| Show FIGHT liOn FOR Telephone Corn COIn County Affairs Special Correspondence lence Provo Utah Co Feb Feh Jl Thu fol tol lowing loIng gentlemen representing the tho Utah Independent Telephone company were Store present at the meeting of or tire tha city olty council last la t evening hoPer Heber M Wells le T l Odell Elmer B II Jones K E KIi EI I IL Ii L I Steam Sloan Attorney J 3 W N White While cotton and anul Manager IX Ii H Jr Darling of ot tho tire local exchange were also In attend attendance anco ance representing the Mountain Hell Dell Telephone company The telephone people were permitted to 10 present their claims claim on the application ot or the Utah Independent company lot fUr a The Tha resolutions adopted hy by II the Comm Com Commercial mercial club recommending that tho ho Utah Independent company be bo not granted n t franchise on an the tire grounds principally that two H would increase the tire to the bu busIness lne s men but admitting that Investigation In lii Salt Snit Lake had developed that tho tIme In Independent dependent company ny gave tins the II ser ncr service vice hut but tire the Horky Mountain Hell nOn nm pany panny bad d 1 dIn to I ir rd t n ii new mev hul bull d dInc lug Inc nirl l put lilt III In a n n Y i Ini rd ll tine the K knice H N nice arid and Ilea also l that t the tho would reduce prices price Mr Elmer I 11 Jones Janes first time the claims of at hi Iris hll company prefacing lila hIli argument by b the tire mont that It If his iris company waa was not granted a II t franchise It had at least leant done some seine good It 11 had hd obtained for tor forth fortine th tine city a it promise for tor an rut Improved ser let service vice mind and tins till promise of or rates Ha lie nilso characterised It U M u good deal ot of nervo for or the tire Mountain lieu Dell company to come In and oppose a u trait fran franchise chise to 10 a competitor HU lie H offered to place lIlacS In lii the tire franchise a provision that hUlln s plumes phone should be furnished at tJ 23 a Ii month and nan resIdence phonH at a month Mr Jones gave game the Iho his Iris history tory tor of ot telephoning allowing that tint till 1814 1994 when sours some of oC the patents expired the Iho American A Iller loa n lieu lIell ell Telephone company hud the tire monopoly In the time United States Canada He lie promised a better telephone titan han had ever Vl been given liven here helt And tire the boat that could ho lie In Inn tIme the world I Ire new company would b Ito tho city by eroding erectIng a n building antI and expend money In tire the county for or the tine llon of ot lt its ItH The company would not build builL In itt Utah county unless it obtained n it 1 franchise In Provo although It lied had a 1 franchise through tho time county runt mid and In American Fork ork l mind and an l Iehl Lehl because It would not pay them He lie expressed sur that the Commercial club climb had gone guile on record In opposition to 10 the In dependent and l the tite reason was vms n ri lack of or understanding of ot tho the situation lie He figures timid and cited the experience of or other com rota communities to show that the go would be nil all with tho tIme people In having two ito It would 1 b hoe only in him Isolated cases CAlleR where there would bo ho any for tor two phones phon eM and amid then thon the cot cost would only aol be he slightly ed sob by b reason of or th I tIle e reduction In lit price I made by the Independent company I which the Rocky Mountain nell Hell com Irony pany would mayo have to meet The bus bud ness tress linn firm which used two telephone I would I be he benefited by being able to talk to 10 a mi larger number of ot people Gas 00 Wells Wall stated that he hue did not wish to add n anything to 10 what hail had hA 1 been bean said because e Mr 11 Jones hat had this the argument of or IrIs lilg company ut at Iris his linger ends enda He lie lId did not think however that the council counell would 1 deny th Ih tire ant ent company l the rl ht to do olo busIness s If it only onh on moral mom 1 grounds Mr Jr Odell stated the conclusions of or tho the Commercial club had huh been reached ranched without thorough lion and that the tiro subscribers of ot his hie huh company was III an In effective the Ire alleged o of ot two tto and annI gave from his hla own which Winch from coin M 75 15 to 00 ft it month rind and had Let Ift tor tar service serIce Judge J 1 W N In behalf of or the tire Mountain lIeu Hen company objected cled to the of the line n lu of ot tho t Hell Dell lId I company comm and S in I their I ini n in I 5 H J hind had boon been hy by ho limo lh hell Hall com corn 1001 before the Iho asked for tor I by Iny the Independent company had mad been ben benI presented to this council to I for tOI a building l Mo site for the lIeu com coot I An and Rud air he lie believed believe tire the th retract for or u ml new building for tOI IrIs his hi company would ba ho let this tins wool week cek He lie had brad no doubt whatever er that tho promises of ot hin hili him emit COn irony pany would bo be fulfilled He lie took molt tire the position that the tho people would could finally hl p to pay thu tho Interest on out the tire Invest ment of tho the companies and that it would take more money mortey mone front from the lie PeoPle to pay tire the interest on cit tire the atlon of iri two titan than on out on one Mr i also referred lo in tire tho Im lot made mado hy my tIre the Dell Bell company In extending Its HUM litres to all the ann sur roundIng states HU hits company only for or just treatment and would not 1101 ask nek the tho council to refuse tire the front fran rinse chise to tire tho Independent company If it they believed It would be lie for th the n fl ot of the citizens to grant It which however hr Ire did not think It would ue no Action on tire the Independent franchise was sas deterred until such a it time OB as the council had had time Limits to visit Salt Litke nod and anti and In upset tho two systems C JIe Jones and Darling Invited the council when In Salt I Loire ike and OB den to visit their respective systems Time Tim council and antol time the committee from tire the Commercial club will go ti to Salt Iw ke and Ogden this week to Inspect the two no systems J 3 J 3 manager of tire the electric light company appeared before the company anti and explained some somo of tire tho Incident to electric light set ser service vice which occasionally caused Imper cit service anti and In tho tue matter of re renewals risked asked tire the cooperation of at tire the police In assisting In Its preventing boys trout from breaking lamps and also ox pressed the tue desire of tire the company to tho very ory best bent service possible The Tho hill of the tho company for last months service wInch which was disapproved by the tho mayor was then allowed by unanimous vote rote of thin tho council M F Pick appointed city en In place of Scott Stewart re resigned resigned signed by Mayor the tho appointment confirmed I COUNTY I The following business was transact transacted I ed oil by the thre board of county commission I I ers era yesterday Miss Alice Brown Miss Teah Lenh Pyne were confirmed as its copyists In itt the tho recorders and Miss Mitra Hous Houston ton as Ems deputy county clerk K ii Dolman Jr was appoint appointed ed deputy depot constable for or time the north end enrol of Plato Plain and Groove precinct attn John deputy constable for thu south southend end ertil lOll NUPTIALS A marriage license has bras be n Issued to Hoy D 1 Thatcher of I mOld and Miss Diana Bestir of Provo |
