Show L ACTION OF COUNCIL J fEEL i 9 Citizens Say Aldermen Gave Transit Too r Company l i r Much TRY TRY TO INFLUENCE MAYOR I f L j d ii il ill i'll I That hm Occupation Tax TaxIs ax axI t Is Next e t Coup COUll to toh UnIl I e L h I Taxation ft 1 Ogden Feb Feh l ID There U-There There were tho those IJ I t I hUay p who utTered offered urelee considerable uIo crl- crl i with respect to the tho city councils council's coun coun- cil's JUs action In passing m the newly newly- amended Ogden Rapid Huple Transit cu com com- n 1 i pans pany's franchise with the tho V lion ton tax clause attached It I was heM held heldon t on 1 many skies sides that the iho Is lit Insufficient In- In 11 sufficient to compensate the city for fori i so 10 valuable a a franchise for Cor a n term of or fifty years V When hen the franchise was passed by X the council counci several weeks ago It I conS con- con S tamed a pro l proviso o which aside from Its Is i exact verbiage intended to convey con y that In consideration of or the granting of or tho the franchise the Ogden fa Rapid 1 I Transit company agrees to pay the cJ city in annual payments the sum of or apportioned equally among 7 U tho the fifty fry years yar A week ago go Attorney H. H H. H Henderson Jel for the tho tw transit company com com- compan c pany pan introduced an amendment Inserting Int In- In t sorting Iho tho words as ns an occupation j. j I tax u us a term for fOI the to be paid to the thc city during the life of or the franchise This fhil amendment ment to the original franchise was passed at last evenIngs evenIng's even- even Ing's Ings ng session alt all al members except f r Browning and Austin Austn voting for 01 its Is passage ge Councilman Browning op- op 01 tho the amended franchise franchiso on the thc j S. S posed ground that since the the franchise franchise o desIgnated designated designated des des- the Ume amount as an occupation tax tny the cl should not tent at t any un rt future time Ie levy a n license or tax tux upon upon the street car company or compel them to contribute to the tho cl city nn any extra compensation Others Argue Arguo t c. Franchi-c. Arguments similar to the ole one submitted submitted sub suh- by ly MI Mr Browning at the councI council coun coun- cil cI meeting were heard in the lie cl city today One cJ city cIt s says S 'S that It H Is Isan Isan Isau an au outrage and points to the fact tact that Simon been given gl a a similar franchise l ho later atel bonded bond band ed Cd cl for or He lie le c that 50 0 f r was insufficient to lo th the r ef rm granting a year fifty and 11 expressed c the Uw hope that thai t time the c mayor may ma- f or 01 will not sign Ign It f. f official I had Just jut p returned This same ame hac office t from corn an nn uptown attorneys attorney It l. where ho sil said he had become thoroughly thor thor- Oli V. V convinced that O lie city ty can never sock seek nn any future UlL r revenue nu frum a u mI Ilon ii t m 1 t m undo unU t tto to io hiLve i Devin h 15 f hl cm ec a am m lar opinion pi ln- ln ML Craig of 01 the n city cuy cou l i- i President Crul ll u. i ell cli wa was seen regarding r. r el and ajl cud d aski-d d his nm reasons fn this th afternoon aHl f. f for fI favoring the aim amt udel franchise franchi maUI l' l said that was amI amplo am- am Mr r. r Craig CIa il for or the grant and I plo com compensation Ilen company car added tl that the street company Is js not ot becoming uncomfortably th the of or Us Its holding wealthy as a result franchise street car pr Tin sent 1 enl franchise still TIme The company's old sUl sUlI p of eighteen years I a period covers a getting gelling virtually said he an and we arc are 1000 for thirty n newly newl added cr cars a- a 1 K- K The franchise s 1 l not nol worth any more t w I than that hi in n the tho hands i The franchise Is ii now r o where it awaits nw his Conro awais r k- k of r jf Mayor or his veto It I Is 19 not a at ot all al signature 01 Ic influences will yet yel yellie et eto unlikely that strong trong wi W to boar bear upon the tho mayor brought beal lie hO o 1100 hits His I u with ith an effort looking Ils 1 amended the franchise a as a vetoing |