St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-01-05
SPLIT IN TWAIN.
The Eighth Warders Again Dis
cuss the Low ering of Tracks.

.'Let there be light" shouted the al
dermen of the Eighth ward. "Do our
people desire that we insist on side
track privileges if the tracks of the
Hastings & Dakota railway are low
ereG?" in order to hear from their con-
stituentS they arranged for another
meeting of citiZinS at Relief as
ISOLATION hall last night, and it is
claimed by some also arranged as
TO what the instructions should
be, albeit that the handbills. which
were not generally distributed, failed to
state the real object of the meeting,
which was to relieve the aldermen from
the sidetrack prOviSO in the memorial
adopted at a recent meeting.
1t was nearly O'Clock when those
present were called to order. John Day
Smith was chosen chairman. and E. NJ.
TOuSley Officlated as secretary. The chair
explained the object of the meeting and
was asked to, but didn't. explain why
the call failed to do so. Then he under
rated the proceedings at the recent con-
ference between aldermanic committee
men and railroad officials relative to the
late proposition for lowering the tracks,
followed by the new proposition of the
railway company to be presented
to the city council to-mOr-
row evening, and a letter addressed to
the chairman by Aid. Cooley, asking for
side track instructions. Next he made a
little speech suggesting that the people
recede from their demands and leave the
aldermen to act as they saw fit in the
matter.
Then the fun commenced. Ed A.
Stevens claimed that no side tracks
meant 81 ton additional for every ton of
coal consumed liz the ward and beyond:
that no stock should be taken in rail-
road promises which they refused to
put in writing: that the company asked
$4,000 for the privilege of accepting
from the city grant worth in the i'm
mediate future at least half a million
dollars, and that if this was conceded.
the people should at least in
sist on as good sidetrack priv
ilegeS as now enjoyed, and not
be party to the virtual confiscatiOn of
business interests along the line of the
road. He then moved, as the sense of
the meeting, that no proposition not in
Guiding Sidetracks be entertained: that
the people insist on the prOvisO in the
memorial. An animated debate fol-
lowed, half dozen being on their feet
at time, and the Seventh warders
claiming a right to be heard. Finally a
vote was taken, and the chair decided
that the motion was lost. The point
was raised that it was lost by the aid of
those not residents of the ward, and
was again put and decided by vote of
20 to 10. the chairman voting first as an
individual, making a tie, and then the
deciding vote as chairman.
Orator FOote then moved that the
aldermen be instructed to take such
course as they deemed proper, and
amendment adding, land surrender
whatever the railway demanded" being
declared out of order. Considerable
discussion followed in which almost
every subject was reviewed, and the
chair prepared to take the vote. The
tide had temporarily turned. and on
motion of Mr.. Stevens, the motion was
laid on the table.
The ants saw their advantage and
followed it up, although hesitating to
reconsider the first vote. A motion
that when the meeting adjourn it be
until this evening, was carried. An
other to invite the Seventh warders to-
cooperate was laid on the table, and the
meeting adjourned until z 80 this even
ing, when it is expected that a crowd
will attend. 1t is evident that there are
two sides TO the question, and no one
can tell what Constructions" will be
given.