St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-04

Daily owned was not quite right. A
much better way would be TO take an
average of the lumber of cars run each
day and tax only those. The company
was obliged to keep on hand large
number of cars, many of them rarely
put in use, and is required to pay taxes
on them when none should be asked.
Discussed by Sections.
The committee then took up the
proposition section by section. There
was no unfavorable comment on the
first section The second section was
viewed with favor by the committee: at
least, nothing was said against it. Com
plants had been frequent regarding the
service on the East Seventh street cable
line. The trouble, it was thought,
would be done away with by the change
to an electric line. The service would.
be increased, and possibly five-minute
service will he recommended between
Wabasha street and Maria avenue, and
ten-minute service from there to the
end of the line.
General Manager Goodrich thought
some of the complaints of poor service
on the East Seventh street line could be
remedied by having the White Bear
trains come down to the center of the
city, and this may be done. The atten-
ton of MI. Goodrich was also called to
the poor service Oh the Lafayette and
ROndo street line. and this matter Will
be considered by him.
When the fourth section Of the propo-
sitiOn was reached, Aid Zimmerman
protested against the clause doing away
with interurban transfers.
Mr.. Mum stated. and Mr.. Goodrich
confirmed the statement, that 10 cents
for ten-mile ride was little enough,
taking into consideration the operating
expenses of the road. The committee
was in doubt as to whether the thing
would be received with favor by the
public. Assemblyman Doran. who was
one of the interested spectators, thought
the section reasonable and fair to both
the public and the company.
The fifth section was discussed at
length. Mr.. Mum said the present
service on the cable line could not be
Improved owing to the danger by
reason of the grade at Selby avenue
hill. With the placing of safety
device extra trailers could be put on.
almost doubling the service. 1t now
takes three minutes to get up or down
the hill, but when the safety device is
placed in operation less than half that
time will be consumed.
The sixth and seventh sections were
not discussed The transfers on inter-
urban cars were again brought up, and it
was explained that the idea was to
have transfers on this line good only as
far as Rice street. At this point a
nickel would be collected from pas
sengers going to MINNEAPOLIS. Pas
sengers from Minneapolis would be al
lowed to ride to the center of the city
without extra charge.
The eighth section was explained by
Mr.. Mum as being Il chance for the
company to recover. Several hundr ed
thousand dollars were to be spent by the
company in carrying out the proposed
changes. and they wanted time to re-
cover before being called on to spend
more. Neither the Stryker nor Maria
avdhue line could be thought neces-
sity for at least two years. The COM
pany had been given six months to
build the Stryker avenue line, and the
delay asked for would only be eighteen
months more. Should the line be Or
dered built, it would necessitate the
dividing IN two of the Winifred street
service.
Assemblyman Doran inquired if the
changing OF the East Seventh street
line from cable to an electric line
would be an advantage to the company.
Mr.. Mum replied that it would not.
The ACCESSIBILITY of changing the Fort
Smelling line from forty-tive to thirty
or twenty minutes during the summer
was broached, and General Manager
Goodrich promised this would be at
tended to.
The committee adjourned subject to
the call of the chairman. and it is safe
TO presume another meeting will be
held at an early date. One of the mem
berS of the committee said last evening
it was quite likely several delegations
from various portions of the city would
want to be heard. After they had been
given an opportunity the committee
would proceed to formulate and present
to the council all ordinance embodying
such parts Of the proposition as were
for the best interests Of the city.