| Show t 10 i 0 TH TEl EI H Tho of t f tills thi city are beginning 6 I to 12 r th the mete fust in f ard to ta tho the r has hili b n t d with I i lJ fl much lire fury And 1111 hoo l t by fir the The only pap paper r f hi IIII treated the matter mutter with fair j TIti tie it Ith 19 News Ne paper liari 11 from rom of ot oft ott t tho t i und aini tin Un tr lh with h a n number of tore tors have opposed the he proposition for or orS S nn extension of or th the franchise of ot the Iho I I Utah Light company Hut I nc ye lV lia cOins S which liea not lot bean and cannot be beI bea a I controvert co They lUll ate both bolh i by b the tho i ai M and ani th nl leton who haro 1110 1 g In th at t the tho company and Instead i at ot It meeting faceting Ih nl the ha old aid set let et I f it forth In th the lie beginning of at the contro centre controversy r versy erY have hae b wn n r p A I ov over ove r And ml ov o oVer r again notwithstanding th theIr lr corn com complete refutation Tho rho of Silt salt Uk Iak understand that the pr at nt l J Is to 10 th the S franchisee which this tha compAny lm has nr for tor or win ein m time thins inert 1101 of ot which hac hlll been purchased front from oth other r corpo corporations 1 I rations Th Ili y tenth freni yeata to yearn yara Th The plan of ot the tho committee of ot the City fity Council Is III to tomake make of ot them limn ono one franchise to rover il it 1 period of fifty years rear dating front from Jan Jati January uary 1 tl ThiU it I I wn n average 1 tIlRo axten Saten I lon lun I of ot ilio Iho for tar only ont about ten ton eu euIn In consideration of these theia the merits mente tho the company Is le to 10 deed to o tho the cIty the properties which been bean wanted by the city olty In order to tl com corn complete Its arrangements for t Or r bringing In the Iho waters of th Ih the Cottonwoods und valued at lit a v ver ry low IW estimate and also to 10 furnish lighting to the city during the entire time of ot the th tat franchise valued at nl about a l y year ar alto also to topa pay JIll pa tho lie city f t a n year e r tot for each tach of ot It ite street oars The Tho company Is Ie to lie Its II charge for tOI electric lighting to an on average Of ot 10 hO could per pr kilowatt 1 hour to consumers who pay Iny their hills bills by tho the fth My of ot each euch month in while the th aver average average age oge for far light power Is only about T cents per hour Wo We O O tho ho people who to have put themselves into litto a 11 frenzy over the fitly fIfty years extension naked by b the tue com corn company pany will now rome come down toWn to 10 o common commonsense sense und tOld maybe they vIIi Mill III consider they have gained Rained a n victory ry All AU right We Wo are aro content Rome Sorno benefits will nc ac i crile enil to 10 o each potty party id to t the Iho arrangement The rile citY gets g by far Car the bigger blige end ot of th tM bargain The public get the all ot of u a reduction In III lighting lI rate The company c simply obtains u II consolidation oC ot Its 1111 several franchises in on with lIh a n Very Stry V ry slight extension of ot Its iti time hue and those people who Iho havo ben been so anxious to 10 put 1111 a R bar barIn barIn barIn In Its 1111 way will doubtless tent feel glad gill II that lint he the enterprising gentlemen who ho have hit furnished this city with light lIht and transportation without receiving any ny financial have not lIot ben b cn encouraged to pursue their good Rood work but luna haO been l e n left letl to 10 push IIII h their way along art 1111 a best beet they hey can enn against the tho obstacles that Bro are still In their path puth We Vo 10 for r the tho benefit of ot renders readers who have ve not yet grasped tile the situation that tho lie Utah Ula Ii Light and Railway company has line never luor offered 1 or desired to sell lIell tha tho prop that are areto areto to bo be conveyed to the city ctt It the city di loCI CH not lIot ot want them they thoy are not to tobe tobo tobe be bo bought for tor tiny III price Tho The company coil can use ue u e them to 10 Its facilities by b nt least 1100 horse po power er It was lie tho city that wanted to obtain them anti mada hu thu first overtures nv to acquire nl luI them Ihm Tho the company lm not nM charged tho the permitted by tie franchises fr which It held Mid but hilt bite hita furnished light lights at lit less lees than hail the tib maximum n permitted The Tho price at nl which the tho company hn has offered to furnish light to la in If lower than that pretended to be bo offered by nn an association that ten ton tenders ders deIs nothing In return for n a fifty yeats oal franchise If IC tho the city will extend to 10 tho bona hue 11 company cOln allY which now has hils It Its 1111 poles and wIres wire extended to every ever port part of ot tho the municipality tho the fifty years car franchise asked for tor by tho Iho association ton bit the tho former Will Mil tarnIsh furnish light to the tho people at a II fUrther f considerable re To reduction h from rota the tho rote rate that the latter pretended ld to propose That IB is If It noth nothIng Ing lag Is required In return for tor tho Ito trait fran franchise chise eltise the company will tarnish furnish lights I at nt lower prices NI oven Men than titan thos those it now no proposes to 10 o I The Tue Inconsistent agitators against the tho Utah Light and Railway Hallway company have hAVO the folly and Impudence nce to 0 Urge upon the lie City Council C to In give Ivo the th doubtful concern a fifty tiny franchise without oily consideration whatever m tit return whIle they the bully and threaten and and Insult such members pf Pt p the council an tie can eo en tho the advantages ot of granting tho the franchise franchiO company willing to to a CI responsible for tor the concession and PRY pay a 1 big biff price regard tho the other proposition as III In Id Of no itO I i The rho Utah Ulah Light Hallway com company party pany has 1118 spent rent such means a nil an as It hu hall In lit tho the Improvement nt of ot Its Ita ser sor Vice and Intends to do so In the future It H does docs not nol pretend to lO be b perfect t but I existed tho thu that lint have Ol and has taken R et pi p 10 to r them th r Is 14 If this lila city with bet better bett betI ter t I r light end car services than could bo lie expected In hi n a city With so 10 small a 11 population and very vor extensive widespread prad area as ns exist exl l In Bi falt lt Lake City Wo to understand the tho cause onUS of ot the tha exhibited against tho the by Individuate and view It ha tie both Wilt potty petty malicious Tho The pro pee prot t timo llAO bitt It is III In the Interest of ot the tho public IB Iii I ns as n and untrue aa no ho h assertions that b be been on mudo con c nol n earning th the whole matter to the lie scare hitch fauch members If dt Ilia ii council as ns haVe haVo hl 0 gristle Instead of ot backbone Thinking people 1 ought not to b be l cur vied 1111 avnY by hp i attacks upon a n corporation after the style stylo of nt harangues sj bitt should u tise e their Judgment lind at St Stany any Rny rate look at both side aides of a 1 unit mat mattar tee tar before making a II decision and anil Join JoinIng joInIng Ing In III with malcontents and opponents of or rational progress Lot Let the tho City OilY Council C ito 10 is Ii M right und unil Just anti anil nt fair mid and the lie he body of ot our chi citi tons lode when hen they the fully tully understand the h f gets t will fill HU port them nil oh unfounded und sinister opposition |
