| Show FRANCHISE IS GRANTED fl LIGHT LIGUI CO Commissioners Open Comp Competition Com Corn p petition for Furnishing Electricity Here OGDEN CONCERN GETS LONG LEASE It Will Be Allowed to Sell Light and nd Power for Fifty Years to Salt LaKe City To the Merchants Merchants' Light and Power company of or Ogden was wan granted this morning by the city commission a franchise to do business In this city P. P M. M Parry general manager of ot the company said that the franchise would u unquestionably ti be accepted by toy the directors di rectors and that work on the c company's S lines hues will be bo started In the the near future This means competition In the t field old of electric lighting and power in Iii this city the tIle Utah Light and Railway Hallway company the fur fur- being only concern at present service in these lines to the citizens of ot Salt Lake A lon long and at times heated discussion discus discus- aba sion preceded tho the vote Vole on the franchise j J. J H. H inc Do of Ogden representing ng the tho applicants and City Attorney H. H J. J Dininny took sharp issue over some am amendments submitted by br tho legal advisor advisor ad a.d. ad ad- visor jeor of the commission Commissioner W W. H. H Korns Korng strongly supported the city rity attOrI attorney 3 but the other commissioner commissioners commis commis- faVored striking out the tho ro- ro added adder by Dininny The amendments amendment were drawn with the object object ob ob- ob of ot preventing consolidation between between be be- tween tho the new new company and the time old and were warn thought ht too stringent trin A A. compromise wits was flimsily finally effected in inthe tho adoption of the f following section The grantee by the acceptance of this franchise lo agrees that it will not b by agreement secret or otherwise sell to or consolidate it its business or property property prop prop- crt erty with that of or soy any competitor operating under a franchise granted by Salt Lake Cit City without first obtaining the written consent of or the board ot or commissioners of tho the grantor thereto If the grantee shall violate any auy of the terms of this section then at tho the option of the grantor this fran franchise his shall at once end arid and terminate and the property proper proper- ty of the grantee r shall be forfeited proTer as provided in HI section 12 of this Iran fran chise This provision pro pro- proved prod d acceptable to toan all an but it the city attorney and placed cd in in the form of an amendment was passed without a dissenting diS vote voto Commissioner Com Corn l missioner r Henry vW Lawrence then introduced introduced in in- his usual al amendment placing the life of f the franchise franchiso at twenty five years instead of fifty years vears and retaining re ro ro- ro taming the time right t to purchase the prop prop- J crt erty orty of the grantee on on giving three a veara years years' ars notice Tins This amendment was waso o lost t Mr Lawrences Lawrence's vote bein being the tho only nl affirmative one The ordinance was wan then placed on final pa passage la e and passed by H R vote ote of three to one ono Mr r. Lawrence v voted ted u no no but expressed himself favorable to the franchise grant with the tho exception except tion of the or-the the details covered b by his hiB proposed pro posed amendment Tho vote voto was taken at exactly noon The Tho ordinance becomes effective oneda one ono da day following its publication must bo accepted within thirty da days and arid actual work of c construction must begin besin within ninety days By the terms of tho the franchise Iran fran chise chiso a saving to the tha citizens of ol many thousands thousand of ot dollars collars is promised while the 1 Merchants Merchants' nta Light and Power company com coin any pany offers if given iven the city ity contract on the time expiration of the present one ono to save the tho municipality a n large e sum in its yearly lighting in bills Other Legal Business The commission con confirmed tho the appointment ap ap- ap- ap of Sylvester Q Cannon and David Rodger as assistants in the city engineers engineer's office Both men have been at work since February 15 and aud February t 2 1 respectively On lOn tho recommendation of D. D H. H Blossom city engineer M. M D. D Heist Heit was YM appointed at t 75 75 a s' s month and L. I C C. Cl Clive Cle e chairman at 65 ea a n mont month On the motion of Commissioner G. G D. D Keyser tho the city food and dair dairy depart depart- men meat ment was given rl n au un appropriation tion of ot 10 flO the money to be used for the tho pur pitt pur purchase chase of liver livor and milk samples for purpose purposes of If test lest On moti motion n. n of Henry Hemry W. W Lawrence commissioner of finance Miss Miss' Diana ua Gustaveson was i-as appointed a stenographer a. a pher in the legal le al department at nt a a monthly salary of of 50 The rho appointee is to act as tho the stenographer I b P. P PJ J. J Daly Dah who was recently appointed to revise the citY ordinances Warren C. C BO Boguc lle cit city purchasing iDe I agent was granted an increase e of a Q year in his Ins salary the CO compensation being bein now a year yar |
