St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-03-10
The Upper Body of Council
Passes a Street Railway
Ordinance,
Nearly Identical With That
Which Was Indefinitely
Postponed.
A Long and TiPesome Talk
ing Match Precedes the
Voting.
Back to Committee Goes the
Attempted Discharge OF
Policemen.

The nine members of the assembly,
last night, spent three hours In trans
acting business brought before them.
Two hours and half of this time was
taken upin discussing the new street
railway ordinance introduced by As
semblyman Lightner, which was finally
passed by a vote of seven to two
Messrs. Pike and Doran opposing it.
The matter was brought up on 4 mo-
ton that the report of the joint council
meeting indefinitely postponlng the
street railway ordinance be not ap-
proved. This motion was carried
Messrs. DAILY, Lightner, Johnson Rear
don and Van Slyke voting TO allow the
ordinance to come up again.
Mr.. Lightner said he was not in favor
of the ordinance now before the as
sembv. He then introduced Substl-
tute for the one which mad been sat
down on in the joint meeting. lie eX-
planned the ordinance was practically
the same, but the section relative TO the
bOuleVarding of University avenue was
changed so as not 10 allow the cross
streets to be closed. In the matter OF
transfers the ordinance he proposed
Did Away With Transfers
on interurbau lines when local cars
were run ten minutes or less apart over
the same tracks.
Assemblyman Johnson was III favor
of the company being allowed TO bou-
levard the avenue as requested. and
stated a great majority of the streets be-
tween Milton and Lexington avenue
were opened only on the maps, and
would not be opened for five years.
Mr.. Lightner concluded the streets
belonged to the public, and 1t was
wrong in principle to give the railway
company the right to close them, even
| for term Of five years.
Mr.. Pike wanted the ordinance re-
| ferred 10 the special committee, and II
| that committee refused 1t let the COM
mittee on streets take il.
Mr.. ReardOn said something should be
| done at once. The new harvester works.
one of the most important industries III
| the city, was almost shut out by there
| being no direct road to reach 1t. lie
| advocated action taken on the ordinance
| at once. Mr.. Doran said the special
committee would hold meeting before
the board of aldermen meet again, anu
| the matter should be referred.
| Mr.. Lighter then offered a substl-
l-tute for the boulevard section in the
ordinance which would require the com
| pany 10 have crossings over the boule-
! ward to each street.
Mr.. Johnson said there was no need
of this, as the public did not need nor
use the cross streets. especially those
not opened except Oh maps. he dld
not think any of the cross streets would
| be bullion for five years at least, an |
] i,oE oil fhn fimn fhn QnDlnAnV WAS
| granted in the ordinance.
IIr. DOran Objected.
to this way of assuming, and said one
year ago the site of the new harvester
plant was a duck pond, and the same
or a greater Improvement might lie
| started out on University avenue.
Mr.. Lightner was in favor or allowing
the streets open, because, he said. after
a street had been once closed il required
the majority vote in both branches OF
the council to reopen them. Mr.. Pike
said the closing of the streets by the
boulevard section unless amended
would practically be a vacation. Mi
| ReardOn also opposed the closing of the
streets by boulevard.
The vote on the substitute for para
! graph in section of the ordinance
which allowed the company to boule-
aard, but to make a crossing at each
street, was passed, MessrS. Daily, John
son, Reardon and Van Slyke voting
against it. Attorney NJ. ID. Mum circu
lated about and quietly explained thai
the company would not accept the ordi-
nance with this provision i'll it.
Quick Reconsideration.
| Assemblyman WolterstOrff called Mr.
johnson to the chair, and then moved
| the vote be reconsidered. This was
| done, MeSsrs. DOran, Lighner, Pike anc
Sandell voting againstsTch recOpsidera
ton. Another vote was then taken OIL
the adoption of Mr.. Lightner's amend
ment regarding to bOulevarding, and i
failed to pass, MeSSrS. DAILY, Reardon
Van Slyke, Johnson and WolterStOrf
opposing it.
Mr.. Pike, in speaking of his vote, sale
the railway company was now III de
fault as to the building of the boule
ward, and the purpose was to obtain {
repeal for that which they had failed
TO do.
On the motion to pass the ordinance
Mr.. Pike again delivered lengthy
talk, in which he said the ordinance
had the same defects and omission:
as the one rejected at the council
meeting a week ago. 1t simply
gave the railway company $4,000 more
income each year by abOlishing trans
ferS on the interurban and enabled tht
company to bond its Line for half
million dollars more. The compan!
for the privilege of laying the
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