St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-07

MINNEAPOLIS, Mimi, Aug. Cd. Fl. Wolter-
storff. Esq, President Special Committee
from Common Council Oh Street Railway
Matters, st. Paul, Minn.-Dear Sir: beg to
acknowledge receipt Of the following letter
from Cary L. Warren, secretary of your COM
mittee:
"ST PAUL, July 25.-Col. Thomas Lowry,
President Twin CITY Rapid Transit Company,
Minneapolis. Minn.-My Dear Sir: The spe-
cial committee from the common council on
street railway held a meeting and discussed
the different complaints and petitions. also
the resolutions passed at the council III re-
gard to the electric car service. In response
to your suggestion, we send you list of the
same for your earnest consideration:
First-A good and reasonable service to
Como park this summer.
Second-A reasonable service to Fort Smell
ing.
Third-Better transfer system.
FouTth-Better service on the Jackson
street line.
Fifth-Stryker and Maria avenue extern
sions.
Sixth-More open cars on the various
lines.
Seventh-Streets between the tracks TO be
better cared for, especially unpaved streets.
Eighth-Contiuuation of present Hamline
and st. Anthony Park service.
Ninth-Consideration of petition of the
Grand avenue line.
Tenth-EXtenSion of line to Lake Phalen
next year.
The committee request that you notify me
as early in the week as will be agreeable
when you can meet with the committee. Most
respectfully yours.
CARY T. WARREN, Secretary"
AS all the requests are somewhat indefinite,
| submit the following for your considera-
ton:
The ST. Paul City Railway company WILL in
case the park board agrees 10 the conditions
hereinafter named.
Flrst-Build single track line to Como
park as. soon this year as possible, and early
IL.
track and suitably equip same for summer
travel. Also build a pavilion at the lake to
cost not less than $4,000 and put on Como
lake suitable row boats for the accomm oda-
ton of visitors at the park. Also light the
pavilion with electricity. during the park sea-
son. keep it in first-class repair and operate
it as place of entertainment and refresh
ments III manner to be approved by the
park board for period of fifteen years, and
at the expiration thereof, donate same to the
park board.
second-Build line to Lake Phalen and
build pavilion at the lake to cost not less
than $4,000, light with electricity and put on
boats. ETC., as at Lake Como.
Third-Build Maria avenue extension in
case park is located at the Mound.
Fourth-Make such reasonable regulations
as TO the operation of cars on extension
named in your letter as the travel demands,
the same to be regulated by amount OF travel,
as compared with cost of operation.
Fifth-Change present transfer system to
substance this would be to Issue transfers at
say the corner of Fourth and Wabasha streets
and Fifth and Wabasha streets, which would
be good on any line which would take the
passenger III the same general direction: 1t
could be used on either of the cable lines
and on any electric line, except parallel
line, that would practically return the pas
senger to the place from whence he started.
To make these improvements and change
in transfer system, we will require:
FirSt-EXcluSlye boating privileges at Lake
Como.
Second-Contract with property owners at
Lake Phalen for shore and boating. privileges
and donadon of ten acres of land for
pavilion and loop TO turn cars), the pavilion
and ten acres of land to be donated by our
company 10 the park board at end of fifteen
acres to park board and our company will
take a lease for fifteen years, with agreement
| 10 build pavilion, etc.
Third-We must be relieved from building
| Styker avenue in such way that it can only
| be ordered as other extensions and lines are
| provided for by the ordinance.
Fourth-Transiers shall not be issued on
| any day after O'Clock p m. nor on sundays
or legal holidays, and shall not be issued TO
or from the lnterurban line.
Flfth-Right OF way through Como Park
| on suitable route to be agreed on, to connect
| the Como line with Langford avenue.
The above is substantially my idea of what
would be for the best Interests of the city
| without infiicting too great hardship on the
| company. The purposes of the transfer are
| practically subserved before o'clock D. M
| of each day. 1t is only just that the company
! relieve its transfer agents and cease to issue
| them after that hour. 1t is also the same
| with Sundays and legal holidays.
will be glad to meet your committee at
| any time ana discuss all these matters.
Awaiting your further pleasure am very
! truly yours,
THOMAS LOWRY, President.
Figures the Cost
Mr.. Lowry also supplied the following
estimates of the cost of the proposed i'm
| prOvementS: