St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-11-18
A FORMULATED KICK.
Residents Protest Against the HI
adequacy of Street Car Service

adequacy of Street Car SEE
The council committee on railroads held
an unusually important meeting yeSleiu"S
afternoon. For months the residents III the
vicinity of Iavman's cemetery nave COM
nlained bitterly of inadequate street car ac-
aon,r,odo+iop Some two or three years
orro +I,a oi+i1ans in that portion of the city,
beinc DESTROYS of securing street car llne
cave Thomas Lowry lands to the value OF
g. 0o0 in consideration for which the Cedar
ovanne extension was built The extension
ic RIM on what is known as the flag sys-
+am ;, That is. a car which connects with
the extension car carries a flag. and all
riding ON this car are entitled to free trans
fer TO the end of the extension.
At Yesterdays meeting a large number OF
residents of that locality and Mr.. Lowry APP
reared before the committee and discussed
the matter at great length.
Rev. S. V. S. Fisher explained that pas
sengers were greatly inconvenience by the
lack of accommodations. owing to the irreg-
ularity of running and the infrequency OF
cars. No crosSwalks are provided and pas
Sengers in wet weather are obliged to walk
through mud, and in case they cannot get
on the flag car they are compelled TO pay
two fares.
Day after day the flag car is crowded so
those who want to go beyond Lake street
cannot get on the flag car. The speaker
had known many times where ladies had
found it impossible to board a flag car,
when the car was half empty long before 1t
had reached the extension, and in many cases
ladies who had come from flag cars to take
the extension had been insulted by drivers:
He knew of instances where drivers as GOOD
as told ladies that they told untruthS
when they said they had come from nag
cars The extension cars are frequently
late, and that, too, works great neon
VenienceS.
Thomas Lowry made an explanation OIL
the system. In response to the charge tnaG
drivers had insulted ladies, he said he de-
sired that any patron of the system should
make complaint at the Office and the matter
would receive immediate attention. NO
driver is allowed to use mdecoruS language
to any passenger. Mr.. Lowry stated the
company had lost $50, GOO on the line since
the extension had been run. 1t costs IS a
day to run car and the recelpts nave noC
averaged over So day.
MI Lowry had only recently heard COM
plants of the service. He was DESTROYS OF
giving good accommodation.
Mr.. Layman alleged that Mr. Lowry had
been well compensated by bonus for lay
ing the extension. He had been given lots
at $3.50 each and he soon after sold those
lots for from $3.50 to 500 each, and 1t was
understood that good service should be given
the residents in that locality. He had within
week seen car on which the flag had
not been raised.
MI LOWRY wish you would report the
numbers of such cars. We hold the driver
responsible.
Aid. johnson thought the most plausible
solution of the problem would be to aban-
don the extension car system and run a car
right through once in so often.
Aid. Morse suggested that the residents
hold conference with the street railway
management with view to possible settle
ment of differences. Then if no amicable
decision can be arrived at, the council will
take the matter in hand.