St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-19
operate in connection Herewith the follow

operate in connection Herewith the follow
ing horse car lines:
North-The line on Washington avenue,
from Twentieth avenue north to its terminus;
The line on Twentieth avenue north from
Washington avenue to Penn avenue
The line from Twentiethavenuen north to
Emerson avenue to Thirty-second avenue
north, which last line. shall be completed
during the season of 1890.
They shall build and put in operation be-
fore Nov. 1st 1891, a cable line from the
corner of Bloomington avenue and Thirty
second street, thence north on Bloomington
avenue to Franklin avenue, thence on Frank
lin avenue to Eighth avenue south; thence
on Eighth avenue south to Fourth street;
thence on Fourth street to First avenue
south; thence on First avenue south
to union depot at High street;
pleted the following horse car lines shall be
operated in connection Herewith:
The line On Thirteenth avenue south, from
Twenty-ninth street to Franklin avenue; the
line ON Eighth avenue south and Franklin TO
it terminus.
The Cedar avenue line shall be extended to
Thirty seventh street, when properly graded.
and this line can be operated in connection
with the Bloomington and Franklin avenue
cable, or with the Washington avenue cable
line, as the council may desire.
They shall build a cable line from the In
tersection of Hennepin and Lyndale avenues,
on Hennep1n avenue across the bridge, on
central avenue TO SlXtQ street, tueuCe Ou
Sixth street to Third avenue southeast;
thence OH Third avenue southeast to Harrl-
son street; thence on Harrison street to
Twenty-Ninth avenue northeast; this line to
be built by Nov. l, 1891. All the East side lines
shall be operated in connection with this line
as the council may in the future decide, and
on the West side the Lyndale and Douglas
avenue lines shall be operated in the same
manner.
They shall build and operate horse car
PlVmO1th WASHINGTON
avenue to Glrard avenue during the season
OF 1890. The building of this line may be
rescinded if the council sees fit; also shall
extend the line now built on Crystal Lake
avenue up Penn avenue five blocks within
one year,
The Sixth street line, which is now ope-
rated up Eighth avenue south. when the
Eighth avenue cable shall be completed shall
be continued down Sixth street to Ninth aV-
enue south; thence on Ninth avenue south
from Sixth to Seventh street; thence on Sew
enth street south to Cedar avenue: thence on
Cedar avenue to Minnehaha avenue: thence
on Minnehaha avenue-to Franklin avenue;
thence on Franklin avenue to Franklin ave-
nue. bridge.
The city council may designate one of the
present street railway lines upon which the
Minneapolis Street Railway company shall
experiment with electricity as a motive
power. which experimental line shall be in
operation not later than six months after
such lille has been designated. When cleo
trlclty, applied in any form upon such eX-
detrimental line, shall have been proved
practical success, then the said Minneapolis
Street Railway company may, and when
ordered to do SO by the council, shall operate
electric lines with the power applied in the
manner which has proved a success on such
experimental line upon such existing horse
car lines as the city council may designate as
suitable for electric street railways.
Also provided, Said experiment with said
electric lines shall prove practical success,
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construct and operate an electric line, be-
ginning at Twenty-seventh avenue northeast
and Sixth street northeast: thence on Sixth
street northeast to seventeenth avenue north
east; thence on Seventeenth avenue north
east to either Washington avenue or Adams
street; thence south on said Washington or
Adams street to Central avenue; said line to
be in operation within one year from the
time that said above-named experimental
line shall have proved practical success.
Also. provided. such experiment with said
electric line shall prove a practical success
said company is authorized and required to
construct and operate an electric line begin
ming at Thirty fourth street and Penn ave-
nue.: thence south on Penn avenue TO Crys-
tai Lake avenue; thence on Crystal Lake av-
enue to Twentieth avenue north; thence on
Twentieth avenue north to Washington ave-
nue., said line to be in operation within one
year from the time when said above named
experimental line shall have proved prac-
tical success.
SAID minneapolis Street Railway company
shall pay to the city of Minneapolis an an
nual tax or license fee of S25 per car for
each and every car hereafter operated by it,
either by cable, electric or motor power TO be
paid on the LIST of January each year for the
operated during the previous year. SO
soon as the proposed cable lines upon Wash
ington avenue and First avenue north shall
have been completed ana are in operation,
the said Minneapolis Street Railway COM
pany shall issue transfer checks to any pas
sengers on any Of its connecting lines who
shall pay the full fare of five cents, which
transfer checks shall entitle the passenger SO
receiving the same to continuous passage
on any connecting line. (The following sec
ton provides how this is to be donel:
The Minneapolis Street Railway company
shall execute to the city of Minneapolis its
bonds in the sum of 1925, 600, with good
and sufficient sureties to be approved by the
city council and conditioned that if SAID
street railway company shall neglect or fail
to complete said cable lines or said expert
mental electric line within the time specified
for the construction of said lines that
in such case said company shall forfeit
to the city of Minneapolis 100000 for each
of said cable lines not built as agreed, and
S25, 900 in case of default in beginning the
operations of said experimental electric line.
The Minneapolis Street Railway company
shall have ten days in which to accept the
conditions of the accompanying resolution,
and, if accepted, this council pledges itself
to grant no new street railway franchises.