St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-05-17
RAN The GAUNTLET.
The Amended Street Railway
Ordinance Passed Both
Bodies.
A Plan to Sell the Market
House Property at Pub
lie Auction.
Some Delay in Laying OF the
Dead Line in the Sixth
Ward.
More Liberality Shown in the
More Libepality Shown in the
Natter Of Reception
Funds.

The board of aldermen with ten of its
members present passed the street rail-
way ordinance last night. Aid. Cope
land was suddenly called out of the city,
and consequently did not have the
pleasure OF voting on the ordinance.
With the First ward alderman absent
and Aid. Franklin voting against the
measure, it was passed, the other nine
members voting for it. Some question
was raised as to the acceptance of the
ordinance by the company with the
amendment regarding the East Seventh
street electric line which had been
tackled on by the assembly. There was
no one present to state the action which
would be taken by the railway company
with the ordinance, so it was let go at
that. The ordinance summarized pro-
vides: That no new lines or extensions
of any present or future lines shall
be ordered between May. 1898. and
September, 1895. The company is given
to July /, 1894, in which to build the
Maria and Stryker avenues extensions.
The East Seventh street cable is to be-
turned into an electric line by Sept. l,
1895. The change made, the line Is to
be operated continuously from the
terminus of the line on East Seventh
street to the terminus of the line on
West Seventh street. The cars on
the Maria avenue line are to be run
down to the center of the city as far
west as Robert street, as soonas the
change from cable to an electric line
is made. A double track line is to be
built to Como park via Como avenue,
Front street, ChatsWorth street and
Van Slyke avenue to the park. The
line is to be completed and in operation
by July |, 1898. After the line is COM
pleted no sewers are to ordered on any
OF the streets mentioned prior to Sep
tember. 1896. The double track line
now terminating ut the intersection
of Greenbrier and Maryland streets is
to be extended via Maryland and Earl
streets and Lake Phalen and Como
avenue to Phalen park, and in opera
ton as soon as the city shall have OBJ
tanned title to public park at that
point. The line, however, Is not to be
operated earlier than July l, 1894, and
previous to October l, 1897, only be-
tween the months of May and Octo
Der. The Rondo street line is to be eX-
tended west from the present terminus
at Dale street, three blocks, within
ninety days after the acceptance of the
ordinance. The ordinance aid resolu-
tions passed by the council ordering a
horse car line OH Front street and an
electric line on Charles street are re-
pealed, but in case the provisions of
the ordinance are not all complied with,
then the rights and privileges under
the ordinance become null and void,
and the ordinance and resolution re-
quirlng the horse car and electric line
to be built shall remain in force.
Sixth Ward Dead Line.
The ordinance making the Tenth
election district of the Sixth ward pro-
hibtive district for saloons created a
long discussion, and Aid. Warren, who
happened to be in the chair, had his
hands full in deciding points of order.
The ordinance was introduced in the
assembly by Assemblyman DOran, and
after the residents of the locality had
been allowed to make kick against
the granting of any saloon license the
ordinance was passed by the assembly.
After it had been read by the clerk last
night Aid. Conley moved it to be
referred to the license committees
of the board of aldermen and
the assembly for investigation.
The motion to refer met with decided
opposition, Aid. Franklin and thinner
man insisting the measure be passed.
Assemblyman Daily, who happened to
be present, was called on to state the
evidence heard before the committee on
license of the assembly, regarding the
ordinance. Mr.. DAILY said forty persons
living in the locality mentioned in the
ordinance had protested against tine is
suance of any license, and had petit
toned for the passage of an ordinance
which would keep saloons out of this
district in the future. Aid. lngersOll
insisted on the passage Of the ordinance,
and said it had been investigated by
the assembly sufficiently for all pur-
poses.
Aid. Cullen thought there would be
no occasion for any haste in the matter.
There were no applications for licenses
in the district pending, and it would not
hurt to have the ordinance referred to
the ioint committees. He would be will
ing to vote for the ordinance, but
thought an investigation would be the
correct manner of procedure. Aid.
Zimmerman said the members of the
committee had too much to do to waste
time In any such manner. The motion
to refer was lost. the four Democrats
voting for such reference. The motion
to suspend the rules and put the ordi-
nance on its passage was declared lost
bv the chairman, Aid. Warren, who de-
cided 1t required eight votes to suspend
the rules, and only six had voted
for the suspension. On motion
of Aid. Franklin the vote by which
the motion to refer was lost was
reconsidered, but the chair again ruled
that it took eight votes to reconsider,
and as only six were marked as voting
aye the motion was lost. Aid. Franklin
warmed up, and after reading the rules
of the board to himself and aloud, ap-
pealed from the decision of the chair.
Tne appeal was not sustained, and the
ordinance went over under the rules
until the next meeting.
Money for Advertising.
A resolution passed by the assembly
appropriatihg $500 from the general
fund for the Press club, to be used in
entertaining the National League of
Press Clubs, was put through without
opposition:
Aid. Cullen introduced a resolution
appropriating $1,000 to the committee
engaged in preparing advertising mat
ter to be distributed during the con ven
tions to be held this summer.
III. S. Fairchild made talk as to the
great benefit to be derived from this
plan Of advertising the city, and asked
that the money be set apart.
E. 5. Chittenden followed in the same
line, and on the motion Of AID. Gonley