St. Paul daily globe., 1889-08-28
None of the Grantees in FPo-
sition to Give Satisfae-
tory Answers,
But Lowry and Barr Say
They Are Perfectly
Contented.
Acting Mayor Yoerg to Take
a. Whirl at the 0r-
'linances.

day in connection with the city eoun-
cil's action upon the street railway fran
chises. 1t was a poser. No one seemed
to know just what the outcome of so
much aldermanic legislation will be;
but one thing is certain, property ,Own-
ers and citizens in general are inclined
to criticise the action of the city council,
in particular the citizens who were
prone to Sitdown upon the street rail-
way company. A careful perusal of the
ordinances passed and those before the
committee ON streets brings to light a
few interesting facts.
? Mr.. Lowry, in the first place, seems
to have shade the best of it. 70 be-
gin with. he gained the right to extend
the Selby avenue cable line from ST. AL
bans street to Fairview avenue. For
this privilege he gives up nothing, and
was not even asked to issue transfer
checks to connecting lines.
= soN THE SURFACE
1T would appear that he was much less.
successful with his ordinances for cleo
trio motor privileges. The wise men
who have followed the franchises
in their course through the. eoun-
ell, however, do not look.
upon the matter in just that.
light. In the beginning Archbishop
Ireland and Thomas Cochran Jr. were
most energetic workers in the interests
OF MIR. IowTy'S electric motor ofCti-
nances. When the committee on streets
returned for Mr.. LoWry's acceptance
franchise with provisions so onerons
that he refused9it, then these gentlemen
petitioned the council to pass a resolu-
tion granting Mr.. Lowry permission to
experiment with electricity for one year
over the routes NAMED in his original
Ordinance. This was refused but an ill.,
clination was manifested by certain
members of the council togrant Mr..
Lowry experimental privileges over
any OF his lines now in
operation. There tine matter was
dropped until the council, Monday
night. passed an ordinance authorizing
Archbishop ireland and Thomas iGoch-
ran Jr. to construct experimental lines
of electric railway from the intersection
of Seventh and Randolph streets to the
Mississippi river, and on Grand avenue
from the intersection of Victoria streete
to the river. 1T was provided that
MeSsrS. Ireland and Cochran should ar
range with the street railway company
FOR TRANSFER CHECKS
to their connecting lines. At the same
time an ordinance was introduced. to-
grant to the street railway confpaffyse
perimental privileges with electricity ON
their line from Sr1iths park on Fifth:
street, to WabaSha, to Seventh, to TuS-
carora avenue; also on tlieir line ruh-
ming from Ramsey and Seventh streets
on Ramsey to Oakland avenue, to Grand
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ordinance was referred to. the commit
tee on streets. it is more than probable
that this ordinance will be rep0rted
back and acted upon by the council ia
vOrably, securing to MIR. Lowry, through
Architect ireland and ,Nfr. Cochran's
ordinance, the privileges that he orig
lnally asked for, freed fr9m. the onereus
restrictions which tile committee on
streets saw ftatO imp0se.
The ThomsOn-ffouSton Electric COM
pany were also granted all ordinance,
in which no routes were designated, and
there is considerable speculation as to
whether they will build.
William Dawson, William Lindeke,
A. FL. Wilder, Z. II. Schurmeier and E.
g. Rogers were given a similar frau
chise, which some of them are in doubt
about accepting. and the route of which
is unknown.
James Jockey, Charles A. Moore, T.
L.. Birmingham, C. w. Horr, S. Ma
coffin and g. f.. Sutnbardo were au-
thoriZed to build a line OH Wacouta
street from Third to Sixth, to Smith av-
enue, to Forbes, to Douglas, to Lisbon,
to Pleasant avenue, to Benson, to the
Fort Smelling bridge.
All of these ordinances have yet TO
come before the mayor for his approval,
before they can be accepted by the
grantees.
TT Is DOUBTED
whether all of them will be favorably
passed upon. Mayor Smith is out of
the city, and 1T is probable that they
will be considered by Acting Mayor
Yeerg. When interviewed last night
the latter official had not had the docu-
mentS before him for thoughtful con-
sideration, and could not say what his
course would be should fire mayor not
return in time to assume the responsi-
biIity. Aid. Yoerg did not consider
himself bound to act in accordance with
his vote in the council. and was free to
state that he did not approve of the idea
of giving any one rights to obstruct the
streets for experimental purposes, as it
has proved hard matter in the past to
compel the removal of such obstruc-
tiOns after having once authorized their
existence, even Temporarily.
Whether all OF the ordinances passed
will be accepted in the event of their
approval by the mayor could not be
learned yesterday. Neither Archbishop
Ireland nor Mr.. Cochran could he seen.
Col. Barr did not know what their i'll
tentiGns were, or whether the city rail-
way company would constructand oper-
ate the lines for which they were
granted franchises. No proposition to
that effect had been received by the COM
pany from either Archbishop Ireland or
Mr.. Cochran.
Charles A. Moore, of the Jockey
Moore company, stated that his COM
pany had held no meeting yet and that
he could not tell whether their fran
chise would be accepted or not, but he
thought it would be. When asked
whether his company stood ready to
FIGHT INJUNCTION. PROCEEDINGS
by Mr.. Lowry, and what their course
would be should the street railway com
pany occupy Sixth street ahead of them.
he said: THE council has granted US
an ordinance, with rights on Sixth
cept it we propose to build the line, and
ONOl Viz AOuuS uoaO4g WhOpilSA IL -
Lowry builds there or not" His COM
pany. he said, had received offers from
the ThomsOn-Houston company to
build their line. Mr.. Jockey had paid
little attention to the company, and
would not commit himself.
T. S. Johnson and Attorney De Cello,
representing the Thomsen-Ho Houston
company, could not say what Their
course would be. Mr.. johnson stated
that they would soon make an effort to
secure routes. both in st. Paul and
Minneapolis, and that if they were sue
cessful the construction of interurban
lines would probably begin.
Attorney E. G. Rogers, representing
the LindekeDawson company. stated
that no meeting of the company had
been held, and that he could not say
whether the ordinance would be -sac-
cspted. He looked upon some of the
restrictions imposed by the council as
burdenSome.
THE MAGNATES TALK.
Col. Barr is authority for the state
ment that the city railway company
will lay tracks on Sixth street at once,