St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-17
1t Repeats the Special Act
Ratifying the Company's
Valuable Charter.
Senators Scheffer and Smith
Are Expected to Complete
the Work.
Gov. Merriam Will Then Be
in a Most Awkward Posi-
tion.
Strikers Have a Long Way
the Best Of Lowry's
Game.

The st. Paul City railway COM
pany was peremptorily sat upon
by the city council last night.
A large delegation of the strik-
ing street ear drivers was present,
and they had the satisfaction of seeing
the council administer Stinging re-
buke to the company for its failure to
provide facilities of transportation, as
specified in its charter. Aid. Pratt pro-
voked the onslaught by presenting the
following resolution, which was adopted
by vote of twelve to four:
Whereas. The st. Paul City Railway COM
pa2y has failed and neglected TO furnish the
general public of said city with its usual
transportation facilities for several days last
past, by failing and neglecting to run its
horse cars $50 calledD upon. over and along
the different routes in said city, upon which
it has established tracks. without reasonable
excuse for such neglect now therefore, be 1t
Resolved, That the proper city authorities
- and they are hereby authorized and di-
rected that unless said aforesaid City Rail
way company shall within three days after
this date, cause their said lines of railway to
be fully operated. to forthwith cause such
proceedings to be instituted and prosecuted
to the end thereof that the charter. under ana
by virtue of which said company are now
tTanSacting business i'll said city under their
said name and franchises shall be declared
forfeited, annulled, and forever void.
The roll by which the resolution
passed was as follows:
Yeas-Blom, Book. Bickel Cullen, Fisher,
Gehan, Hamm, Leithauser, Minea, Melady,
Pratt.
Nays-Kavanagh, Sanborn, Yoerg, Conley.
Absent-Sullivan Weber.
In eXplainingthe vote, Aid. SanbOrn
stated that he believed the company
should be compelled to operate its lines,
but thought three days was not suffi-
cient time to limit it to under penalty of
forfeiture of its charter.
Aid. YOerg, representing the Sixth
ward, was also pronounced in his con-
demnation of the company's course, Of
fering the following resolution, which
was passed by vote of ten to five:
Whereas, The ST. Paul City railway COM
pany is not furnishing proper and sufficient
service on its lines in the Sixth ward, and
Whereas, The said tracks of the said St.
Paul City Railway company which have
been laid in The Sixth ward of said city have
never been accepted by the city council as
provided by ordinance; therefore.
Resolved, That the city engineer be and is
hereby instructed to cause all of said tracks
in the Sixth ward to be taken up and re-
moved out of the streets in said ward within
ten days after the passage and approval of
this resolution.
Aid. Hamm also came to the front
with his resolution, taking a somewhat
roundabout method of getting at the
street railway company. The following
resolution introduced by him was al
most unanimously adopted, Aid. San
born alone voting no:
The common council of the city of st. Paul
heartily commends the action of the house
of re CONSERVATIVES of the state in repealing
the special act of the legislature of 1888.
which ratifies and confirms the ordinance of
Feb. Z, 1882. in relation to h st. Paul City
Railway company, and that this council ur-
gently requests the senators from this
county 10 urge and secure the passage of said
repeating act by the senate of the state as
soon as possible.
Petitions signed by many citizens
were presented by the strikers through
Aid. Fisher. who was loud in his con-
demnation of the action of the company
sit is an outrage" he said, ''the way
the street railway company has been
treating the people. They have been
getting full rates, exclusive rights, and
are running no cars whatever to accom-
modate the people. | have here peti,
tionS by 10000 business men and citi-
ZenS protesting against their courSe.''
The petition presented was as follows:
We. the undersigned citizens of St. Paul
urge the city council TO hold a meeting al
once and take some action to compel the
street railway company TO operate its lines
at once or, since the company has an eXclu
sive franchise, 10 force a forfeiture of the
same and let the city control the street rail
way itself
An ordinance was also introduced by
Aid. Pratt for the purpose of conferrin&
upon the Metropolitan & Suburban
Railway company, organized in 1887
the right and privilege of constructing
and operating street railways and cable
lines upon the streets of the city. The
restrictions of the ordinance are practi
cally the same as govern the presen
company, and it is provided that the
first mile of track shall be built and op
Grated on or before Jan. l, 1890. Tht
ordinance was referred to the committe,
on streets.