St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-07-25

payers Will Not Get q Refund.
Mayor Wright will send to the as
sembiy meeting Thursday night veto
messages to two resolutions passed by
the council last week. At the meetings
of the assembly and board of aldermen
last Tuesday a resolution was intro
duced by AsSemblNman ReardOn direct
ing the street railway company to OPP
crate the West Seventh street and in
terurban lines on Fifth street as far
east as Waeouta street.
r.eReardon inSpeaking of the resolu-
ton. said he represented large number
of patrons of the street railway lines
who lived in the district reached by the
jackson street line. The company had,
he said, seen fit ID run the jackson
street cars only as far as tue corner OF
Fifth and Jackson streets. AS under
the terms of the ordinance the
company was obliged to give trans
ferS only TO connecting or crossing
lines, the passengers on the Jackson
street line were refused transfers on the
interurban and West Seventh street
lines. If the company was so particu-
lar abut running their business as re-
garded transfers according to the
ordinance MIR. Reardon was in favor of
it running the two lines mentioned
as the ordinance provided, down Fifth
street to WacOuta, and then, he said, his
constituents could be granted, trainers.
Merchants Kicked.
The resolution passed the assembly,
the six members present voting for it,
and in the board of aldermen the resp
luton was unanimously adopted. A
number of the retail merchants who are
interested in the present loop on Robert
street being maintained have prevailed
on the mayor to veto the resolution.
The argument to be advanced by the
mayor in his veto is that the West
Seventh street line is soon to be run
the entire length of Seventh street, anu
when the line is so operated the Jack
son street line will cross it and transfers
will be issued. AS to the interurban
transfers from the Jackson street line,
his honor says the company will no
doubt make arrangements which will
Obviate the trouble. The ordinance al
lowing the company TO operate the Rob
ert street loop. the mayor says, repealed
the provisions alluded to by Mr.. Rear
don, so that the council cannot force the
company to run the two lines to Wa
cOuta street.
There VIII BE No H efund.
The other veto is on the resolution
ordering the proper city officers to draw
warrants to repay the property owners
who paid Judgments, costs and penal
ties III the Sixth street bridge assess
ment. The owners. when the assess
ment was made, took the matter into
the courts. and although the decision
was against them they announced their
determination to carry the case to the
supreme court.
Assistant City Attorney Phillips en-
tered into an agreement with the attUr-
neyS for the owners that if no appeal
were taken and the face amount of the
assessment were paid they would not
have to pay any Judgment, costs or
penalties. Relying on this agreement
the property owners paid their $1,000
each, but were surprised afterward to
! learn that the Judgment had been entered
up against them. As about -, $40 has been
| paid by them since as costs and pen
altieS, and those who have not paid are
| liable to have their property sold for
| nOn-paYment, the council was asked to
| investigate and give them relief. A
| special committee was appointed, and
| the report of the same was that the
money paid III be refunded owing to the
agreement made by the city attorney at
that time.
The resolution passed both bodies
and went to the mayor last week for his
approval. All day yesterday the mayor
had first one and then another of the
| parties interested before him relative
to the approval of the resolution, but
last evening announced that he would
veto it. The grounds for the veto are
that the city cannot legally refund
money under the circumstances, no
matter what the agreement was be-
tween the city attorney and the prop
| erty owners.