Salt Lake Herald-Republican | 1911-11-23 | Page 12 | Amendments May Halt Franchise

AMENDMENTS MAY HALT FRANCHISE Council Counci Will Struggle Tonight I With Wih Propositions Threatening Threatening Threaten Threaten- I ing Electrification Plan There i is no path lath of or roses before the S Railroad company's application for Cor a n franchise to electrify Its Is line Une to Saltair h beach ach as Is indicated il by the tIme nature of a dozen or moro mOlO o amendments which members of or the time city council hato ha have to offer oCer to lO tho the ol ordinance as HS presented b by the time company An n Ii Indica indication lon of lial Is coming comin Is 11 im h by Councilman Joint Joh Holley's Holls proposed Jhen amendment which will viii he be taken up at the council session to tonight tonight to- to night providing IIo for a change in th time proposed route lonte of or the lino Ino to lo confine time tho tracks to Temple street from Ironi the time city limits to Fifth Weil IVest thence cl im up that street to a connectIon with wih the time company's s lines Utah II Light ht Railway at itt North Temple Temple- The company objects to this thiE because it necessitates a single l track for fur three J or oh four foul blocks It I wanted to double double- track the time entire line lino and Insists upon doln doing this II to lo facilitate the operation of 01 ears cars ars lInt But time the amendment which ma may provo prove the tIme Insurmountable obstacle I is one re requiring re- re quiring- quiring the company to double double thewl the wl wi width th of tho the viaduct on North Temple street now used h by the tho street car company compan com coin pan Tinny pany and amid which the tho Saltair company compan desires to u imbe c. c Strenuous objection has hal been heen raised by properly owners to the use of time Iho li viaduct b by 13 more mOr cars th than at present on the ground that time the viaduct Induct Is so v that traffic Is hampered se se- se It Is contended that If more cars c-ara were run over it traffic would become so o congested that the tho entire section of time the course of travel In iii that city would have to be changed This it Is argued would seriously affect business enterprises Sonio fear has expressed by members of the council that if this timis is forced through It will stop the whole project and prevent time the electrification of the line However timer arc aie those Ir time the council who to fight for a wider viaduct Councilman M. M E. E Mulvoy proposes an amendment requiring the railroad to 10 haul tIme the city's garbage from a station sta sta- ion tion near the Jordan river to dumping grounds on the salt flats free of charge He lie also alo has bias some amendments re- re re requiring quiring the company to curl curb anti and gutto gut gut- to certain streets over which It proposes pro pIo- poses to operate