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Show LEHI GRANTS FRANCHISE ' For nu Eloclrio Jiouil Through Tho City. Tiiu Cllv Council met In special - session Friday and granted a franchise lo It Mahler o( Cleveland, Ohio, to operate an electric rnilroml through the streets of Lehi City fornjieriod of UKI years. Tliu friinclilso provides that it must bo accepted within sixty days by llio Cleveland capitalists, nlid tlmt llic strcota desired must tic selected within eighteen months, tlmt tlo surveys must be made within two years, and tho roiul eomplctid within tlireu years. A meeting wns held in the city hall nt - o'clock by n number of loading citizens niul the proposition mis enthusiastically en-thusiastically endorsed. The city council convened immediately after the adjournment of the mcotlui; and passed thy necessary ordinance grunting the franchise. Tiio promoter elated that it wns nut intended to follow tho comity roads, but tlmt outsile of tho cities the coin , puny would buy its own right of wav, 1 ' The road will councctnll the cities from , i'aHon to toguu. The motive power will be electricity ami the rate of speed will average upward of thirty miles per iiour. The cars will bo so constructed i that uinil, express and light freight may bo carried, as well as passengers. Curs will run nut l.ss than once each hour and on specl.il occasions oflener. The ,' fntca will bo about fin pei cent of the present late. Mr. Mahler was accompanied by Judgu S. It. Tliurman, who is looking after the legal mid ol things. p |