St. Paul daily globe., 1893-02-19
AN IMPROVED STREET RAIL
WAY SERVICE,

Since the recent conference between
Mr.. LOWRY and the joint committee Of
the city council. the business men and
public generally are encouraged to be-
lieve that an amlcable and favorable
settlement of the street railway differ
ences is near at hand If the favorable
report of the committee is adopted by
the common council, there will be a
general feeling of satisfaction. The.ad-
vantages the public will gain from the
plan proposed by Mr.. LOWRY are very
plain.
Double trailers will be run on the
Selby avenue cable line. and the trains
Will be operated at as frequent Intervals
as now. This will relieve the mass OF
people who travel on the line from the
annoyance of being jammed into cars
crowded until there is scarcely breath
ing room, and generally they will be
able to occupy seats and ride comfort
ably.
A doubIe-track line Will be built to
Como park within thirty days after the
city shall have built the sewer now or
dered on Como avenue to Front street.
and cars will be operated from around
the loop to the park at frequent inter-
walls.
The East Seventh street cable line
will be changed into an electric, and
then the East Seventh and West Sey-
enth will be connected and made one
continuous line. The st. Paul & White
will from
White Bear and North st. Paul through
on East Seventh street to Wabasha
street, charging fare of five cents from
the harvester works to Wabasha.
By changing the East Seventh street
cable into all electric line all the lines
now and to be built OH Dayton's bluff
will be operated to the center OF the
city, thus doing away with the transfer
nuisance.
Transfers will be issued to and from
all lines, including the cable, the pro-
vision being that the transfer shall not
be good on returning or parallel lines or
any interurban line for through travel;
but local travel on the interurbau lines
will have transfer privileges in and out
of the city.
By this transfer concession one may
ride for one fare from st. Anthony hill
to the harvester works, to Lake Phalen,
or any other point reached by cars on
Dayton's bluff. So he may ride from one
end of the city to the other in all other
directions. The laborers at the harvester
works may ride from their homes OH
one fare to Como park. st. Anthony
hill people may also ride to this park on
one fare. The people at Fort Smelling
may ride from the fort to the harvester
works or to Como park for five cents.
The liberality of the concession is ap-
preciated by the public; everybody not
desiring to be unfair seeing in it great
advantages for business, pleasure and
building up the city.
Mr.. LOWRY also proposes to place a
safety device on the Selby avenue hill
which will make absolutely safe the
handling of heavy trains up and down
it. Selby avenue is to be left open and
perfectly free to public travel outside
the street car service.
The electric extension of the Selby
avenue line will be at once extended
around to a connection at Merriam
Park with the interurban line, thus af-
fording St. Anthony hill people the
convenience of going to Minneapolis
without riding down town to catch an
| interurban car.
1t Is scarcely conceivable that, in
view of the many and certain advan-
tages it will secure to the city and its
people, the ordinance will meet any op-
position when it comes up i'll council
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