr fi Under a now charter gmutd last year the old one I not affected except that the new fran chise extends the period for the UH of named certain streets beyond the date The reason for the street railway pushing its work on First East Street apparent to all who have followed the history 1 of the railway natters In the municipal council cncIl There have been number of appli cations and anothereompton now companj has franchises over a number of streets Thin organization Is called cle the naplJ Trantit CompanythouKh It U Companylou familiarly referred t a the Union Pacific from connections that are apparent even t a casual observer The directory l fro this r road Includes well known businessmen business-men here a well as some connected with this IlnLin PnU fnf th have plenty of capital and energy w to back lem One ltret euer included In-cluded in their franchiM cudo frnch Is Wet Temple Street First East Street was asked for bat the former Council declined to grunt it I came t the ears of the street railway rail-way company officials within the past day or two that tbe UP company com-pany were making strenuous silent to exchange West Temple Street for First East The street railway company com-pany not desiring to tr eCr in n project which had been de termined upon concluded to take f time by the forelock and get in first eo thiS there Z I be no ground for dispute There w alto the companys plan to hasten all of its work and Ret Its lines into operation a early In the reason as possible This account for the employing of means t have the work done promptly In response to questions the officers core of the streetcar company stated that It I was proposed to put a double track on First East Street for IU en tire length At North Temple Street r road would turn down to West Temple Ihen north to First ioorth then to First West and again t tenor te-nor At First Street a branch I to leave First East going f A Street thence north to Third then t B and then to Sixth Street where it is t run to the east a considerable distance an excellent rut For them and other contemplated extensions the company has decided to expend an additional 30J000 Twenty double motor r have been ordered and about 000 tons of rais 8 it can business be Keen that management mean Tim removal of the mule motors mot-ors is being looked forward t anxiously by the people along the lines where they are ttlll employed and electricity is now accepted a the best street car propulsion In the cast it I now conceded that the Spraguo overhead rystcm Is the most practical In use and the road in Salt Lake 5s referred taos being among the best equipped and operated olrI ated in the tullp was once urged a an objection that the introduction in-troduction of electricity would make n showing similar to cable and del roads of an increase in the number of accidents but experience In catcrn cities has shown that the number of accidents I acci-dents has been for less than for a I corresponding period during which the roads were operated by horses or i mull notwithstanding the fact that I the electric otTo urn run at a higher I rte uf peedwhlrh in tills city Is t 0 still further increased until thereils a tel instead of a fifteen minutes service connected with Slain Street There it one other improvement that could he added In the districts where the streets are cot now lighted and that is to follow fol-low h example of the electric I raihvny in Washington DC by surmounting the poles at given distances dis-tances by clusters of incandescent lamps |