| Show COUNCIL GRANTS CLARK FRANCHISE Says Company Will Begin at Once Orice Construction of New Road ROUTE ON EIGHTH WEST Bc Result lions n us to Freight antI and Company to Grade Grade- Streets Tho The city council last evening e granted grant grant- ed u u. franchise to HaH Harry P P. Clark giving In ing ng him permission to construct and operate an urban and suburban railroad railroad rail rall- road through Salt Sail Lake CIl City Some chan changes es were made mado in tho ho terms of the franchise as originally presented for or consideration After the passage of the he ordinance representatives CS of the proposed new railroad stated that acceptance would bo be tiled Hied within 30 daS days thays and work worl would be e begun un cg-un Immediate Im Im- mediate mediately Incorporation of the company company com corn pany pony will be effected within the next ten en days The rime ordinance as granted gives Ilves to 10 H. H P. P Clark as trustee for or a corporation corpora corpora- lion ion to bo be formed the right to conI construct con con- I street a road to be operated by electricity elec clec- or any aisy motive power powel except steam on tho the following A single or 01 double track beginning on the west line o of Second West cst at the Intersection of Fourth South thence north along Second West cst to Second South thence cast east on Second South to West Vest Temple thence south on Vest West Temple to Fourth S South uth thence alon along r Fourth South to the Jordan river and antI thence westerly to the city limits Also beginning at the northern end of Marlon Ma Ma- aIon a- a Ion boulevard and Ud running south to Ninth North orth thence cast along Ninth r North to Eighth West Vest thence south along along- Eighth West Vest to the he southern boundary of the city Must Grade anti and Gravel Where the canal is on EI Eighth West Vest tho ho company must grade and gravel the tho street from Fifth Firth North to Ninth 1 North and must leave a roadway at atea least ea t sixteen feet wide on the west westside westside westside side of the street the canal not to be Interfered with It must also grade grado from Ninth South tOl toj the to the city limits limit and must k el tho-a tho sl repair and ami do ania ia pat king king- t to-adI to O 1 dJ 1 a anc nc 1 tr Q- Q J C th e r. r of ot Us Its trackS r The c company will wm be torUn to torun torun run cars CaIS over o the tho lines Jines every half halt hour between C G a n. n m m. and midnight and the tho fare shall be 5 cents over o tho the entire system No freight may be be hauled except midnight and I 6 Sam a. a in cast east of oC Eighth Eig West e t and I cars cUS snail shall not havo more mOIe than one trailer h-aller to each motor car cal Commutation tion tickets ets arc to be bd Issued at the rate of CO GO to for I 2 and amid for school chil dren for Policemen anti and firemen lire fire men in uniform are to ride free Must ut PU Special Tux THY Time The members of oC the lie council were careful to Insist t that tome some revenue come como to the city for Ol the time privileges A special tax is to be paid each year car carl l amounting to one and a half per cent of tho the gross earnings for or tho the first live five years rears and two per cent thereafter No payment In any year car to bo be less hess than 1000 This Is to be exclusive l of or the property tax and is In lieu of oC license The usual safeguards are required to protect tho city from rom damage o by of oC any act of or the company compan or and It Is provided that after six months months' notice tho the council ma may re require require re- re quire wires to bo be placed under ground The Tho franchise will expire Jan Jon 1 1 1956 The Time ordinance was dealt leak with in executive ex ex- c session and afterwards adopted unanimously by ity the thc whole council H. H P P. Clark Cark and W. W J J. J Purcell appeared appear appear- I ed Id for or tho the com company pan to be bo formed The They stated that the them company was re- re ready to begin work Mr l Purcell said that he lie would at once telegraph the tho Now New York people who were behind the proposition and anel organization of tho ho thoI I company would bo be effected as ruI soon as the they could arrive hero which would be within a a. week The construction machinery ma ma- chinery was wal already In San Francl Francisco co and would be bc Immediately sent here He expected his men from Cram New York within a week To o Enlarge Ca Canal tail A recommendation of or the city engineer enl engi lice neer that the board of ot public works be authorized to advertise o for COI bids for or teams and labor to enlarge tho time Jordan and Salt Lake City canal from tho thie Jordan Jordan Jor Jor- dan narrows to Big Dig Cottonwood creek was carried Another recommendation was adopted adopt adopt- ed ad providing pro for fot Ol an Intercepting sewer south of Seventh North street at a cost of and a drain tile on top tOI at a cost of 5 2600 A petition from residents o of Fourth street asked ed that the time property at the end amid of oC the lie street which though used as da a street Is not the property of tho ho ell city be purchased ed at a cost of oC 1000 was presented and amid E. E F F. Colborn was heard In ins Il Its support The fh appropriation tion ion passed but Councilman Wells Polls gave savo notice that he ho would at the next meeting move a reconsideration of or the vote On account of or the holding holding- of oC tho the primaries next Monday evening adjournment ad- ad was made to Tuesday oven evon- I Ins ing ng |
