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Show for several years, be made unless satisfactory sat-isfactory rights are given on Wall avenue. EXTENSION OF CAR LINES IMPROVEMENTS WILL NOT BE MADE BY RAPID TRANSIT. "Strings" Attached to Proposed Franchise Fran-chise Have Caued Street Car People to Call a Halt. Firm in its conviction that the city council is acting in an unfair manner In dealing with the franchise question, the Ogden Rapid Transit company has determined to abandon all contemplated contemplat-ed extensions of Its lines within tho city limits in the event of a franchise being granted on Wall avenue which has any "strings" attached to it. After hearing both the Btreet car company's representatives in the matter mat-ter and those who argued the case from the standpoint of the Harriman lnlerests, tho council, at lt6 last meeting, meet-ing, postponed its decision for another veek, and it is now rumored that the franchise, which is about to be offered offer-ed to the street car company Tor tho use of Wall avenue, will contain a clause restricting the company rrom establishing interurban connections or terminals upon that street in the future. fu-ture. The street car company contends that this restriction will act only to the end of making more complicated the floating of future bond issues anl that it is obviously unfair, lnasiisMlsai as the company Is contemplating improvements im-provements for the public benefit which will Involve the immediate expenditure ex-penditure of many thousands or dollars, dol-lars, to say nothing of the Increased amount of employment which the work will furnish to the laboring class. It le also contended that had the company com-pany any Intention of creating a terminal ter-minal for interurban purposes In that tcction of the city, its rights to do so upon the franchise for Twenty-nrta Kireet, which extends to Wall avenue, would make it entirely possible and convenient. Whether the clear franchise is granted or not, the company win prosecute pros-ecute its improvements as contemplated contemplat-ed along the Harrlsvllle road to Plain City and also to Huntsville as planned, but in no circumstances will the other cxtennions, which haye been planned |