St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-20

IHe QueStlOu UIlclly 1ulGuO1s dhu 1uSu
gave way to answer aquestion from Aid.
asked whether the street railway COM
pany did not claim that its franchise
was exclusive.
Aid. Warren-You know as much
about its claims as l do. The point l
make is that the majority report does
not change the relation of the city and
street railway company. They stand in
the same relation that they did before.
Aid. Bursell, the preacher alderman
from the Tenth ward, asked the council
to consider the moral question. He
thought there was here bargain be-
tween man and man. He referred to
the street railway company as child
hood of the city's poverty and then OF
it as monster. He asked the council
if they could grapple with and control
two monsters. He thought not. Then
he turned and argued that the present
monster" could be controlled. Was 1t
right when the original monster sup
posed it was an exclusive monster. to
strip it bare so that it could not float its
bonds in the market? He thought
that would not be right. He preferred
made strong in the money market, and
W UldhO ulIO
suggested. GAS to the expenditure OF
money" he said, 1.-The matter will be
tied up for the next five or eight years
if we adopt the minority report"
Aid. Reeves put up his left forefinger
and said: "Now, Mr.. Chairman, want
to tell you how this thing looks to me.
1t reminds me of an old, hardened sin
ner about to die. He is afraid to die
and calls upon his Maker to forgive
him and spare his life and he will do
better in the future. If Anderson d
Douglas had not put in their PROPOSE
ton we should have never heard these
concessions from the street railway
company. Therefore, am for the new
franchise" Loud applause.
President Johnson-If there are any
more demonstrations on the part of the
spectators l shall declare this meeting
adjourned.
Aid. Downs-I believe, Mr.. Presi-
dent that the street railway company
agrees with the city attorney. or they
would not have made these concessions.
am in favor of this proposition OF An
derson q Douglas because it is busl-
ness one. / am not in favor of laying
this burden on the street railway COM
pany, which we were informed few
lfiOlIUIlo oSO w 40 WY POOis "AAASA-
had to reduce the wages OF its en-
plOyeS.
Aid. Potter asked if the majority had
any assurance that the railway COM
pany would accept the proposition, and
was informed the majority did not
know.
Aid. Vandewarker made long and
eloquent argument against the new
franchise, which covered the whole
ground. Aid. johnson wished to ex-
press his qualification at the remarks
of Aid. Sterling. He said: There are,
| think, more towards in the city of
Minneapolis than in all the rest of
the state. The course of the press OF
the city has been dastardly. There was
in an evening paper of this city to-day
a most contemplate reflection upon
Aid. Warren because he happened to
be in the clerks office a few
moments before the committee meet
ing. 1t was an outrage upon
him of the first water and lOathlngly
contemplate. There was i'll another
evening luminary of the smallest posi-
bic magnitude an attack upon another
member that was daStardly and mean.
l do not look upon these attacks as
rejecting upon the members of
the council, but upon the men
who can retain such opinions of these
representatives, and it passes my COM
prehension that men owning newspa-
pers in this city can permit their re-
porters to descend to such work. Look
ing over the street railway system OF
the city, | have made up my mind
that what the city needs is
rapid transit and not many new lines.
We have at present as well equipped
and as well arranged horse street car
system as there is in the country.
Now, what we want is more
rapid transit on these lines. Ander-
son and Douglas proposition is
to parallel, and thereby cripple
these lines. | cannot see how there can
be any difference of opinion on this
subject. The majority report presents
the only expeditions manner in which
rapid transit can be attained, for no one
is so stupid as to believe that litigation
will not follow the granting of this new
franchise"
Aid. Johnson referred to the transfer
checks feature of the majority PROPOSE
ton. and claimed it was the best feature
of the whole thing. He also referred to
the proposition from the trades and
labor assembly, and while he said there
was probably as little sympathy be-
tween him and the Knights of Labor as
any member Of the council, he con-
sidered that the most sensible thing
that ever emanated from them. and con-
Sidered it good business. If there were
to be any new franchise. granted he
favored putting them up to be bid for.
Aid. Sterling deprecated the fact that
the two great lawyers, Johnson and
Vandewarker, should be afraid of
two corporations getting into a lawsuit.
If this dire catastrophe should occur, he
could not see that the street car service
would be any worse. He denies
in behalf of Mr.. Anderson the
assertion of Aid. Vandewaker that
a crew would be brought from Chicago
to do the work. He thought five skilled
experts would be imported, and no
more.
Aid. Vogt asked when the council dis
covered that the street car company
was willing to grant transfer
checks. He recalled the time
when the council voted to compel
the street railway to grant transfer
checks. The answer of the company
was to raise the fare, and the city
never got its checks.
Aid. MCGOWAN made long, high
keyed speech against the Anderson &
Douglas franchise.
Aid. Loye said that he believed rs
per cent of the voting of the population
would favor the Anderson Il Douglas
franchise. That satisfied him that he
ought to vote for it.
Aid. Reeves attempted to read COM
municatiOn from Anderson Il Douglas
contradicting some statements by Aid.
Vandewarker, but was cut off by an OBJ
lection from Aid. johnson. There were
a few more short speeches and questions,
and at 1910 o'clock the clerk began
to call the roll on the greatest
question that has ever came before the
city council, The question was on the
adoption of the minority report, which
would give the Anderson q Douglas
franchise its first reading. Aid.
Adams, the first called, answered clearly
aye; Barrows voted no, Brushabe aver,
and so the vote went see-sawing
down the column until Hunter was
reached, when four members, Hunter,
Ingenhutt, Loye and, Lowell voted for it,
giving the new franchise decided lead.
When Thompson voted for it, the An
dersOn d Douglas people had