St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-16
An Electric Motor Line to
the Midway District a
Certainty.
Property Owners Protest
Against Extension OF Ex-
elusive Franchises.
They Want to Organize a New
Cable Company to Insure
Competition.

tbooo who ore owners of nronerty. who
Va. a,,,,,>,.;s, aln,oSt oil tba apents of
to-u"s eo.nli .,e .npln'ont, 'n.,io' hawe hoap
tile ci'S' the ueIeiop'i'e"'' A'"ro
OF the most vital importance. op W
few days ago the prospect Tor the eNten-
tion of the cable car line was hanging
j., tho b.1opcn Rut the meeting We'd
-. ,,ir,ht ,,,,ntioaIjv settled the
He'""' - ,>,.o,. ,,oo,,
question, ana lleie IS lo fo!isei ioo"'
for any doubt of the Immediate extern
sion of the road. In few cities the size
of ST. Paul would the mere building of
fa,v miles of cable car line be of such
-" ;.1,,,a,.ts,o II ;s naou,iarIv
immense llhPoI'aiice' ~ - p.sa a',''tlt
situated III thls respect, ~ it uiiueuGi- e'aii
edly has the poorest rapid lTailsil lS iacli,
ltles OF any city OF us slHt. ie ie'.s",I
for ms Is tlie lollS ol GllS voG'0,ri rir;mr ,s
leglslatuteS III years SoliG y! f. SSh;ss Sftns
10 one company an eAoiuS,tT io,ai 1i',r,SI honnd,
over "It Seeas u. e ot!0 +; b %aem rno-
aries. ne eilec. VI it i,t ',,,a w. - con
1olu. me pl!.t"l4 NY; Tielo ",n nost ~ henn eu
ctiltI"ot 1Ie b ei,a a.,,,tad ", 'i ir;iding m
ncmnact iieIni "t." snhstantial n% ctv But as time
compact supS ~ .t,J %. "I IN. Az
went on ana the tllchlS eSte'e.' uls
trlets became oNeIcloW utn, ~ Iht t, iieeeS- enS
slty tor SpfeaalnS out mo .ite sui-
rounulis coutItlS W pe'1tlio tt @0ao,u'e an'S nona
fast as new me VI stIeS' vGlS poi;t ~,
tfated the SPARSE! SetvIeu t1 suoolo w. i.e &c
terminus ahu route pecaile ; 'iie Soeht taot VI
nVely ouiluihs i opeia.lDnsii Ae 60, ;"o'
as ralifoaQ pun on l, sunui o"la arad l"i,,, mn
new ulslIlcls MY lioiSof opI1,,t P,t ny ~
anu pecae iliiehil $500 ibG. has L.,s
onopoiy oi tle stiee' &c ga, a+ara dnSe,n~ n"9
nau tel'uetcs ~ it'",a IL was 'st, natnrpl
flept III tlie SUI t,l;,. s,,eI1 I;,n;tIeSs
n3l Co',i pnS InoS ~ lie on ire oars
lshes as .iii1 p.lT uUe ~ NV on .S tuarn
anu oills oulf" VIZ, a,a raSrI+S ~.
uolluet, ~ VI orl, strnnaeSt nraSS,re
uliueI tiie voi stioiisVou Ist,,o -, g. po,,i
vast territory lying between :, 81. d.atn taui
ana Mlliheapolls iiaS le'laiieu ~ iJ q 9to.o
OF virgin nature. On ei'lel sIue wv wv
great cues nav oeeh 81. go" ihS, S,,,;.T;,. Hu'
tiils' tnG loTelleSt a?oo mi'nii,
many miles, mas tGili"ilieu yT, as
series VI 1uIhis iio rr,..n oa.so W
thlS Is easily seen. lnele was
no ieais " st''ig Gi'hea arta; ~ ~ iiul,t Unt
the 9istllct' IL Moulu Gei any ~ ti1s HoS
nave oeeli paslns spttuittIoif tt th ;ao iUt ino
sieel Gu soiiipauS' "itn ~ oilo =; ~
III lle slape Ia VIII WIZ ~ noM ,n w pue p,a
ia In ie f " r,S WIZ II would ,v have o henn e
N.I"o W. p''or+n,o't for . r;,oi con,
- -. - e..I ar,,,,,,,,- oo,,Id ~ :,
franchise. and Mr.. Lowry's company
did not feel like building lines for phil
anthropy when it could make money
out of lines running entirely in pOpu-
lous parts of the city. In consequence
devetopmeut was out Of the question.
But the men who owned the land in the
Midway district. and in tact all property
owners. began to see that the
time had come when it was
absolutely necessary to provide
access to this region so as to enable
men to go out there to live. The ac-
count of the progress of this idea from
its termination to its present fruition
has been published exclusively by the
GLOBE. The SUNDAY GLOBE for the
past three months contains detailed
history of the movement in this difec
ton, and is the only place where such
history can be found. 1t was aDSO-
lutely necessary to have an extension of
the cable car line or something of the
sort. A careful consideration Of the
situation caused those who were most
interested to arrive at the conclusion
that the easiest way to get the ex-
tension was to allow the present COM
pany to put it in. Many OF them were
opposed to this, but
TRAMpLED ON THEIR DISSEMINATION
!. ,o..a,.,,+,
tW cani, & - Tho, reaIiva5 the ~ faot e
~! ti'i atl'eoe1; u. my 4eaiizeu q. INC iaoo
f, tint @ otho ';ii "iii'
i ~ Gh+ III no o'Tr stToo, na 49, mao
the suTe.,o .loo oorrt for 10 a;mbt 1eors '
S,,0 aln ~, hat tor 80 -
~ GO, '',,o ',,a ", "ir 49, NO o.o w"
Thnlo 1TTh,npo'to to,,s moum lrod - | bn roosooh1n
1 ~ oon tI, ms ~ 49, o @
Hiiu tilo piIopelit oWhein .ii. naso ouilo ~
HHdnusolneiy Win tlleie assessments.
CollsluelaDly 9'GI hall Tue necessary
sull "ds laiseo lasl wen, aIiu aloulG
tleIe pe any 'eliueHc. o'l tiiS part oi
any TO shirk. GG:nmlttee VIII oe sent
10 talk 10 tiienl. however, Tue l"Gica-
Ilohs are tllaG no such actio! VIII oe
necessary ds tlle IiiIet llsls WHICH nave
peeii opelleu are iapluiS augLhehlihg ~
III nuiilpei VI h"iiioo "ao "iiiooh' VI suo-
Ailot.el ocne!hG lot Suoulodu iaplo
lal'sIt - lilatTiiaiiLlns ~ quietly put sat
ia1 a. ni"e,olliy' 10y tiiis nas hGver psen vent-
aiaa iid.Su ye., out ~ noahtns th Sl1re ol an
t4 tnictliG ny ro'ol a,ho my .iic MtuMay uis-
ron~b]v &C followS. An alno}r;o Jno+o1
will strike the city at or near Seven cor
nerS. IL Will run out through the w est
Seventh street district. strike the bluffs
further down and run along the summit
towards Fort Smelling. A line will
switch off to Fort Smelling and another
northwards to Reserve township. This IS
to be all independent corporation. but
an effort will be made to have the cars
run so as to make connections with
either the cable or street car system.
This scheme is not in the air, but is
Undertaking. in very definite manner.
and will be in operation Just as soon as
the new cable line. The two lines pen
etrating the Midway district will devel-
op that territory more than ANYTHING
oico oo,,1d ,,oce;i,,,r IL .I IN . r.,