Show MO IS RESPONSIBLE II Tin letter IS Hissing In the Citizens I Citi-zens Eltclrlc Franchise IT Must JUVE IIEES L1tSIJ Before The Frmcliliej Ira cotiltil Or IuUlshtd Ao InrtsllKallou To llo Blade A morning paper refer to a serA fional discovery made by the I oily at orney yesterday In the city recorder like making It appear from the rending of the article that the present oily recorder V 8 Emory Esq or i his assistants were responsible for tile erasure of a letter 91400 In tbe original typewritten copy of a franchise glOol ed B F Walker In 1803 but tuch Ian I Ia-n t true It will be remembered that In tile month I of t December of that year Mr Walker was given a gaa and electric light franchise the life of which was to t be for twentyfive years but whlcli bn Since been transferred to the Citizens Electric Light company Tbo franchise provided for The lot Dishing the city ind county cDwi with light free of charge during the life of the franchise UouoCllmn tanieuar tie oblrmao of I the commlllee all Improvements movd 01 a mtlIog 01 1110 Council a few weeks Ago 10 have the electric J company connect Its plant with the Pem IltIr Ir bl city offlees named lit tile franchise it having appeared that tbo Couo1t wa paying the Bait Lake aDd Ogden Use a od Electric Light company for light Inz the citys porlloll 01 tile county building The motion passed and City Itlicorder Emery sent a copy 01 tile CIIIt resolution to thu citizens company who replica that they wcr cant ply lug with and carrying out the arms of their franchise Ibe com munlcallon read at u Biibstquuut meeting ot the Council and the matter was referred to the city attorney willi Instructions to nicertaln whether or not the conditions of lh franchise were being compiled with Lila retort re-tort was that technically they were un > Yesterday Councilman JIulvey aDd Diehl werii In the City attorneys olllco wheu the question came up and the franchise in passed by tile old Council who sent for It was then that Ibo dlloavery ot the missing letter a was made The franchise In section 6 reeds 21 follow The uranlee his 1clrs and asalgnn does agree ate a lofurorah the City Council chambers city cfIlcnP lite 1IIoeo and public library free ul chargesp In the won stations It can bo f I plainly Been that an attempt hts boon mide to erase Ibe final but wbo by no one know One inlug seems certain however that tbo erasure was made shortly after tbu granting of the Iraochlte and before It was recorded In the official ordinance book or pub r llsbed as the record and jmLlabed ciples clearly bowl bow-l Is nlgued P0 E Stanton city recorder re-corder by Fred WDaimli deputj rsd approved by C F Ioobourow Mayor pro urn Ibo affect alibi cbange frclii lire elatlouB to fire station IB I to relieve Ibe Citizens Electric company com-pany from lighting tbe west side fire Iallou City Attorney McKay was teen and said lie Woe uncertain the present limp whether the letter sib was erased before or after Ibo franchise wn pateed but on investigation waft being I made la order to find out Yells yesP1 mnt red the ilcfeuJ ant and Ufllcer lllll on took the stand Ho testified to tho facts enumerated above wbeu Prosecutor tiuoup > tug g > ted 10 Ibe court that It would be perhaps I better all round to consign the young mn 10 loll I for a length of time ullloloullo Insists an attempt nt lot 10 uek him 01 file llfetlcitroylng bbll Justice Wenger though the lucgci thin a good one until acting upon II gavo the young wan25 aoyt |