St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-18
LOWRY GETS THERE.
Permission Is Granted to Sub
stitute Electricity for
Cables.
Quiet Aid. Cole Makes Quite
a Sensational Sort of
Charge.
City Clerk Haney Accounts
for His Fees to the
City.
The Moore Divorce Case FL
nally Ended--A NeWspa-
per Change.

Chance TO get even" with his old
adversary, Aid. Bradish. and roundly
scored that gentleman for making a
cat's-paw out of Mr.. Fultz. The amend
mentS, which included a reduction of
the fare on a lines to six tickets for
quarter, the extension of all the old
lines and the construction of many rev
ones, and that all trolley wires should
be of sufficient size 20 carry the current
without the use of feed wires, and pro-
hibiting the erection of feed wives in
side Of the fire limits, were voted down.
The resolution recommended by the
joint committee, however, was amended
III several material points, and the con-
tract which the council finally agreed
upon Is set forth in the following resO-
luton:
Resolved, by the city council Of the
city of Minneapolis:
That the Minneapolis Street Railway
company be and is hereby permitted
and authorized to substitute expert
mental electric street railway lines sub
stantially similar TO the one heretofore
constructed and now being operated by
it on Fourth avenue south, on the CON
ditions hereinafter contained, on the
following lines:
FirSt-On the two lines which by the
resolutions Of the council passed July
10. 1889, and approved July 26, 1889. and
by resolution of the council passed
June 90, 1889, and approved July |, 1899.
it was authorized, and by its agreement
made in pursuance to said resolutions,
II agreed TO construct and put in opera
ton cable lines during the year 1890,
to wit: The Washington avenue and
First avenue lines.
Second-On any of its existing h oTse
car or motor lines where it may desire,
and shall make such substitution dur
ing the year 1890; provided, said COM
pany will within thirty days after the
passage of this resolution accept the
above permission and agree TO the fol-
lowing conditions:
A. If at any time on or before April
], 1891, the city council shall determine
any or all of said electric lines TO be un-
successful or not equal to the cable
lines ordered, then this resolution
shall be of no further force or effect,
and the council may order cable lines
substituted for said electric lines on
the Washington avenue and First ave-
nue. lines according to the terms OF the
previous agreement. and may also order
the discontinuance of electricity as
motive power on any of the other lines
that it may sec fit where it is substi-
ton.
Il. Said company shall not run on
said electric lines more than two cars
attached together, one of which shall be
the motor car; and the trolley lines
maintained by said company shall
have such guards to prevent acct
dents as the council shall from time to
time direct.
c. Said experimental electric lines
substituted for cable lines shall be
built and put III operation within the
time prescribed by said resolution for
building and putting in operation said
cable lines respectively, for which cleo
trio lines are INSTITUTED.
ID. The provisions of said resolution
of July 10, 1889, and all other ordinances
and resolutions of council shall not be
modified or affected hereby, except III
the particulars above indicated.
+. In ease any other electric system
preferable to the overhead wire system
shall prove a practical success in other
cities, the council shall have the right
to designate any existing line operated
by the street railway company as the
line on which 10 experiment with said
new electric motive system, and said
company shall at once proceed to equip
said lire so designated with said new
4lS ulbCl Iut
same has been operated six months, the
council deems it ii practical and superior
power to the overhead system, the
council shall have the right to order the
entire existing street railway system, or
any line Or lines thereof, to he operated
with such new electric motive system.
i. The SuretieS on the bond executed
for the faithful performance of the
agreement made pursuant to the said
resolution of July -, 1879. shall in writ
ing within thirty days signify their con-
sent TO the notifications of said agree
ment as contained herein, or the Mime
apolis Street Railway company shall
substitute like bona satisfactory to the
city council.
q. II the city council shall not atany
time on or before April l, 1891, deter
mine electricity to be an unsuccessful
motive power, then the said Minneapo-
lis Street Railway company shall equip
with electricity and put in running or
der all its then existing horse car or
motor lines by Dec. l. 1891.
Ii. All passenger cars on all electric
lines shall run between extreme limits
ON all extensions To the heart of the city
without change TO passengers travelling
thereon.
l. Wherever any electric or cable
of the rolling stock, together with the
loads they may be required 10 carry,
shall not be i'll excess of the weight
that shall be determined upon by the
city engineer as q safe load upon such
bridge, and whenever or wherever city
bridges are crossed by any line of street
railway, the kind of rail to be used shall
be Of such pattern as to have a fianga of
not less than five inches in width. and
shall be subject TO the approval of the
city engineer; and, wherever it NAV be
determined by said engineer that any
part or portion of said bridge requires
strengthening on account of the condi-
tons of loading necessitated by the use
of said bridges for street railway pur-
poses, said street railway company
shall he required TO make the neces-
Sary changes at its own cost and ex-
pense. All changes made to be under
the direction and to the satisfaction Of
the city engineer.
The final vote oil the adoption of the
resolution was:
Yeas-Adams. Barrows. BrueshabeT Brazie
Bursell, Billings, Blichfeldt, Cole, Durham,
El1ingsen, Farnsworth, Gray, Grimes, Hun
eer, Loye, Lowell, McG0wan, Potter, Parry,
Phillips, Smith, Swanson, Sterling, Hansen
Vandewaker, Woodward Johnson-9i
NaysBTadish, Eusiadt, FlatteD, Fultz. Gil
man, Ingenhut, Meloy, Rhode. Vogt, War
ren--l0. a motion to reconsider the vote
made by Aid. Johnson, was lost by yeas
10 2s nays.
Aid. Grimes. Of the Eighth ward, in
troduced a resolution changing the
route Of the present First avenue south
line from Nicollet avenue, above Grant
street, to First avenue south. The reso-
luton was referred TO joint committee
consisting Of the standing committee on
railroads, roads and bridges and the
aldermen of the Fourth, Fifth, Eighth
and Thirteen tn wards.
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