Show TO AGREE ON ISSUING fOR ELECTRIC LINES Utah County Mayors Will Wil Wil Meet to Discuss Much Moot Mooted Hoot d Question C Special to The Telegram Feb 9 On On next Friday mornIng morning morning morn morn- ing at 1030 o'clock there will be a meetIng meet meet- Ing of the tue mayors and councilmen of th the following cities held in the the- Commercial club rooms in this city Provo Prove Pleasant Grove American Fork Spanish Fork and Payson The meeting is called caled by Mayor Maor Gardner of American America Fork an and the object is to consider th the interurban railroad franchises for which applications have been made by Jesse Jess Knight and the Evans Evans-Chipman lion ton An effort will wi be made to agree agre upon which of oC the applicants shall b be granted a franchise Without uniformity of action by th the councils of cities through which franchise franes fran fran- chise es are asked e it W would d be he possible am and esp ba i tW even p probable that h t one a applicant would receive a a. franchise in some of oC the the- the cities and the other applicant In other cities Thus neither would have a franchise fo foa for fora a through route and neither could bulk build Many Unite There Is considerable talk tal of the lie tw two Interests coming to together ether and uniting I In building the road but so far farno far no agreement agreement agree agree- ment has ha been reached The objection t to uniting with wih Mr Knight on the the- p part rt o othe of the Evans Evans-Chipman l Chipman people is that Mr 11 Knight wants to subscribe for Cor 51 pe per percent cent ent of the stock thus retaining the control con con- troi Mr Knight made the competing party an offer at the meeting of th the American Fork city council Thursday night night It was to pay the Evans Evans-Chipman promoters and retire from Crom the field provided they could convince him the they would build the road They say however however how how- I ever that they think Mr Knight would woul be hard to o convince I |