St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-07-26
LOWRY WILL ACCEPT.
The Street Railway President
Swallows the Councils
Camel.
The Body Of R. H. Taylor,
Drowned at Calhoun, Re-
covered.
A Reformed Gambler Dis
courses at Westminster
Church.
A Tame Indignation Meeting
in the Third
Ward.
My name is Thomas Lowry,
Tom Lowry is my name,
/ own the street railway

Tom Lowry is my name,
own the street railway
And operate the same.
And he will continue to do so from
the old stand.
President Lowry returned yesterday
morning from the East and went to his
Office on Second street north at 10
o'clock. There he found G. q.
Goodrich, his general manager,
and copy of the resolution
passed by the council last Friday, offer
ing him the privilege of putting about
$1,000, 900 worth of improvements in his
street railway service, with the alterna-
tive of fighting rival company in the
courts. At noon President Lowry was
still reading the resolutions, and told
the reporters he could not say
whether the proposition would be
accepted by the company or
not. He said: II hardly think we
shall arrive at decision to-day. We
have until July 81 to decide upon the
matter. The proposition is long one
and has to be considered carefully.
The engineer is looking over the lines
to see whether it is feasible to build all
the new lines and extensions. There
may be changes and amend
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com panv or by the council"
President Lowry was driven to his
home and ate his dinner as any other
man would who had done good morn
lng's work, and returned to his office.
At 4:30 o'clock GLOBE reporter called
at the street railway offices. The sub
iect of the councils proposition
had been apparently dismissed
from his mind. He was clos
eted with Architect Burlington
discussing the Arcade opera house at
St. Paul.
Twill there be anything done to-day
about the councils proposition" the re-
porter asked.
Eyes, there WILL" replied President
Lowry.
"What will be done?"
ut will be accepted"
''As it stands?''
Eyes sir, as it stands. and it will be
carried out to the letter.
Mr.. Lowry did not know anything
about the probable action Of the mayor,
but he apparently felt confident that
his acceptance of the proposition set
tied the matter. as in fact, it does, for
if the mayor should interpose a veto
the resolutions could be easily
passed over it.. since they re-
ceived all but one vote in
the council on Friday night. Mayor
Babb had the resolution before him
yesterday, and consulted City Attorney
Russell in regard to it, but was inter
rupted by the necessity of signing a
batch of warrants, and did not reach a
decision. He said to a GLOBE re-
porter at o'clock: 81 have
not signed or vetoed the resolution
and shall not to-day. | have consulted
the city attorney, and he is of the opin-
ion that there are no legal obstacles to
signing it, so that if | vetoed the reso-
luton, it would be on the ground of
public policy. There are great many
things both for and against the propo-
sition. | am anxious to do the best thing
for the city. If vetoed the proposition, it
would be in the face of the almost
unanimous voice of the council in its
favor, but if thought it the right thing
| would refuse to sign. | shall not sign,
you may say, without some kind of
written assurance from the company
that it will be accepted"
There is no question but what the
mayor can obtain satisfactory assurance
that the street railway company will ac-
cept the proposition, and it may be con-
sidered that the deal is completed.
WHAT IT MEANS.
The import of the resolution passed
by the council is that the street railway
company shall build, first. cable line
on Washington avenue from Twentieth
avenue north to Cedar avenue; second,
a cable on Bloomington avenue south;
third, cable line across the bridge to
serve the East side; fourth, horse car
lines and extensions to connect with
these cable lines; fifth. experimental
electric lines; sixth, transfer checks:
seventh, car revenue tax. The
cable to succeed the motor has already
been offered by the company. and to-
gether with the others ordered, will
make about twenty-seven miles of cable
line, all to be completed by November
l, 1891.