St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-08-14

fixture of their present franchise.
Aldermen Melady and Fisher spoke
briefly in objection. Aid. Sanborn ia
vored the motion, stating that the sec
ton, if passed, would prevent the con-
struction of all of the proposed
electric lines. The bondholders, he
said, would not accept such an ordin-
ance, even if Mr.. Lowry would. He
thought, however, that they ought to
accept it with the Objectionable clause
stricken out. at appears" retorted
Aid. Fisher at the close of Mr.. SaR-
born's effort in behalf of Mr.. Lowry,
cept anything unless it gets every
thing" Aid. Cullen's motion was de-
feated by the following vote:
Yeas-Ald. Cullen. Pratt, Sanborn.
Sullivan, Weber.
Nays-Ald. Blom, Book, Conley,
Fisher, Gehan, Kavanagh, Leithauser,
Minea, Melady, Yoerg.
A motion by Aid. Book to so amend
section that the company would be
obliged to construct the West Seventh
street line to the Fort Smelling bridge
instead of stopping at Tuscarora avenue
was lost by vote of nine to six. Aid.
Pratt'S motion, however. providing that
the University avenue line should not
stop at Prior avenue. but be continued
to the west city limits, prevailed. Aid.
Gehan and Book alone voted in the
negative. No other changes were made
III the ordinance, an outline of which
has been published. On motion of Aid.
Gehan the passage of the Lowry ordi-
nance was deferred, the council next
taking up the Dawson-Lindeke fran
chiSe.
THE OTHER ORDINANCES.
The ordinance presented was almost
identical with the one drafted by the
committee on streets, and few changes
were made in it. The provisions of
section eighteen, in which the company
agrees to operate two miles of their line
within one year and the remainder
within two years, was amended by Aid.
Kavanagh in such manner as to exempt
the company from forfeiture in case
they shall be hindered or delayed
in their work by reason of
any public improvement being car
ried on, or otherwise hindered
without fault on their own part. On
motion of Aid. Sullivan it was provided
that no track shall be constructed on
the Minnesota Transfer company's
bridge across University avenue. The
ordinance presented by Joseph Jockey,
SuuIiCo n. II. oil
c. w. Horr, Beriah Magoffin and c. l..
Sumbardo was then taken up and made
to conform with the two previously
read and placed on their final passage.
This company proposes to build line
from Third and Wacouta streets, on
Wacouta to Sixth. to Smith avenue, to
Forbes, to Douglas, to Lisbon, to Pleas
ant avenue, to Benson, to the bridge at
Fort Smelling.
The Thomson-Houston ordinance was
next taken up, and referred to the COM
mittee on streets, not having been be-
fore that committee. The only new
clause in the ordinance was that the
company agreed to construct and OPP
crate five miles the first year, ten miles
the second year and fifteen miles the
third year, Or such additional miles as
the council may order. Aid. Cullen
also introduced an ordinance bearing the
name of the Acme Electric company.
which, with the one in the interest of
William S. Allen and Thomas O..
Swney, the Davenport capitalists, was
laid over to be acted upon in future. A
motion by Aid. Gehan, previous to ad
journment, to place the Lowry ordi-
nance upon its final passage, was lost
by vote of 7 to 8.