Salt Lake Telegram | 1918-12-18 | Page 24 | Protest is Filed on Permit to Build Spur

PROTEST IS FILED ON PERMIT TO BUILDJPUR Property Owners Object to Change in Franchise to Orem Line. A Si ri- u hat l :at d fiirht by p -op-rrt cum ii niton tne fi.m(hne lecent-Iv lecent-Iv K''-"t' 1 I V th-' c.t t.i J'ie S.tlt Iko A l't,!i t'ivi:il M-r tn:t iin the road, to I. i'il a ."i'lir ci:i!i: .uvi to Walk-, ci s f ;!.! on Nini h So.it h s'n-et. was I lliaitc In fore the ctv 'i tnnil.-rtlon this nioiritir. The property owners in the' district whli h will be affected by the1 l.iyint: of the spur were represented1 by AH! ii'V K.iv an Cott. who matte a hln lu pica in behalf of the protest- Tlie fiuht was rcope?ied upon the anifmiiittiit t.i the fianchise recently in. ob n:oii npplic.it on from the ruil-r" ruil-r" (.l o-'ijip tti pi i rn 1 1 1 1 tier the turn from Wesi T n:p:c at Nir;ih South ktiet to be ipade t the north instead of the smith, ns originally t pnlated. At the ll rite of tlie x i a til n of the original fraricluse there w r rn any prttests i Iik!:: d hv property owners When the! i e ;.. rt ws" ruaile some time ugo no li ti -ifants appeared j Tii - cl ipn ma-le hv the property owner tc-diy w.t. thr.t the ain;g of th.e tiaek ni.tr, tn a It. in to the north riiMcad of the south would place a danger-, in ihe path of cTiii.ii n on their w,iv t- M-rnMt. It was bioiiicht out during tola's heititta; that the prop-"ity prop-"ity i.wivix. follow. nic th granting of lh oriirir il fram hise. sccned an op-, lion on the prop rty which would be niHcc.ary for the railroad company to w ii In order to lay the tracks to the M,ath This action" w. discovered by he company, it whs said.- and the reus: re-us: on of the. franchise w lis promptly isked Mnd granted Without protest. AiiH-rnc the prol'tliig property own-rrs own-rrs st tne hearing were ,C bar lee Tng. i i:. l. A-htoti and A II ('owie. the ! latter stat nc that while he had property prop-erty in the district w hich would he affected by. the lavinc of the spur, he waa not an active protests nt. as he favored the railroad company's project. sainK that he believed it nec.esarv to the proper development ff the city. .Attorns Van Colt contendei that Sat f-ake already had enough track-, aire to care ,for si population of a million mil-lion erona. and explained that he , i had not known of the rant in of the franchise or he would have been present pres-ent to lodre his protest. . The; protest was taken under ad-vtstrr.ent ad-vtstrr.ent by the cty cummliwion.