St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-05-29
SAINT PAUL MATTERS.
An Animated Debate Over the st. An
thony Hill Motor---Mr. Lowry
May Make Test.
he Trades Assembly viii Make a Test
Case of the Suit Against Boy
ootting Bakers.
Little Danger That the Capitol WIZ
Fall--A Boy Beaten for Alleged
Assault.
What Hotel Guests Had to Say--S1S'
nor Jannotta's Last So1ree
MuSicale--NoteS.
ST. ANTHONY HILL MOTOR.
Arguments Pro and Con BEFORE the
Committee on streets.


Committee on streets.
The council committee on streets held
quite lengthy meeting last night, with view
of giving all desired opportunity of express
sion in relation to the ordinance allowing Mr..
Lowry to lay motor lines on Oakland avenue
and other streets to and on st. Anthony hill.
A number of residents of the hill and property
owners along the proposed route were pres
emit and spoke on the SUBJECT. MI
l. V. D. Heard said he was op,
posed to motors Delng aioweu
on any of the streets or avenues as lney
would destroy the streets for residences
drives or business. C. A. Moore said he
realized that something would have 10 ne
done toward securing more rapid transit 10
and from ST. Anthony hill, as it now occupied
from half to three-quarters OF an hour 10
get up there or down TO business. AT the re-
quest of q number of property owners ne
wrote TO Mr.. Lowry concerning the matter OIL
Quicker means and as "a result or the eorre-
spondence Mr.. Lowry had an ordinance
. presented to the council giViny
him power to operate motors on the various
streets and avenues reaching st. Anthony
hill Mr. Moore also stated that he had been
informed there was q noiSeleSS motor now IN
use that had proved successful City Attor-
ney Murray addressed the meeting ana salu,
as Il citizen and as a resident OF st. Anthony
hill he was emphatieally opposed to allowing
motors to be run ON Oakland and adjacent
avenues and streets. On broad streets, he
said it might do, but would not do
on narrow thoroughfares. A cable
line he thought, would be all right and an
swer all purposes. He did not desire to en-
cumber ST. Paul with any more street railway
franchises Mr. Wilson said he had investi-
gated the cable line question and knew it
would be too expensive; that in San Fran
cisco it had cost Sl25,000 per mile to build and
operate. The electric motors, he said, had
proved n failure, and as nothing out the
steam ones were of value, he would favor
granting Mr.. Lowry permission to make a
trial of the experimental motor,
as proposed Messrs. Fisher and
Overton thought if street ears were run to
Oakland avenue and st. Anthony hill by
shorter route would dispose of the question
of quicker transit. They thought the secret
of Mr.. Lowry's move was to eventually get a
motor line to Minneapolis, and they thought
he should condemn the right of way and set
tie damages the same as any other steam line
OF railway would be compelled to do. Capt.
Berkey was of the opinion that if Oakland
avenue needed motor one was needed on Sew
enth street and other lines. Thomas Cochran
thought such line TO and on St. Anthony
hill was needed. He favored the Lowry ex-
perimental trial. After some further discus
sion the committee decided to give Mr.. Lowry
an opportunity to run his proposed expert
mental moter cars and hold the final disposi-
ton of the ordinance over for future action.