St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-05
LOWRY let OUT OF IT.
The Park Board Will Do the
Pavilion Work at Lake
Como.
Something Like an Agree
ment on the VeXed Street
Car Matter.
The Double Track Line to the
Lake to Be Ready June 1,
1893.
Stryker Avenue Extension
Despite Franklin, Goes
Over Again.

Ihe committees from the common
council and chamber of commerce held
conference with Thomas Lowry, the
l. street railway magnate, yesterday
morning, and something like a definite
understanding resulted. The council
was represented by Assemblymen VOL
terstorf and Van Slyke and Aid. Zim-
norman and Franklin. The chamber
of commerce delegation included
Messrs. Driscoll, McKibbin, Hackett,
Lindeke. Merrill and Williams
Inc attendance. aside from the gen.
tlemen mentioned, was large. almost
every part Of the city being represented
by committees or individuals, all anxious
| TO see their street car facilities in
creased.
MI Lowry was accompanied by Vice
PRESIDENT Goodrich, and the ground
gone over in big talks at previous meet
lngS was again discussed. The follow
ing propositions recently submitted by
the council committee to Mr.. Lowry
were read:
The Propositions.
First-The city to give Mr. Lowry the priv
1lege of attractions at Como for term of
/ fifteen years. provided he constructs a double
| track to Como.
Second-To change the cable line on East
SS'Shtu SlItet ~ all elecCflc line. ana to con-
meet at Wabasha street, so as 10 make it a
continuous line from the harvester works to
Fort Smelling.
Third-That Mr.. Lowry be released from
o9I!uing the Striker avenue line at present.
Fourth-Dlspensing with the building of
the MARIA avenue line 10 the me unds until a
park is located.
F1fth--No curtailment of the present trans.
Ter system unless to improve the same
Slxth-That the Como avenue line run
around the loop
Seventh-That cars be run every hour to
Fort Smelling without change of cars.
AS to the first proposition Mr.. Van
Slyke said he was in favor of the CITY
building the resort at Como. 1t would
only require about 5000. and this
amount would come out of the park
board fund. He also suggested the line
should be built out Como avenue in
stead of Front street, and on Union and
Mckenty avenues.
MI. MckibDlp thought the first cues
ton to be settled was whether the COM
pany would build to Como. The route
could be decided upon later. Mr.. Drls-
coll said the joint committee had agreed
to allow MIR. Lowry 10 put in attrac-
tons under the terms of proposition
to give him fifteen years. exclusive
privileges. He could not see why these
points were to be brought up again to
ur. LoWrY's Views.
Mr.. Lowry was asked to say what he
would DO i'll the matter. He began bv
stating that the street railway company
had no money to build the line and nav
Tor putting i'll the attractions. The
privileges, he said. would not nav for
themselves and his experience at Lake
Harriet had taught him that the whole
plan would be losing Investment. The
line, he said. would pay during three
months OF the year, but on the business
OF the year round would be bound to lose
money. The company, he insisted, could
not build the Como line unless the
city would make some concessions in
the transfer system, or allow some of
the other lines in the city which did not
pay to be cut off. The company, he
argued, had lived up to every one of its
agreements excepting in the matter of
the Stryker avenue line, but now the
city wanted 100 many concessions. The
transfer system in both cities, he said.
was an outrage upon the company, and
should never have been agreed to. 1t
was out of the question to ask the rail-
way company to put in the attractions
at Como. 1t already had a large float
ing debt. as all the bankers knew, and
there were no funds for any such pur-
pose.
Z Mr.. Cochran then asked Mr.. Lowry if
the company would build the line in
case the city would furnish the attrac-
tons, and he replied that it would. The
following resolution was then formu-
lated:
Resolved, That this committee recommend
the acceptance on part of the city of Mr.
LoWrys proposition with regard to line to
Como park, viz: That if the CITY will build a
tons, such as music. boats and electric lights.
satisfactory to the park board and street
railway company and the street railway COM
pany be granted proper right of way
through the park, satisfactory TO il and 20 the
city, the company will build and equip, not
later than June l, 1893, track line to
Como park and continuously operate it
throughout the year in such manner as suf- +
ficlenuy to accommodate the travel, and will
connect said line with its general system by
It's passage around the loop and transfers to
1t from its other lines provided that the pa
vllion be finished and the attractions fur
nished by that time.
Fractions Franklin.
Aid Franklin opposed the resolution.
saying that every time he met with the
committee changes were made by Mr..
Lowry in the proposition. He did not
believe the city should make so MANY
concessions. and was not in favor Of the
plan to have the CITY paw for improve
ments at Como. The resolution was
adopted by a vote of the council and
chamber of commerce committee. being
opposed only by Aid. franklin and
Zimmerman. Mr.. Lowry readily agreed
to the terms of the resolution. On
motion of Mr.. Lindeke a resolution
was adopted asking the park board
to appropriate $4,000 for the improve
ments at Como and maintenance. 1t
was decided to let the DrODoSitiou chaDU-
ing the Seventh street cable to an cleo
trio line and running cars from the har-
vester works to Fort Suelling rest for
the present. Mr.. Lowry said these mat
terS would eventually be carried out.
but it was not practicable at present.
The committee agreed that the company
need not put in the Maria and Stryker
avenue lines until July l, 1893 The )
agreement was also made to ask the