Show TERMINAL 51 SITE T E FIG FIGHT H T IS 15 ISya I ya SEEN Suit it May Be Filed to Condemn Condemn Condemn Con Con- the Hempstead Property That the ThC joint terminal station of the Salt lake Utah railway rallay and the Salt Bait Lake Ogden railway will not be erected until after aner a le legal al battle ha has been en fought wa WU outlined on good authority today Paper Papera contemplating condemnation proceedings pro pro- to gain possession of the D. D B B. property on Pierpont and West Temple Templo streets It was saW said have already I been prepared Notwithstanding the fact I that the papers have havo already been prepared prepared pre pre- pared the Interurban officials are not contemplating con con- flUng filing them In the dl district court for several months month yet et A cloie a associate of or the Interurban officials of of- I declares that the tho two to roads will not have need of the Joint terminal l for lor at least a year Ar In view of 01 this fact ho outlines outlines outlines out out- lines the settlement of ot the Hempstead property properly controversy a at t th present time would call can for tor an Immediate outlay of or capItal capital cap car ital Hal for Cor or property which could not b be used for tor several months yet et Delay in Tracking With this condition existing the condemnation condemnation con con- proceedings will be held In abeyance until the other improvements planned by the two to companies are completed com corn It la hi not expected that legal action action action ac ac- ac- ac tion will be taken until the lines of oC the two companies have ha been connected on First West est street Because of oC the del delay in tn the arrival of oC the steel for lor this work It i Is expected that It will be two or three months before belore this work Is completed It Is a known n fact that t vigorous efforts effort were made to gain possession of the Hempstead property when hen th the decision to have ha a Joint terminal was first firt reached last year ur The owner or of the property and the railroad companies however howe were un unable unable unable un- un able to reach ach an n agreement as Js to lo the price to be paid for the property Xe Negotiations were ere declared off ore There was a difference of oC OiO he he- l tween een the price offered D and nd t tie the t price asked for lor the properO The fhe Interurban officials offered to purchase the th property for The property properly owners o on ot Broadway an and West Vest Temple street pledged ed another 2 2000 for Cor the property which would have enabled the on owner nor to realize for hie his hOI holdings II He however howe refused to part with his hla holdings for tor this amount His Hie original price was This was vas later r reduced to but buta a deal could not be do closed ed Needed More Ground When negotiations were declared off ort the Interurban officials declared that the thc would erect the terminal station on West cst South a few west of or the Dooly building However the they controlled I Ionly only a C twenty foot frontage at this point and the sale ule of or bonds bond hInged on the erection erection tion of ot a modern terminal station necessitating necessitating I more ground round Meanwhile the Interurban officials have e been b en quietly gaining possession rf rr ground round on nn the south half hatt of ot the block bound b by Broadway West Vest est Temple Pierpont and First West est strut t. t At t th the present time they control property which will take their tracks to th the Hempstead property i from Broadway and aud First West The i roads have purchased the property north I of or the northeast corner of ot Broadnay and amI First We West Vest t. t The old adobe house houf which occupied the property pro has been torn down In preparation lion tion for Cor the laying of or the compan company's s tracks at ot this point to connect with the Hempstead property on nn the the- In ad addition addition ad- ad lUon to this thle the companies have e gained control of or th the property b he- he tween the tho Hempstead ty ant and the Peery hotel corner May Wait Vait a Year Under the present pla It 1 is II proposed to Rain possession of oC the Hempstead property property prop prop- erty through condensation proceed proceedings InKS With this accomplished 1 a t modern terminal ral nal station will m b be er It is planned to 0 lay Iny the tracks to the south side of oC the terminal between bet the Pe Petry Peery ry hotel and the Hempstead property where inhere the thc Rates gates ate would be erected It h rK said fold that the In Interurban Interurban In- In companies hll have control of ot all aU property for hade to connect main lines on Fin r West with Ith th th proposed proposed pro pro- po posed ed terminal on West Vest Temple and Pier Pier- pont According to tho those f in n a n position to know 1010 It will be b. at If AH a year the two roads road will load and unload their passengers from a R Joint station It will he remembered j that the interurban companies com corn panics secured a right of or wa way Into the north half h of or the same ume block where they also own considerable property th the latest plan of tho railroad these tracks track will m be used to connect with freight ht and express p pre depots depot to be built hullt on the north half of ot the block |