| Show QUITE A difference last week the oregon short line railroad company asked the city council to grant them a franchise to construct an electric gasoline motor railway from the depot up to main alain street their reasons for so doing are because of the great falling off of passenger traffic from this city going south since the advent of the ogden rapid transit electric line which has completely outdone the steam road in the matter of hauling passengers in conversation with one of the of office ice force in the tha ticket office at the depot the question was asked as to how much the receipts of the company had fallen off and the reply was between 1200 and 1500 per month at that rate it would only be a matter of a few months until the company could pay for the construction of the one mile or thereabouts of track between the depot and main alain street ss the T application for a franchise was vas referred to the committee on laws and a report will likely be made at the next meeting of the council |
