Show MM MM I M M I M t M M M M- M MM M r THE NEW TELEPHONE Es SYSTEM l M 44 I M I M M 4 I M t M M M t M t t M I M 4 44 t M 4 t M t H M MOn 4 On Tuesday night the City Council will be called upon to vote upon a proposition to grant a franchise to a new telephone company This is a matter which must be regarded as one of interest lo to every property-owner property and business man in the city In these days it is generally regal regarded ed as a condition prece precedent nt to the concession of ofa a valuable franchise franchie for for forthe the control and operation of a pu public lic or 01 quasi quasi- public utility that the proponents shall pay the community equitably for the tile same In the present instance as we understand the matter the proposition pi to the tile City Council is that hat I it shall grant to a party of gentlemen of the hig highest es personal character a n. franchise to install telephones throughout th this s city If we are aie not mistaken the applicants admit that they will wil have to resort to Eastern capital to give gire effect to their plans If we are correctly informed on that point it means that th the party part seeking th the franchise is a promoting j party an and according to the ordinary acceptation that would suggest that the franchise itself would represent the tilt capital Of df the said promoting party in its deal with Eastern capital There is net nt the tIle least objection that kind of promotion where it can be prosecuted with due reference ref sef- to the tile public good and to th the tile duty of the public officials who must be depended upon to makei make i it successful In this instance it may be doubted that the City Council ought to donate a most valuable franchise The gentlemen who ask it doI do I not ot do s so o on sanitary grounds T They ey expect to transaction If it be make make-a 1 ea profit out of the tile to 9 t them pan pari passu it ought to be to Salt Lake f If If- they are ate not inclined d to pay the public for forthe the the- benefit they seek no no doubt others might be found who o would b be asSuming th that l t the gi gift t solicited solicited solicited i is t thing bing of demonstrable value Aside Aide from that consideration it seems to us th that t the h on gen general ral principles should exact an ample mple bon for pr the faithful performance of the un- un from irom any private party proposing to serve th the community in jn a a. quasi public capacity It has Kas as b t hn en n suggested t that at in view of the distin- distin J personnel of f the pa ty applying for the op op- telephone charter it would be a reflection o the incorporators rs to require abond a bond We te cannot cannot 0 Ir agree i gr e to to such a theory If John D. D Rockefeller to walk up to the tile counter of the State Bank Utah i Utah and ancl ask for an accommodation he have to sign a note b before fore he got the cash HI financial standing would not save him Mm the 4 necessity of doing business in a business I l nr- nr all means let us have haye competition and plen- plen V lr y of Mit f it hut but let us also see that the rights and intIle in in- 1 of the tIle cOI community are aLe conserved in the con con- n. n |