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Show I. INTERURBAN I J WILL ffiT A I FRANCHISE H At an informal session of the Salt j Lake commission yesterday afternoon RRHj ! It was decided to grant former State RRSj Sonator Abel John Evans and his as- RRRJ ( sociatcs a franchise for their project- H ' ed Interurban road to the southern H H part of the state, in accordance wit a RRhJ j. the provisions asked for hy the petl- rrhi Hj ;! The franchise, which will be pie- 1 aenled to the commission in a few H' dajs for formal action, will be for a RRH i period of fifty yearn, and will provide RJJJBI I that the road shall enter Salt La';c H I City by way of First West strept. RJJJfl f running thence to Norm Temple j i street, east to West Temple street, H 5 south to Fourth South street, wost HH to First West sticet, and theiuc Hfc The promoters of the road agreed RRnjj that It would not linn any coal norta Ht of Ninth street south, nnd wouid not H N take its baggage cars north of Third RRHJ South street, the Intention being to H1 run the latter into a terminal which HH it is proposed to build on First West Hjj street, between Third and Fourth RRKj South streets, where it is said that an RRRRKi option has been secured on n piece o RRRj I ground. Hi! Will Haul Some Freight. B It Is said that the company propose? H, to bring into the city r. quantity oL RRl milk and fruit, but will haul this RCRRS i freight in regulation baggage cars of RRRj a the same size and exterior airieatfinco RlllV j as its rogular cars. H I Tho franchise will require that the Rlliaj; 5 road shall grael the streets o-.cr H- which it may pass a r'istnncc of twen- RlllW ty feet on the outsi ? of its oute. H; rails, in the event the street is un- H, i paved, and In the event that pavemen. RRJJB' i is laid the company is to nave a dis RaajB ft tance of two feet on the outsiJt of th ! h outer rails. Ready to Begin Work. ProIded the franchise is granted at the regular Eesslon of tlv city commissioners, com-missioners, In accordance with th terms asked for. construction will probably Login within thirty days All plans of preliminar surveys hnvr heen completed and arc in readinc h t for final location and the compilation Rllljr i of the plat of the final working plans. RRll When work Ik commenced conslruc- M tlon gangs will be put to work al- Ralan along the line of the road from Salt RllW j Lake to Payson, the southern tei- Rlllj minus of the l'ne. M The financing of the road, the build - RajJl ing of which will involve between RIM $2,000 000 and 0.000,000, will be. for RlIBi the most pa it, by the A. J. Oram Rlll company of Boston. Salt Lake am' Raaaj Douglas, Ariz., which concern, with Rlllj! eastern associates, will provide abou: Raaajj two-thirds of the necessary amount RllB , to complete the road. j Included among tho prominent cap- RCllS . iUilist' of Utah who are Inrorcsted j , in t'jo project are State Senator Goo Rlll 8 C Whitmore of Xophi. State Sonator Rlllt Abel John Evans cf I.ehi, V. W H i Armstrong of Salt lake president of RlBB , the National Copper bank, Simon RaaaJI Bamberger of Salt Lake, president of RIH the Salt Lake & Ogden railway. Rjaajl known ns the "Bamborgor line;" Wll- Rfffl ilam R .Wallace cf Salt Lake and Rlll David Eccles of Ogden. Will Open New Territory. Rlll The route of the road as survojed R1H Is from Salt Lake to I.ehi, following RIIJl the west bank of the rivor through p RIIB rection not provided at present wit'. Rlllj transportation facilities, crossing th'. RllM river at Lchi and proceeding south to Rll American Fork, thsnee Pleasant ! Giovc, Provo, Springvlllc. Spanish ! Fork and Payson. Eventually tho IjaW line will he extended south from. IIIW " Parson to Ncphi. j The line will connect with the Bami ! lierger line in Salt Lake nnd at Ogden RaaM the Eccles road will transport passsn- ! gers as far north as Brigham City. ! One mileage book will bo good foi Raaajj aBsage on all three lines and pas- aaa sengers holding mileage will he cn- IRHai titled to travel the entire distance between Payson and Brigham CItj Ji was said latt night bv one inter- Ujn j estcd in the road that if constrtic- RalH i Hon can bo commenced within thlrt ! day the line will Lo In operation be- laa iween Salt Lake and Lchi next spring Rjajl Extensive plans are already unde; RH Wa,y fr, extending the ayetem to tjaaj , boise, Idaho, and po3slblv routc3 have RRII lf1 considered to that point from ll S Brigham City When thu system s RfHI j so completed it will b0 one of the RIIW longest electric roads in the world H Bamberger's Idea. IIH The idea of the intorurban road ! originated with Simon Bambertjor and ! H. H. Strauss, consulting engineer of aa the Merchants Light A Power com- ! , panl. and local representatives of the ! j Electric Bond & Sharo company ot !' J New York. Several ycrs ago Mr. ! j Bamberger and Mr. Strauss undertook Raaal , to secure the co-operation of Utah ! ;- county men in the project, but did not ! I receive much encouragement at that Rllla : time Later, however, other promoters ! 1 of the road succeeded In Interesting ! the present financial backers H ! It is understood that the Electee I ! Bond & Share company of New York ! j which has been conducting ncrqtia- IIB ; , tions for tho purchase of the p'lantp RB 1 of several of the lrage power com- Rajaa ( panies of this state, nnd which re- ! 3 cently secured an option on the prop- Rllll j orty of the Knight Power company at ! I Provo, is not interested In the new RaaaB intcrurban road. |
