St. Paul daily globe., 1889-02-27
CLEANED IN SALTWATER.
The Telephone and Electric Railway
Affairs Discussed.
MATTERS A WEE BIT MIXED.
General News Of a Day That Was
Rather Quiet in the Bluff
< City.

Z Supt. Walman, or the Northwestern
Exchange company, came
|ofrom Minneapolis yesterday to consult
with those representing the Saltwater
Street Railway company. and a special
committee of the city council appointed
at the last meeting to consider the mat
ster of modifying the pending ordinance
granting the railway company the right
to maintain tracks and poles and string
|;wires on certain streets. The telephone
accompany formally represented to the
council at recent session that the tel
ephone company and electric railway
company could not operate their lines
on the same streets, as contemplated by
the ordinance introduced, without all
parties Interested took extraordinary
precautions; also, that a certain clause
respecting the railway company string
ing its wires ON the telephone poles was
Objectionable, and asked that special
committee be appointed from the coun-
ell to confer with the representatives of
both companies with view to
reaching all agreement satisfac-
tory to all concerned. j. N.
Castle yesterday represented
the railway company and agreed to the
striking out from the ordinance the
clause giving the railroad company the
right to use the telephone poles ''for
just and equitable compensation" AS
to the trouble feared in attempting to
operate both lines on the same street,
B. l.. Frudy, manager of the telephone
exchange, says it all depends ON the
way it in which the contractors propose
to build and operate the electric road
especially as to whether they will use
ground or metallic circuit, the latter
pie as the least Objectionable. How
ever, no one representing the contrac-
tors is here, and what their plan is can,
not be told until some one of them ar
riveS. Mr.. Castle, however, gave the
assurance that the railway company
would meet the telephone folks half
way and make all possible and reasona-
bic concessions. The ordinance with
the clause above referred to stricken
out, leaving the two parties to agree if
possible, on what terms the railway
company may use the telephone poles,
is entirely satisfactory to all interested,
and will be passed without opposition.
The telephone people express them
selves as equally deSirous with the clti-
zens of Saltwater that the street rail
way shall soon be an accomplished fact,
and would throw no obstacle in the
way of successful pushing of the en-
terprise.
j. N. Searles is at st. Paul as counsel
for the plaintiff in the damage suit of
Wheeler against the village of White
Bear.
The annual meeting of the Lumber
mems Board of Trade occurs Satur-
day.
The sale of seats for Kate Castleton
in "A Paper Doll'' at the opera house
tonight, indicates large audience.
Al son of County Commissioner Kitty
lpronOunceS his fathers condition as
growing more serious. and expresses
belief that recovery is impossible.
The Norwegian ski club will run for
prizes on Mulberry street hill at o'clock
this afternoon, providing the weather is
not soft"
d. r. \ oung, manager of the Sawyer
house, has resigned to assume charge OF
dining car on the 500 line.
A fire originating from an over
heated furnace in the basement of Con-
ham'S clothing store, in the, HOlcOmb
building, called out the fire department.
at 10 O'clock last night, but it was ex-
tinguished with nominal loss, except
that the goods were damaged by smoke.