Show S iHAN HISE PASSES L OGDEN OfDEN COUNCi V S. S Stormy Session Before Measure Mea Mea- t A sure sure is Approved by Body H. H MAINTENANCE QUESTION i r City Fathers Grant Terms ReS Requested Re- Re S quested by Jy Railroad Interests I 1 I f V P Republican I Special Service Dec After After tin rn Aler A or of the Ogden city coun- coun n cl cn lasted until V near midnight Wh-Ch Wh th tn V mych Iad viaduct francho fran fran- ran ran- cho le petitioned for or by the tho Harriman rh roads d in In thi city was finally pass passed Th PhI That cr t the session was a stormy norm one ono Is i f putting PItting It mildly n as i there was no end of or insinuations uRton lobbying and V. V The matter has been heen r disposed of however and It is now v up to to- to Mayor Conro ConDo Conroy and the Harriman o of- of V w tg to do the remainder J th tho council convened it was WS i evident that there wa was something doIng do- do lug Ins and md that there was wa an element ro- ro S that did dIj not care particularly whether hey franchise passed or 01 not The These o S V Councilmen In introduced amend amendments men ts ta l i which hidi it I was almost certain the railroad rail rail- I road people would woul not nol accept under any and whoa when hn tho iho question queston was vas S nh put and lost bat the r franchise tr was tabled as though it was much though I so waste paper r Those who held hele out most InV In- In V S a against tp the passage c of th the franchise wera Cral Thomas and nr lug Ing 4 5 The matter maer was dropped under the 5 1 I committee reports and appeared tors U. U n until it I was waR r resurrected hC by h- C Powers under th the head 0 of third reading of or ordinances Councilman Council Council- Councilman man man Powers made a rousing speech In t. t favor or of or proc rIn procuring the Twenty fourth S str pel et viaduct Ia for Ogden g en under the mot most f favorable v terms term as aR did also Councilman Councilman Council Council- man maa These words apparently n t V had bad H F th ir effect and after the thc question queston V had bad found ronnel a leader others in support support sup sup- port of f Councilman Powers's conten conten- tinn Hons When It i was seen oen that the fran fran- I j surely pass the minority imbued with the idea Iden th that thit t since S It f passage was inevitable It mt might ht be beS bewell bewell bl S well to male make the best hest of it i. i S Is 1 1 Hurled From Prom that time on things s assumed aS amOr a amor S m mor r peaceable air all and alOo almost t every 5 member t f f the tho council counci had either elhel an r r amendment or a n suggestion mg ston For For- fully ul S t to o hours the thc que question lon was discussed until Recorder n c Critchlow CrIchlow was hurl hurled burled r under a mass of oC am amendments All Al of ot the tho amendment amendments were finally lost or Withdrawn until tho the franchise passed In its Is entirety and out of the new provisions added the tho following lowinS English was vas deducted nl n S i. i That when hel the is completed In accordance with the plans and nd is suitable and sufficient t to the the thc tra travel over o and alon along said saM V V 8 street the thc same saml shall shah be delivered to and accepted b by Ogden city cl and and there thoro- halt inc one half of o the thc roae ny roadway over ocr said ald viaduct shall shaH be maintained b by the tho cl city and the other one half hI together with anc tho the structural portion porton of or the tho viaduct sha shall 1 be bC maIn maintained by b the grantees rt tees l. l S That the city reserve the tho S ct right to grant to an nn interurban or a n aS S t car company a a franchise to oper-l oper i S Dod maintain tn In n a f road rond Tont over tho the V lt in duet r lt F tr tr pt oi n cm eom po n n nI the responsibility of ot th the j maintain the tho structural I VS S S f railroad l company maintain company V f. f tural lural V portion and on one halt halt ha ot or tho the cx- cx i I rod roadway o ot of the ny The bone of or contention on both sides I has h. h been en the ot or maintenance i haR and an Engineer eorge c of the i roads when seen oen after meeting meet meet- he was not nol in a tug ing said Raid that n I Inot position to state definitely whether 01 or not his company compan would accept the franchise franchiso fran fran- chise chiso as passed he hc had hat crr every reason to tob l b belIeve that it would bo he accepted Conroy will sign ll tho Whether Mayor v question franchise is another S S The Tho meeting was was' attended 1 by y many manS business men all al of or whom V sC seemed prominent anxious to seo th the tho matter mater setS set set- et- et 5 mot amions S V tic 10 Th Th railroads also wall rep- rep n S relented d. d only onh one ole V from this there wa j Aside wa In 10 the tho d sensational r fn viaduct f the tho ar argument on the heat hedt of and after one or more moro l nar V had hail been hben passed Councilman hearing a aV S enjoy would said h he Powers s woul 2 JOW ts from the Sp special the delegated sov several ral months was V which 5 I 1 into th the tho Willard Willara canyon can can- Q ago O to inv investigate Wiard t and ann power question He lie irL m- m water ator queston yon A in fa about due duo report this that L L- L V V view view- of th the Councilman foot fact Olt that wo O Thomas are all al immediately imme Imme- getting getting get get- Jel- Jel ting q d with the remark that this V ro rose roso bp he forthcoming before thoV tho would report hp qualified his state- state V and the year ad Councilman Powers power V V y addressing at- at V V V V lh remark I 1 hope hop this will wi sat sat- 1st laZy you ou final the to vote vetO opposing VV Sop bie c only V en cast enat t by franchise was passage p O of or the tho a s S Drowning J V C. 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