St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-07-21
CABLE LINE ORDINAN
The City Council Transacts Grist of
Important Business,
Legislation in Behalf of Street Cars of
Two Kinds.

Among the public improvements order ed
by the city council last night were the
grading of Indiana avenue, from Dakota to
State street; grading Fairfield avenue, from
Dakota to State street; grading Won Min
den street, from Western avenue to Dous-
man street; grading Western avenue, from
Pleasant avenue to the right of way of the
Chicago, Milwaukee Sc st. Paul railroad.
This order was passed over the unfavor-
able recommendation of the board OF pub
lie works. Paving Chestnut street with
pine blocks, from West Seventh street to
the Mississippi river.
q ST. ANTHONY HILL CABLE LINE.
An ordinance relative to the st. Paul
City Railway company passed its first read
Ing and was referred to the committee on
streets. In substance it granted the st.
Paul City Railway company the right to
operate in this city by underground cable,
III connection with stationary engines, a
cable line, on Fourth street from Broadway
to Seven Corners, on Third street from
Seven corners to Selby avenue, and thence
! on Selby avenue to Dale street, the line to
be constructed with two double tracks. the
rails to be laid on the established grades
of the streets, so that carriages and
vehicles can easily and freely cross
them at all points. The provisions are
made that the company shall. on making
the necessary excavation and works for the
construction of the cable line, replace the
streets in as good condition as they were
previously, and shall keep that portion OF
the street between the rails and for two
feet outside i'll good repair. aud shall con.
Struct and maintain retaining walls on thu
south side of the tracks between Third
street and Summit avenue sufficient to re-
tain the earth. 1t shall grade the eight
feet on the north side of its tracks on
Selby avenue, between Third street ano
Summit avenue, and build any retaining
walls that the city engineer may deem nee
essary, all the grading and building OF
walls to be under the direction OF the city
engineer. That the company shall, within
thirty days from the passage OF the ordi-
nance, file with the city clerk, written
acceptance of the ordinance and an agree
ment to construct, equip and operate the
cable line, as provided, on or before Nov. l
1887, and the company in the operation OF
the plant shall burn or use no bituminOu;
coal. A like disposition was made Of
an ordinance granting the st. Pau
City Railway company the right tC
operate on Ramsey street. from Oak tt
| Oakland; thence on Oakland to Grand ave
! nue.; thence on Grand avenue westward tt
the city limits, motors adapted to street
| railway passenger service, said motor to be
| propelled by any power except steam which
may be appropriate for such service. The
company shall observe the provisions of all
existing ordinances relative to the laying OF
| its rails ana keeping its tracks clean and in
| repair and shall have its track or tracks
laid Oh or before Nov. 1. 1886 from Oak tC
Victoria street, corner of Grand avenue.
FOR THE BENEFIT OF PARKS.
An ordinance requiring the payment of
| money IN certain cases of the vacation OF
public grounds. streets, alleys and highways
| within the limits of the city, passed the
first reading. 1t provides that when the
common council shall determine to va
cate any public grounds. streets,
alleys or highways under the provision OF
section s, page 46 of the municipal code of
st. Paul and no other public grounds,
streets, alleys, or highways, property
plated and dedicated to the public in lieu
OF such vacation or discontinuance, then
the owner or owners to whom the title of
said lands so vacated or discontinued would
revert, shall pay into the city treasury such
sum or sums of money as the common
council may deem equitable and just, and
as condition precedent to the vacation
prayed for, and all moneys arising out of,
and collected under this ordinance. shall be
set apart and constitute fund to be called
the public park fund.- and credited to the
ward in which any such vacation is con-
summated, and shall be used for no other
than public park purposes.