Show CITY COUNCIL nine members of the city council were present october but the chamber was densely packed ad on account con at of the railroad business which was to come up hon john W you young and J H young esq of the aaa utah central were present as matters connected with that road were to come before the coun council oil and a large number of members of the chamber of commerce and real es tate exchange and others I 1 interested in the deep creek railroad question were also present judge harkness hark ness was on hand band to defend the interests of the B R Q G W and it was apparent that a field night for railroads was at hand A number of minor petitions of a personal nature fidd and no public in terest teres were acted upon when one from the orphans 1 home and day nursery was read it represented that that institution was in the seventh year of its ite existence that it was formed for the relief of destitute children that it bad no income but voluntary contributions that it bad never rebe received ived any public aid except an appropriation of by the city council that the institution was at present located on first fast east street two miles from the post t office and occupied an old and dilapidated house bouse in which nineteen persons fire are accommodated and a large number lumber of children were bein being refused admittance on account of of the limited accommodations the as so clation was desirous of erecting a suitable home but had not funds to do so they asked to obtain the use of one wing of the industrial home which was not occupied and which woun accommodate them until a home could be built they would pay a nominal rental for the use of the wing win and asked the council to join with chemin a resolution requesting the board of control to let them occupy a wing in the industrial horne home in this connection councilman conn cohn introduced the following resolution which was waa adopted resolved that the recorder is hereby instructed ted to address a communicative to the board of control of thi th i industrial home and ask them inthe in the name of this body to grant the prayer of the board of directors of the orphans rome home and day nursery association cia tion asset as set forth in their petition to the council if the same be consistent with their ofil official cial duties the said communication to be countersigned counter signed by the mayor the salt lake city railway company sent in an acceptance julf f the franchi fanchie w granted them on leitem ber 23 29 filed councilman pickard having left the city mayor scott appointed li L C karrick to fill his hia place on the committee on claims and councilman cohn was waa appointed to fill the vacancy on the committee on public grounds A communication from john W young of the utah central and C L of the union pacific represented that the two roads had bad effected between themselves an amicable arrangement respecting their tracks on fourth west street by which the union pacific was to move a track lying on the west side of its main mai n line to the east side ant ami allow the utah central Jent ral to lay its track in place of it the rhe cation asked the tb council to ratify this arrangement which the council did abong along communication from the telephone company described the danger attending the trolly wires of the street railway and asked the passage of an ordinance requiring certain measures of protection therein described to be taken referred to the committee on improve ments the following petition addressed to the mayor and city council was read while appreciating the advantages to the city and the great desirability of the immediate construction of the salt lake wyoming A california railroad to deep creek nevada the undersigned undersigner under signed nevertheless feel impelled to protest against the grant rant of that railroad or any otheron othe il the e right to use any street crossing of the city from east to west north of liberty park pack or the right to use any north or south street east of Thi third raWest west the I 1 impropriety propriety of establishing a railroad b belt uett between the city and liberty park needs no lengthy argument the park and its vicinity is the favorite resort people visit it during the summer season searon in thousands and scores of hundreds drive there daily instead of allowing another road to use Eighth South Street the road which already uses now it ought to be induced in someway some way to remove tt it the east and west road striking the penitentiary is in as near as any railroad ought ever to be permitted to cross the city east and west in scaling the mountains east of the valley they are in a better pu po siaion at that point than at an any point int north of there ere with railroads roween between the city and liberty park there is constant danger to life and limb on all to the park either by street railways or by carriages on the west there is already a belt nearly 2600 2500 feet wide including third west and sixth west and what lies between is substantially given up tip to railroad use one must take street cars cara or bus to reach third west froni from the big hotels he has to do no more to reach fifth or sixth west it is no object to any railroad to get nearer than fifth or fourth west they are just as aa well off there as nearer in the city cit yand ind property W owners are much better off we venture to suggest that the abovementioned road might without serious objection be permitted to come in from the west on third south to fifth or even fourth west and thu then to go south to te city limits on either of those streets we further farther enter our protest against nat the leasing of the old fort block k 0 ML any 0 her public square of this city or the granting of any right of f way through the same for railroad purposes J R walker M H walker ff W lawrence R G Bay Raybo bould ald jos 8 richards J T little samuel mcintyre alexander rogers P W madsen M P madsen J R winder jr T A williams 0 V spencer M E cummings Jam G A lowe david james hiram kimball P L williamx william john lollin G W snow E kimball Eim ball george cullins lins G W Lambourne Joslin fc park S 4 F walker T P F mulloy T M J bowman WT W T cromar 0 L hames haines J E galigher 0 8 varian J T clasbey asbey Ol W N williams W S godbe A W carlson Oar lson W H rowe bowe B H A J M tart dart J C 0 glanfield J J daly F D kimball W van cott N H clayton and very many others the petition was wan filed the reading of this petition gave rise to a discussion of its subject mattor matter during which hall stated that thab he understood that the ron hun john ayoung had made to the old city 1 council a proposition to move the tra track k of the utah central anil and he moved that seeing the gentleman was present he be requests tt d to restate re state stute his hia proposition nil rh motion emotion was waa adopted and mr young re si at by saying in substance that the proposition he had formerly made was to meet the other railroads and agree bol avenues of aug ess and egress and est establish a union depot the following addressed to the mayor and city council was then read your petitioners petition ers believing that the construction of a railroad from the coal fields of utah via emier tion canyon to salt lake city thence to the easterly line of nevada via deep creek will naturally advance the interests of the city besides furnishing a new coal supply which for the last two years vears has been inadequate they also believe that your honorable body should extend to such a railroad enterprise ter prise properly organized all assistance that a municipal apal corporation can lawfully furnish if it can be legally done they believe the interests of or the inhabitants of the city would be promoted by exempting uch such corporation from taxation for a number of years yeara we however view with some apprehension the purpose of allowing allowan g a railroad to pas between the residence portion of the city and liberty park the fort douglas line that now runs on eighth south street hay ham greatly depreciated I 1 he value of realty really abutting thereon noi withstanding notwithstanding that it is traversed by but few trains the granting of this franchise by the city council in 1884 was then and is now c by all classes of property holders without advancing any or of the cites interests it has greatly diminished the value of property and has been a serious barrier to ladies and children driving their own conveyances to the park hence we du do firmly protest against any further incumbrances on streets running eastend easta nd west lying between the residence portion and said park several railroad surveys have boen bien made from emigration canyon and in all allot of which the most serious difficulty presented was ta reach the elevation necessary to enter the canyon surveys have to b W made to the north above the cemetery and along the furnishing an easy grade without detriment to the city surveys have also been made southerly along the base of the mountains and the de aired sired grade has been obtained by going no farther south than the penitentiary tent iary we believe that any legitimate railroad seeking to enter this city through said canyon must to obtain the requisite grade take one or the other routes named neither of which works any injury to the city we believe that salt lake city is destined to be the railroad center of this intermountain inter mountain region and that all the central lines crossing the continent will converge at this point it is fast becoming t the e distributing center for the great inter mountain basin it is a question of but a few years when all the railroads must run to a union depoti depot will of nece necessity softy be located at some point between third west street and the jordan river biver we fui ther deem it unwise to grant without consideration to a railroad company the old fort block in consideration of such company promising to construct a line of railroad we believe the block to be worth and that the location of a depot so near the heart of the city will decrease rather rathe ethan than augment the value of the property yand and that there is no valid or equitable reason why such an amount should be donated to a company of which we know nothing we are in favor of grant granting ingall all po possible sible aid to any company that will construct the p proposed propose d rai railroad but such grant should be conditioned upon its construction to the nevada line we believe that upon investigation your honorable body will conclude that there is no necessity for the grant of either the fort block eighth south or second west streets and your pe titio ners pray thit the matter receive careful consideration at your hands J E doly D oly W W riter biter james t t barp chirp charles 8 13 buxton barton B E A smith L 9 Q hills H 8 young bolivar roberts W WH ai dh shearman earman J K gillsepie Gil leopie lepie H B clawson Ol awson jr L P kelsey H K 0 chambers joseph geoghegan E E rich 0 E R silverwood J E busby 0 j ff petit T U G debaer alioe alice butterworth Batter worth W L binder G H P rich bich ads J ff felt 0 J bourne rha fhe petition was filed A communication from the rio bio grande western protested against the granting of a franchise to the deep creek road ou on third south between fifth and seventh west streets as it would cross about twenty five gf cf their tracks A communication from judge harkness hark ness the attorney for the rl rio 0 graude grande western was read iu in reference to the same subject aud aad the judge made a verbal statement iu regard to it showing the danger anti and injustice that would ensue if the deep creek road were allowed to cross so many tracks of the A fe JR G the communications were ii filed let A from the mayor represented that the salt lake and jordan canal was iu in a filthy cpu cm and always would he be while it remained an open dit h and that the flume was rotting anil and would soon boon have ta t be replaced and rei re ended that the council instruct ina A the conal committee to report I 1 the cost of pipe or brick conduit cona uit adopted recorder hyams reported that the lists and plats pertain pertaining lug to the local for water main ex teu ten sious on the following streets had remained on file iu in his offit office e for ten days prom from the centre of Third and fourth south ou twelfth east to fourth south west oue one and one half blocks from the centre of fourth and fifth south ou on eighth east south to the centre of seventh and eighth south on first south between west wi est dempie aud anti first west on sixth east street between first and second south phe rh asses amentH were confirm od the r corder reported that no objections jecki bad been filed to the construction const st of sewers in district no 2 the city engineer report reported eul that was due elias murrin for cement work ou on duits allowed the same officer recommended that a system of sere screw us as be employed to exclude sediment sedi merit from the water pipes such as was successfully employed plo in san francisco aud and suggested that the work lie be done as soon as adopted rhe com committee on sart streets eta to w whom hom was referred the petition of E 13 wicks and others asking that steps be taken to lay a sidewalk on ath b ith sides of second south streetie street etke between first east and third east recommend rec ommen ed that the petition eti tion be granted and that fl ff tagging be used adopted the city engineer submitted a plat of floru subdivision anti and asked authority to approve the same granted the committee on streets we anre I 1 an ordinance granting a right of 0 way through certain streets ot of salt lake crity for a railroad to james H bacon his successors cesk ors and asdig assigns ns 11 councilman cohn said that the matter was one which should be given careful consideration chusid oration there was a difference of opinion among citizens in regard to the franchise asked for and petitions from both st sites jos had been presented it looked to him as if the council would be condemned if it did anti and condemned if it he further stated that the committee would offer amendments changing the route from that first proposed the amendments were made to section 1 which was yade made to read as it here appears appear the ordinance was passed hy by a unanimous vote and is is as follows section L 1 be it ordained by the city council of f salt lake city that james 11 bacon his successors and assigns have the authority and consent of the city council and the permission is chereb hereby y granted to construct and operate a single track standard gauge railroad together with all the necessary switches for the so ac of said road to propel there on cars care by bv steam power on the following folio wing streets of of said city commencing Omme Doing at the eastern city limits on tenth or roper street running thence west to the city canal thence northwest along the east bank et ef said canal to el eighth g hh south street thence west along said beigh eighth ih 8 south street tu to the city limits on the wes with a right of way for a spur from the intersect inter sec tion of eighth bouth and nd third west north to third bouth street provided that whenever any of the streets along the said roadway shall be paved then said grantees granlees gran tees their successors and assigns assi gos shall pave their tracks with the material with which said street is s paved on the following conditions to wit 1 ahat all tracks laid by said grantees granlees gran tees shall be in the centre of the af unless otherwise directed by the city council c and in such manner as may be approved by the city council 2 that all of said railway tracks shall be laid upon and conform to the special grade of the several streets upon which they run and andje if said grade is afterwards changed by order orde of the city |