St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-12-15
Citizens OF Midway Protest
Against Unsatisfactory
Street Car Service.
Street Railway Company Ae-
knowledge Earning 40
Per Cent,
Yet Proper Accommodation Is
Refused the Hamlin-
ties.
Citizens Will Tonight Swoop
Down Upon the City
Aldermen.

The heavy rain of yesterday was not
sufficient to obscure the lUrid glow
which overspread the western part of
the city last evening. 1t only served 20
Intensity the Inconvenience of the re-
cent change in the Hamline and st.
Anthony Park street car lines. and the
disgust Of the passengers who had to
await, in the heavy showers, the pleas
ure of the railway company. The anger
eliminated in mass meeting Of the
citizens of the two parks IN the town
hall at uamline. The object was to
consider the change in the service of
the electric line which went into effect
Saturday morning, compelling paSsen-
gers to transfer at Uniyerity and Lex
ingtOn avenues instead of being carried
through. Indignation was at white
heat and the air was thick with fiery
darts at Mr.. Lowry. and the box which
has been used for distributing salt along
the lines and now is sailed down al the
intersection OF the two lines was the
target for all which could he spared
from the president of the railway COM
pany.
The meeting was called to order by J.
II. Chamberlau, and II. X. Evans was
appointed chairman. e. j. Buell., of
St. Anthony PARK, spoke OF the diff
Guilty of the high schoUl students in
reaching their place Of learning on time.
With great danger to their health they
are compelled TO stand waiting for cars
in such weather as this, because Mr..
Lowry declares that the line is not pay
ing. while he tells Eastern capitalists
that 80 per cent Of the nickelS taken in
is clear profit He continued:
We'd better let Mr.. Lowry alone. The
thing to 10 i to- all of rs go down to the
council and tell them of the poor service on
the line Let us state our case plainly, and
believe we will get what we want
A communication was read by Re9d
| Johnson from 4 lady who teaches in the
| Madison school. 4 young lady, a
teacher in St Anthony Park, was COM
| PEELED to stand
Waiting for Her Car
one hour, and two absences make her
| lose half a days salary.
w. +. Rich moved mat committee of
! one hundred be appointed to interview
the council, which &. j. Buell. amended
by including all the citizens of the two
| parks. \ committee was appointed to
| Investigate and draw resolutions setting
forth all the grievances in pointed Ian
/ guage. &. j. Buell. was made chairman
of the committee. G. \. Akers and Il.
K. Evans complete the number.
The street railway company is com
| PEELED to pay ) per cent of its gross
earnings and SO Il year for each car fol-
the privilege Of the franchise, and il
was suggested that this line is 10 be put
| in with the interurban line as MinneaD-
oils trade. Chis bomb was thrown in tC
| add fire 10 the meeting and occaSiOneC
| considerable discussion. as it will be
easy to avoid the tax Oh the earnings
4 street railway company never ha:
any net earnings If they are to be taxed
A large delegation of St. Anthony
Park entered here. Col. Taylor wa
called upon to express his views, and h,
Voice them by saying:
The time for smooth words is passe,
away and the time for vigorous kicking ar
rived.
II. z. Craig declared that they ough
to kick with both feet. as it is matte
of dollars and cents with us as we'll a
for the railway company. He declared
he was mad. and if he were a citizen 0
St. Anthony Park he would be madde
yet.
The letter which Mr.. Lowry sent t
Aid. l.. j. DUbner after the meeting o
two months ago was read, in which n
said no action would be taken in regarC
to the matter OF transferring until tn,
committee from the meeting could pre-
sent its side. and a suggestion TO hay
the letter printed was received with az
plause.
Lawyer kirkpatrick. of St. Anthony
said that the people of the Park wer
known every where as kickerS and n
thought everyone would like to see Ton
Lowry and his railway buried i'll the
RGEsoz,s of tIle Sea
Every man with a friend in the cour
Gil should talk to him in earnest. 10
Tom Lowry will want something Of th
city sometime. He continued:
once we had trains every hour, and W
talk Of them and the good ola times whe
we were sure we would get there. we wal
every man, woman and child 10 kick; prote.
whenever Tom Lowry hobs up serenely an
{ | we Will get what we want. One of the eli
| liens said he spent forty days of ten hour
each in the cars. during the year ana no
the company is anxious to compel them
spend six months.
c. y. Akers answered the excuse thf
is made that it is Impossible to run til
large cars Oh the lnterurOgn as fa.
when the slow cars from the HamlIn
and St. Anthony line: then he shout
forfeit his franchise for putting sue
poor service upon these suburban res
f dents He said:
We probably cannot go to law about It bl
we can 60 before the court of public opinion
, | Wemay disagree il politics and other thing
but III this we are like the Irshman and b
wife; when any one gets after us, We pull t
= gether.
A motion was carried that generi
invitation be extended to all in the cit
:. who SvmDathize in the matter to NEE
l. the committee at the city council til
evening and let Tom Lowry unde
.; stand THAT what the Lord hath give
u the Lord can take away"
> \ second motion instructed the aide
= man for that district to see that a D
= liceman be sent to the salt ear tOmo
f row morning and protect the publ
e from tramps and other evils.
An adjournment was taken to Il
J, rooms of the city council this evenin
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