Show lJ rpT Traction action C Company mp ny Du Duties ies t 1 4 RUE RUE- holding of an exclusive franchise t to toT T ff all street t cart car carand and bus privileges within S si Satt i k ought to carry with it certain unbreakable un un- brea breakable ble duties to the th public One o of these thise is is t g give V adequate t transportation fion service i to to very every S section o of the fhe city Poverty cant can't le legitimately I I- I nf Iy be pleaded to o escape that responsibility ity iti it As Jong a l tram trani com company any holds a. a m m monopolistic franchise it serve the pub pub- I satisfactorily lic although this this' by necessity will mean that that some lines be continued at it a alps l 1 s sS The Utah Utah Light and Traction Company recently ece p petitioned the state stale utilities commission commission commis commis- sion to fa remove its tracks from froni Fifteenth Fifteen m. m East street l' l between Seventeenth South ol th and Twenty Twenty- first firs South Th The city ity planned to pave this thiS fj n of Fifteenth East and traction traction- dais declared that the could nota not a afford to 0 pave its of right rh The question was thoroughly aired b before fore the the- utilities commis commission ion Thursday Vigorously Vigor Vigor- opposing the track removal were vere ser of the Salt Lake City ity commissioners commission commission- ers the city f school board the Sugarhouse Bl s association and other groups who would be affected by the change All AH of them are ire to be commended comm f for r interposing aggressively against the t traction n company y pro pro- T To remove the would inc n- n veni nce many people it would require many man students going to East high Irving junior the University of Utah to make the long transfer trip through 1 town for O or else w walk k sev eral eral- blocks out of QI their way ay Furthermore to a l layman it would seen seem seenI I that the link Jink from Seventeenth South to Twenty-first Twenty South is an n important part of the city street stet car system s stem particularly when there are are on one portion portion por por- tion of this loop In the face ace of protests the the- traction officials dais indicated to the utilities commission that they might be willing to drop the p petition providing the paying paving costs are are- rc apportioned to to their satisfaction s The traction c company is is' entitled to make money instead of losing it The public would like t to 10 see it a p paying concern ins in's instead d of of- hearin hearing the constant lament about it it losing money Yet officials ar are arc obligated d t to J. J protect tile me people lo to the the e extent fent of d demanding m that the tr traction ti comp company ny abideS strictly abide b de strictly to fo its un In under its franchise l f file e city has been le lenient with th the trac frac traction tion lion company in iii the matter of repairing the streets ets between its tracks There are atrocious track conditions s in parts o of city with ruts and chuck holes hole that cause rough riding for motorists But the city h has s only insisted n iste that repairing activities be carried on With reasonable dispatch The impossible has has not been n as asked ed in fact the traction company a long tonK period without a alick o of work voik on on many maty lines Many of lines lines have haye been beel g granted anted also An All tog together ther therefore th the city has b been en exceedingly co con con- considerate d rate of the traction company and its troubles But th the time lime comes when the abandonment abandonment aban aban- of additional lines tines th that t would seri seri- sen- sen Q ly curtail servi service e in interest of f economy economy his reached reach d its its' limit limit i |