Show It I The Saltair Franchise I I THOSE HOSE misguided SOl souls S who have e believed that thai T THoSE the Salt Lake city council has bas not given gi in in the t past last the proper attention to the rights of the people people peo peo- pie when public service ce corporations were asking I valuable franchises should give careful heed to the manner in which those selfsame rights are arc being behig I protected during the consideration of the Salt Saltair air franchise The Thc proprietors of the amusement resort resort re- re sort desire to el electrify their line and to enter the center of the city using a part of the of oft t the 6 Utah Light and Railway company for the pur pur- pose and divers amendments arc be being ng offered or- or all aU for the purpose of safeguarding the thc rights of the people The conduct of the thc city council at this time shows sho how bow misunderstood a perfectly honest and efficient lawmaking body can be Councilman Mul- Mul t vey than whom no more spirited public-spirited citizen t I walks the streets of Salt Lake desires that the Saltair Saltair Salt- Salt t air road shall haul the city garbage from irom the stat station sta sta- sta- sta t tion on the Jordan river to the thc dumping grounds 1 on the salt sail flats free of charge He also desires that t t the Saltair road shall curb and gutter certain streets f over which the thc line passes t There ought to he be no objection to this and it itI might be wise also to have the road sweep all nil the streets over o which it passes pes sprinkle them in the I summer time and them when the pave present paving pay pay- ing hug is exhausted Also it should bo be incorporated in inthe inthe the franchise that P. P Mo Moran ran shall have the exclusive f contract for whatever er construction work the Salt Saltair air road may find jt it necessary to perform f People generally who visit Saltair regularly during during during dur dur- ing the season season and and there are few who do not nott not not- t probably would prefer 10 jo ride to and from the ref re- re f Tt sc ort f-ort rt on electric cars catS sanitary convenient and comfort com com- t I fort able But that should not nol be he permitted to weigh with the cit city council in considering this request for f. f a franchise The be people of Salt Lake ar are totally unaware as to what is good for them an and this is I t the hc reason why they have handed banded the administration t tion of their t affairs over to the present city coun- coun cil How Hos- fortunate the city whose business is in ill inthe the hands of or such im an nn honest and logi logical al body of men zilch AVe Ve c fear that in the hurly burly of current affairs sufficient attention has bas not b been en given gi to tu the self sacrificing attention to dUlY duty of which our oui city cou council cil i is now gi giving so 50 c conspicuous and soult soul soul- t stirring an nn example I Citizens Cithens of Ill arc complaining that thai there is a combination bet het wen local dealers and operators operators ope ope- that has raised the retail price to nn an exorbitant tant figure It scarcely seems possible W I |