Show UP f t BEFORE COUNCIL Petition of Jesse Knight of Provo i Reviewed Again With Mea Meager J gel ger Net Results SEVERAL AL AMENDMENTS DUE of n Union Sfa Sa lion for loads and Other Suggestions The elt city council took up the petition of oC Jesse Jese Kni Knight ht of Provo for nn an Inter Interurban urban franchise again night but buL very cr little vs as accomplished After placing moro more restrictions on the proposed pro posed po ed franchise It was sent to City Atty Alt H J to 0 redraft and re rc turn tum to the committee of oC the whole 1 next Tue Tuesday da night The franchise t was amended providing that the com compan company pan pany should hould carry all freight baggage and mall In a closed car similar to the tho passenger cm taus which will be used It Il was also suggested that the tho franchise be amended so UI as only to allow the I railway to haul freight be between between tween the thc hours of midnight and G 0 GJ In ht the morning J 3 Somo members of oC the council Insist f t t that the tho franchiso be amended so that the railway company will have to use span construction and steel poles In inside side the city limits The Tho company compan will also be 00 asked to grade the streets 15 feet on each side of oC the tho outer rail niter raper C Lyne suggested that the tho theo o bo be compelled to pa pay a per percentage of its gross earnings on the I following basis For the tho 10 years 1 per cent Ifor for the tho second 10 years ears 2 per cent ifor for the third 10 years rears 3 per pol cent for Cor CorI forthe I the tho fourth 10 years yea s 4 1 per cent and for the last 10 years ears of tho ordinance 6 per cent Jacob Evans represented Mr Knights interests In the matter mattor Ho will meet with the tho city attorney to work ork out tho details before It Is pre presented again During Durin the tho consideration of the tho franchise fran franchise chise it was as Intimated by some of oC the tho councilmen that a union station should be erected for interurban roads I It is iR probable that arran arrangements will he be made b by the Bamberger and andi i night interests to have a common terminal on the tho proposed site Bite of the Saltair depot In the rear of the Cullen hotel t I I 1 II I GETTING AT INSIDE PACTS FACTS At Fridays New York hearing on the Pacific railroad merger case Gov Government Atty Severance asked about the tho branch line which tho Oregon Railway Navigation company be 00 began gan to build out of Coos Bay Or In but which was subsequently aban abandoned Mr 11 OBrien a admitted n the company refused to complete this line Uno because the people or of Coos Ba Bay would not guarantee 4 per r cent on the tho Investment over the cost of maintenance and op operation operation In giving tho time made b by freight trains over the Oregon Railway Nav Navigation av line IIno Mr IIII OBrIen said the lOt mlles miles between Huntington and Port Portland Portland land were made mado In 34 hours and 55 min minutes minutes utes or nt at the tho rate of about 12 miles an hour Mr r Severance Inquired why there thoro should bo be bettor better expedition on the tho Oregon Railway Navigation than over the tho Union Pacific main 11 line no Mr oIl OBrien admitted that the fact the therond road rond was in competition with the Northern Pacific had something to do It although the limitations and regulations or of the Portland railway also had a bearing NO PEAR FEAR OF FLOODS Tacoma Iacoma Wash Feb officials were Informed late lato today of ofa a I renewal of the tho heavy hean snowfall In the Cascade mountains dispelling fear of floods The lull In the storm was short hut but permitted the tho arrival of the tho first eastern mall mail train since last Tuesday night and the dispatch of supplies to the marooned operators of a I rotary snow plow on tho Milwaukee line lineIn lineIn In response to the late lato storm warn varn lag all trains were headed b by sno snow snowplows plows prepared to cut their Wll way through the heavy drifts PRICE OP OF FARL CUT The fhe stage stac fare between and Modena has been reduced to 35 5 each I wn way Instead of 10 for a I single trip I or for a 3 round trip |