St. Paul daily globe., 1886-10-30
STEAM FOR THE MOTOR.
Tho Gonnoil Passes An Ordinance Grant
ing the Use of Steam on the
Avenues,
And Positively Prohtb1ts the
of Horses, Much TO the Genera
Satisfaction.
One Year Allowed for Stea" ouO
stitute and TWO More for a
Gable Line.
-,o o,,,,i,Extended.

The Minreapolts city council paSSeu an
orJinorna AT Yesterday mornings special
session that will undoubtedly meet the puD-
lie view of the motor case, In substance,
tha ordinance extends the steam llmIt three
wears. giving one year IN when 10 nnu
Substitute for steam, and. faillng III InaI'
Two wears more in which to get caole Inc
in operation. The ordinance hrst extenus
the time to Nov. 1, 1889, ana the cOhui-
tiOns III full are as follows;
Provided, that the extension in TINS orol-
nance piyen of the right 10 use steam as mo-
tive power by any company now or nereAIter
onerating a street railway on Nlcoilet avenue
Thirteeuth street and First avenue soutu' III
the city of Minneapolis, is upon the 1oho"inS
conditions: That such company shall use no
more Messenger cars than they have now IN
+heir nossession and use, which shall be
longer than thirty-five feet; that 1t shall run
trains between Washington avenue IN salu
CITY and the So-called Lake Cainouh STA
tion in said city each way once III
every twenty minutes between the nours Oh
O'Clock in the morning and O'Clock at nlgh%
on ar least every half hour between the hours
of 9 and IL O'Clock at night, except that no
train need leave said Calhoun station, coming
TO said Washington avenue, after lu'oU dt
night And provided, further, that any cotn-
pany running and operating street railway
line upon said streets and avenues above
between Twentieth street and washington
avenue some motive power
OTHER THAN ANIMAL POWER
in order that any such company may aUoro
the best practicable and safe means for RAPID
transit 70 the people residing in the region OF
country accommodated by said railway com
panv, which motive power so used shall not
be changed between Twentieth street ana
Washington avenue, and provided further
that all switching at the northerly terminus
of the operation of said road as herein per-
I11itted shall be done between Washington
avenue and Third street. If the COM
pany operating the line shall not have 1ouno
some motive power other than steam
by Nov. l. 1887, which shall be satisfactory 10
the city council then the company snall take
steps TO put in on ITS line from washington
svenue 10 Thirty-nrst street cable line and
osbIe line nlant. and if the company shall not
have expended ut least one-half OF the
amount necessary to put such cable line IN
complete operation by Nov. l, 1883, then the
right here given to use steam snail eesss
after such date. but if they have expended
one-half of such amount they may continue
10 use steam till Nov. l, 1889, at which date
said cable line shall be completed and IN ope-
ration to Thrty-hrst street.
When the ordinance was put upon It's
passage quite an acrimonious debate ensued.
Aid. Lawrence wanted provision conf
peIling the trains to stop at every street
when directed by passengers. Aid. Cooley
opposed it on the ground of interfering
with rapid transit. Lawrence then charged
Cooley with representing the motor COM
panv more than he represented his con-
stituents, which Cooley promptly branded
as "a contemplate lie" After several
amendments were voted down. the ordi-
nance, as given. was unanimously adopted.
WAsHBURN IS WILLING.
Gen. Washburn. who holds the bond of
the motor company to take off steam below
Nineteenth street after Nov. 1, was asked
what he thought of the situation and said:
This ordinance as it stands contravenes
the letter of the agreement between the
present operators of the motor ana myself
about the use CT steam after Nov. l. But
as | said in my letter. il they show any good
intention of doing what is right, what they
have promised TO do, why, shall not stand
in their way on any technicality. They have
not tried to DO right yet, but have set up
shallow preteXts instead. cable line is
what is needed here, and what am in favor
of. and [ shall not be harsh in enforcing my
bond, if 1 see any endeavor to get one in.
EVERYBODY PLEASED.
The thousands of people who make daily
trips OH the line were quite well pleased
when they learned of the ordinance. The
horses and the switching at Sixth street are
unmitigated nuisances, and the sooner they
are abated the better. The company is un-
derstOOd to be entirely satisfied. and conf
dent that before the expiration Of the first
year they will have a satisfactory substitute
for steam.