St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-10-23
Everything in Readiness for
the Electric Car System
by Nov. 1.
The Transfer Check System
Will 60 Into Effect the
Same Time.
n1orphia and Mystery Sur
round a Case at the Clap-
endon Hotel.
a Domestic Disagreement
Happily Settled Up in
Full Time.

IN seven DAYS from to-day the city of
ST. Paul will find itself in possession of
as. perfect street railway system as
any city in the country can boast. On
Nov. l the extension OF time granted
the street railway company for the COM
pletion of its lines as per contract, will
have expired and there seems no reason
tO'doubt at present that the lines will
he in operation by that time. Work on
the University avenue extension Is
completed, and i'll few days, probably
before the actual expiration of the time
allowed. that line will be in operation.
For couple of weeks past the drills
have been kept at work night and day
on the West st. Paul line. and Supt.
Scott said yesterday to the GLOBE that
he hoped to have that and all the other
lines working on Nov. l. The opening
OF the University avenue line to Mime
apOliS Will mark an era III the affairs OF
the city of lncalculable Importance to
it, The 50-cent rate of the short lines
fof the round nipto Minneapolis will be
a thing of the past, and the presence of
electrical competition will develop that
the Great Northern and Milwaukee
rOhdS can carry passengers for % cents
thp round trip and still reap a hand
some profit. The difference in time
WILL be but slight. After the lines are
in.wurking order it is believed on prac-
tiGal tests of the power to be obtained
thht the single trip can be made per the
electric line in forty minutes. A gen
tleman well veFSed III the affairs of the
city and the signs of her progress said
yesterday that the starting of all the
electric lines would be the beginning of
fhp .t-hi
come to Wabasha street. Every
car, however propelled." he said,
must traverse Wabasha street at some
period of its trip. WaJasha will be the
central street from which the electric
cars will dlyerge in all directions, and
prophesy that in a very few years it
will be the greatest bushes street IN
this part of the country"
The benefits 10 accrue to the public at
large through the increase of transit
facilities is beyond computation. By
prpyiSiOn of the new charter granted
the company. it is compelled to furnish
transfer checks on and after Nov. l, on
any and all lis lines, operated 10y what
ever power. This means that,
for instance, passenger leaving
the west end of the Seventh
street cable, and desiring TO
reach Groyeland Park is furnished by
the conductor of the Seventh street car
with check which entities him to
passage on the electric car to his deS-
tiItation without the payment of sec
onA fare. One of the provisions under
which the company will operate its
lines is the following:
From and after the list day of November.
1SSi',said StPaul City Railwaycompany shall
assoc transfer checks to any passenger who
has paid one fare on any line now operated
or 70 be hereafter operaled by said st. Paul
City Railway company i'll The city of st. Paul,
which checks shall eutitle the passenger to
continuous passage on any connecting line
or crossing line operated or to be operated by
said company with animal or other puWer
Notpassenger shall be entitled to more than
on$ transfer for one fare, and such transfer
CHECK shah be used only by the person re-
CeiNing The same for q continuous passage,
and shall be used upon the next departing
nupon the connecting or crossing line for
which it has been issued.
Some comment and perhaps appre-
heISiOn of difficulty has been caused
blythe presence in the above section of
the proviSo that the person receiving
the.check for transfer shall use it on
title next departing car" of the route
desired. City Attorney Holman stated
yesterday to the GLOBE that the words
could lot be construed literally to mean
that if car was crowded holder of
transfer check was bound to ride ON it
or pay new fare. The company, he
says, is compelled to furnish proper ac-
cofimodatiun, and in case a car is
crowded the passenger will have full
right TO wait until a car arrives which is
not crowded. The company will be
bound to accept the transfer check
under such conditions.