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Show I MUNICIPAL GBM1S." ' Tha Clly Railway Company's Fran-I Fran-I chlse Mercilessly Dissected. THE KAMI) TltA31TM Mill Oir.ll. B The Propoilllon to Compel Ih" Tel H graph and Telephone t'onimnlfs to I'ai n I'olt Tax humor;. I The City Council Willi customary IrreRulsrlly dragged wrarv ll,,,lJ Into the municipal chamber again last ulfht for the final wrtslle with Mis kj plication for an ritenslon of the Halt Lsko Clly Hallway company' Iran. )lita. For (evenly minutes almost as maD.j a.utslloni were Infjrmally discussed I anil the hour wascloro to nine when I the munlclplal machine was put In motion with tho following council-I council-I men at their po-tofilutyi IUcli, i'ul-I i'ul-I land, Karrlclc, llsnly, Moron, Horn, Hell, ilranr, 1-aweon, lltiss, Want-H Want-H land, Blniomil. H Till. I-IIOIIIIIINOI. B Wanllaud oOored thu following H which he silted to lie made lection 6 H ofancrdlnanco rocuactlns and con- B llrmloic certain resolutions Ktantlng B franchises to the Halt Lake City rail- B way company and aoieuJIUR the H B That tho company ahall pay Into lli cltrtroasury annually as a llcoiisotaa. for this Iranchlss and In addition to tin ordinary properly tax lotled unilorllio Territorial laaa, a aum equal to one Ir rent ol tho gross earning! of eilil com- t.aiiy during a period ol live yearn next lucicedlng the siaasago of Ihla ordinance, and a aum equal lo IH per cent of lt gross earnings annually during Ilia arcond period nf fire yean aliertlio pauago of the oidlnanco and after ten tara tlio said company ahall pay annually Into tno treasury of tlio chy a llceimotax equal to lo per cent nf Ha grossearnlngandforluoiuroo( en i aiding the Uiy Oouiicll to arrlto at inn amount of said llrvneo tax, said company ahall make to the Clly Council on tlio 1st Hay of January of each year, a statement I Termed by the oath ol aonie mncer of aald company showing thegrose earnings I of tald company, from all its line In tlio elty lor the year Immediately pltcedlug the waking ofauch report, Bj A! ISCHfcAUMI CAH TAX. H UarJy Introduced the following Bl ametiduient which the chair ruleil Bl outiifoidrr,onlbegrtund that ltw Bl a mtimii' mliatllule. Hi" !t belug lhat Bl or Mr. Wantlandwhlcliwaa calculated Bl w l-aoil'o paieol au amendment on Bl the aame tuopoiltlon which waa of. Bl fereJ by ICnrrlck on Tuesday nlgutt Bl IbatthoSalt UkaClly Hallway com. pany aball lay a. a special tax tVM per i ear ter year on each and et ery car for a perludof ihreoyrari,and!H)per car on B ach and oirery car for the next threo yeaia thereafter and fWon each slid I every car for and during tbo balanco or the life ot thla franchise. BJ A motion waa then put and carried BJ adopting Wantland'a motion. BJ TO OOItllECr JUSflrATF.5IK.NTI). H At tbla lunctuio of the proceedings Bl o communication was read frum tiie BaV company correcting misstatements Bl mado by some of the councilman on Bl Tuiaday night, Tiin communication stated that In BL! stead of tho groia earnings of the cornel corn-el . pany being $S0O,tHW laal year they w.ro$Jii;,6H; tho operating iprnsva were $183,700, leaving aa iiol earnings I J73,7fiJ but ot the Unnamed turn tbo Bl eoniiauy waa compelled to ay Interest E upon Its bonded Indebtedness, which I left the actual nttearulngs about IH,. two; a further deduction should aliu be Bat made for wear and tear upon tho BJ track, which la usually placed at 1U H per cent. I Willi referonco to tho amount that Bl the franchlsis could be bonded for It I was stated that bonds had already "" Issued totheam-untof OJO.OiW aud uo more, the company having B been glvon authority to Issue bonds to the amount ot J1,6W,IXW. Under any circumstance the company could not lloat bonds to eioeed JIU.OOU per mile, I which would limit the lieus to 1810,000 at the present lime. I lnregard to the mallor of paving, attention waa directed to the fact that to pave thu twelve new blocks now ordered by the clly would coat them B 153,000. If Houth Temple la paved west from West Temle this would necessitate an additional ixensuof I about 103,000, making a total ot lilt,. 000, not Including new material, etc., H which would make the bonua for thu franchise 1118,000 Instead of $30,000, H u atatid by thu Council. Tiled. BJ JOIMT altKANOEJII.NTtl. flj Jloran moved that whenever the HB City Council shall find U ntteasary or HI desirable to grant to any other street HI railway company a frauchltu over the Hi streets herein granted, to eecuro audi HJ other company a connection with any HI Important center or terminus, tho HI grantee herein shall allow running HI atrangemenla ovir grantee's trackato HI such other company where tald HJ gianteehavo double trachiuio i such HJ other company making equitable ny- HJ mint for couttructlci;, maintaining and operating the rtlou of said grantee's track j mcJ. This motion preclpltsled a grea deal of dlsiurilon pro and S Im.gln.ry oompllc.tloti. were pictured by aorae ol he councilman who were opposo.1 to o sen.., f the motion. Other, took the. stand It would prove ito be the bs ssof a now csrrystem In this city. poMlhly a general consolldallon or n transfer atrangement between existing com- ''The'motlon carried on Iho following "avcs-HcW, Karrlck, 1.1'T'"J"' Jjnfoourovr, Mornn, Hlmondl, an- 5co7 llell, Uvaos, I'olland, Hardy, Hem, lllch -0. SOn BE.NSB AND JiUCH NoNf rssri Moran alsi olfered Hie following: Tlrtt evory car operated oil aald I ne, hereby aiilhollsrd, shall be provlleJ, uurlug the months if roeiuber, I)t-cember, I)t-cember, J a uary, r.biuary nnd March ( every year, with healing atii aralus, of a kind and nature to he selected by tho iiron er corioratloti engaged In oatlngand rLnnlugeuch car, which shsll bo naeonably elli i-tl'e i-tl'e In railing the temperaturti In slid car nnd heallrg the ame, and the sail nttmratus shall bo o.ialcd nt such times, duiliig the numbs a olo said, aa tho nature ef the weather and thodegrea of the tiuipuatuto shell requite. , , llorn I move ns an amendment lhat tbo company lo required t; Intro-lucoa Intro-lucoa system of electric-fanning In their can In tho suninur mouilis. (I.iunhlir) Ittrli I ncond the motion. Tho Chair lleduco your motion t writing, Mr. llorn. . . Hardy I urn tired (f this con-lanl dlll).dallylug and to stop It I movo to strike out thu enacting clause. Jlell I second the motlou. The Chair Thu motion Is out of older. IT HKAM.Y l'A3tS. The ordinance then paned on the following vote! , Ayes i:vanr,llele, Horn, KanltK, l.awsou, I.jolluurow, Moran, Blmondl, WautUnd-O. Noes ilell, I'olland, llarJy, lllch Kicused Kelly (who Just entered the hall.) The orJInance provides that If Iho gnutbe notnccetjd In writing by Iho grantees or llielr nislgus wllhln thlriy (rj)) days alter the pasrnge ot the ordl uauci', then thu aame shall be aud become be-come void aul of uo ulkol. I1IK 11 A I'll) TltAMHlT'rt TUll.f. Tho alxive company sent In tho following fol-lowing communication: Gentlemen Wo respoctfnlly alc that you iKwipone further action uion our petition for extension until your regular meeting May 101b, 1SW. Tliero are somo maitera of dlffercnco with our twetrone along cortatu portloua of our llnoa which may be adjusted wllhln lhat lime, and If ao may r. Hove our honorable budy of some dllllculty In granting our petltlou. Urantcd. UAH and f.i I irriticiTV. Tho resolution K'antlog certain privileges to the Halt Lake &. Ugdeu Uaa ami Klectrlo Light cumiauy wan then taken up vn motion ot Morau. The company Is the successor nnd rslguee of thu Irauchhtsof thu Halt IjakuCltyUas comisuy aud the bill l.aku Tower, Light & Heating ciin-I ciin-I Ail), aud tho usual privileges are lira to 1 for durlug a Urmof twenty. Ave years. OThe couljany ajrees that If the franchise Is granted they will fjrnlsh gas to tho cltltetis of thu city at a prlru not to exceed tW per thousand cublo feet; for the city for all public pur-posesol pur-posesol stteel lighting, bullJIngs owned own-ed by tho city, hos Itals and imbllo buildings for cherltiblo or religious purposes of any klud, n 10 -r cent discount will be made oil tho above prhe; said Illuminating goals to be furnished of tut Uss thsu ilghloen caudle lower, to bo subject from lints to time to tbo Inspection of n projer ofllcer. Moran moved to suspend the lilUs and read the resolution a second und third time. Lost for want of two-thirds majority. TO TAV A. 1VI I! TAX. lllch moved that the olty attorney be lusiruotiil to diuw up' an orJInauoe compelling all tslrgrni h and telephone companlcatopay a yearly rental for occupancy of tho street by their poles-, as published lu tho Nl.wa of about n week ago. Lawsou moved as nn amendment that tho l'.lectrlo Light company's toles be Included 111 the motlou. Carried. FIFTH BOUTII BTltl ET 8R 1 It MAIN. Lawsoit Introduced a resolution providing pro-viding that Ihe superintendent of construction con-struction be Instructed to lav n lateral sewer on the north sldo of Fifth Houth street Irom Hecoud Kast to Tenth Kiut strict, samu to consist cf IE-Inch nlu from Hecond Kit to Fourth Hist, 10-Inch plpo from Fourth last to Hevinlh Kat,and H-lncli from Heventh Lust to Tenth Hist; the estimated ioit being t- per foot; providing further, that JoOUO bo advnuced by the proi eriy holders, the amount to he returned to tho several pantra so advauolng when all the pnqirly abutting upuu this sewer shall havo ald lie pro rata Ux; nnd that tho city i imluier bu Instructed Instruct-ed to give the neiossary gradis and lines, Commlltru on settetugu and ell) enKlntorsesoclalel, AdJourneJ until 1'rnlay nlijhtat 7. to, |
