St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-08
All THERE, MIR. LOWRY.
Anderson. Douglas & Co. Want a
Cable Railway Ordinance.

Anderson. Douglas Il Co. asked the
passage of an ordinance giving them
permission to build, operate and con-
troll tandard gauge cable street car
line, double or single track, on grade
Oh the following streets:
Commencing at the intersection Of Fourth
street with TWenty-siXth avenue north:
thence on Fourth street to Fifth avenue
south; thence on Fifth avenue south TO Fifth
street south; thence on Fifth street south to
Thirteenth avenue south: thence on Thir-
teenth avenue south to Twenty-eighth street;
thence ON Twenty-eighth street to Fifth
avenue south: thence on Fifth avenue south
to Fifth street:
Also, commencing at the intersection of
Fifth avenue south with Twenty-eighth
street: thence on Twenty-eighth street to
Fremont avenue; thence on Fremont ave-
nue. to Twenty-sixth street; thence on
Twenty sixth street to Lake of the Isles
boulevard;
Also commencing at the intersection of
Fifth avenue south with Twenty
street; thence on Twenty-second street to
Lake of the Isles boulevard;
Also commencing at the intersection of
Fourth street with Twelfth avenue north;
thence on Twelfth avenue north to Fremont
avenue; thence on Fremont avenue to
TwentysiXth avenue north.
Also, commencing at the intersection of
Plymouth avenue with Fremont avenue;
lneQCe on IIEInOuIIl avenue 10 rem avenue.
thence on Penn avenue to Thirty. fourth ave-
nue. north.
Also, commencing at the intersection of
Washington avenue with First avenue north;
thence on First avenue north to Eleventh
street; thence on Eleventh street to Chestnut
avenue; thence on Chestnut avenue to Six
teenth street: thence on Sixteenth street to
Linden avenue; thence on Linden avenue to
Aldrich avenue; thence on Aldrich avenue
TO Ontario avenue; thence on Ontario ave-
said nrta in Sto1f han Cd
and bridged over and across the st. Paul.
Minneapolis & Manitoby railway and the
Minneapolis d. st. Louis railway tracks, to
Irving avenue; thence on Irving avenue to
Erie avenue; thence on Erie avenue to
Newton avenue. But in the event that said
Ontario avenue shall not be opened and
bridged over and across said tracks aforesaid,
then ON the same course as above designated
to Aldrich avenue; thence on Aldrich avenue
to Laurel avenue; thence on Laurel avenue
to Cedar Lake road if said Laurel avenue
shall be opened and bridged over and across
said railroad tracks, with the right to cross
the tracks of any railway company that may
be located across, over and on any of said
streets and avenues.
The petition and ordinance were re-
ferred to the committee on railroads
and ordinances.
Anderson. Douglas & Co. explain that
they ask the passage of the ordinance
for the sole purpose of building and
maintaining a complete system of
cable and electric street railways. They
do not ask for the ordinance in order to
place the rights and privileges therein
on the m rket, nor have they any paper
scheme. They say: eve have associ-
ated with us in the enterprise some of
the wealthiest and most successful gen.
tlemen in the United States-gentlemen
who are largely interested in the cable
systems of Philadelphia, Chicago and
Pittsburg. The money is raised and the
The money is raised. and the proposed
lines will be built with all possible speed, if
the ordinance is granted and we are per
mitted to proceed upon the streets and ave-
nues named.
We deem it hardly necessary to call to your
attention the benefits which must accrue to
our citizens by the construction of a system
of the magnitude proposed. The cost of
cable construction is about 100000 per
mile, and you will readily see that an i'm
mense amount of capital must be invested
and vast deal of labor employed in the
completion of SO extensive an enterprise.
And, further, it is impossible to over-estl-
mate the benefit which will accrue to the
residents of those sections of the city through
which the lines contemplated in this ordi-
nance will pass, furnishing, as such system
will, rapid, cheap, frequent and easy transit
to large percentage of our citizens who are
now compelled to rely upon methods Of