St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-04-09
LOWRY REJECTS IT.
The New Street Car Ordinance
Does Not Suit the Railway
Company.
Under the Transfer Clause,
Passengers Might Ride
Back Home.
The Provisions Relative to
the East Seventh Line Kill
Each Other.
Back Goes the Ordinance and
Attorneys Will Row Take
a Try.

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aldermen was held last night to consider
the street railway ordinance which was
published in the GLOBE yesterday morn
ing. There was full attendance of the
members and half hundred spectators.
Among the more prominent of these
were r. V. Pratt, Assessor -Johnstone,
City Treasurer Miller, Fred Driscoll,
Ben Davis, A. s. Tallmage and ex-
Building Inspector Fisher. After Aid.
Copeland had stated the committee Of
which he was chairman had spent much
time and labor in preparing the ordi-
nance presented, the clerk was directed
to proceed slowly with the reading of the
same. Mr.. Cullen inquired if majority
Of the committee had been present
when the ordinance was considered. To
this Mr.. Copeland said there had not
always been a majority of the members
present. Mr.. Conley thought the con-
sideration Of the ordinance by the COM
mittee had been very poorly done. He
had been away some time, but on Fri
day, when he attended the meeting,
was not ready at this time to vote for
the passage of the ordinance, and sug-
gested it be laid over until the next
regular meeting. In the meantime
he said it could be printed and
duly considered. Mr.. Copeland said
before motion to lay the ordinance
over he would like to know If the or
dinance was acceptable to the street
railway company. Mr.. Mum, the street
railway representative, replied to this
by saying he would first like TO ascertain
if the board of aldermen had agreed to
pass it. Mr.. Copeland said he could not
answer this. Mr.. Mum said, assuming
the copy of the ordinance as published
in the GLOBE to be correct one, he
was authorized to say on behalf OF the
street railway company tnat it
Would Not BE Accepted.
Mr.. Conley then requested that little
more time be given the members to con-
slider the measure. Mr.. Copeland
moved to amend the motion by the
board resolving itself into the commit
tee of the whole and considering the
ordinance section by section. Mr.. Con-
ley objected to this, and said 1t would
take nearly all night to go through the
ordinance. He suggested the matter be
taken up some afternoon. MIR. Warren
insisted on going on with the work at
once. Mr.. Mum said he had all en-
gagement, but would remain short
time if the board so desired. Mr.. Con-
ley withdrew his motion, and, Mr..
Montgomery being called to the chair,
the board went into committee of the
whole. The clerk had just started on
the reading of the first section
when Mr.. Zimmerman after whispered
consultation with City Attorney Phillips
moved an adjournment. He made this
motion, he said, owning to the state
ment made by Mr.. Mum, that the COM
pany would not accept the ordinance.
Mr.. Cullen hoped that the motion to ad
journ would not carry. 1t was uphill
work, he admitted, to prepare an Or
be some ground Oh which the board
could meet the railway company. 1t
might not be possible to finish the con-
sideration of the ordinance at the pres
ent meeting. but some progress could be
made if the members would give the
matter their attention. The represent
ative of the company was pres
ent, and with his assistance
the board could at least make
some headway in the right direction.
The interests of the city, he said, de-
manded some settlement of the aueS-
ton, and the time to begin was now.
Mr.. Franklin raised the point that
motion to adjourn was not in order. as
the board was now i'll committee of the
whole. The motion to adjourn was not
pressed, and after Mr.. Dorniden had
been excused the clerk proceeded, and,
at the request of Mr.. Conley, very
slowly to read the first section of the
ordinance. This is the section relating
to transfers. and after it had been read
nance as printed in the Pioneer Press
was
Not a Correct Copy
Of the one read. Mr.. Conley wanted to
be enlightened as to the provisions of
the section as related to interurban
transfers. The section was read over
again by the clerk, and then City Attor-
ney Phillips explained in detail just
what the section provided, namely, that
no transfers would be granted on the
interurban for through travel. and none
for local travel Oh that portion of the
line over which local cars passed not
more than ten minutes apart. Apply
ing the section of the ordinance to
the way the Cars were run now, Mr..
Phillips said il would be impossible
for a passenger to get a transfer
on any of the interurban cars going east
or west between Rice street and Uni
versity avenue. Mr.. Cullen thought
this would result in more or less discus
sion and dissensiOnS between passen-
gers and conductors. Mr.. IngersolI
thought so, too. Mr.. Cullen sent up to
the clerk Ordinance 1927, under which
the street railway company is working
uow, and had the clerk read section IA,
which relates to the transfers. After
it had been read, Mr.. Cullen said he did
not think the section could be bettered
any; at least he considered it
was not in the ordinance before
them. AS soon as We East Seventh
street line was connected with the West
Sdventh street line there would be only
one cable line, and as far as he could
see the present ordinance would be all
right. Mr.. Phillips explained that the
ordinance under discussion made quite
a change, as it made transfers on all
lines, while in the old ordinance trans
fers were only good on connecting
lines, and If it were strictly enforced
there were five lines on which transfers
could not be secured,
Mr.. Mum was asked to state the OBJ
jections to the first section. The strik
ing out of the words (which shall not
practically return the passenger to or
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