St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1893-02-23
THE NEW ORDINANCE.

The GLOBE this morning publishes
the full text of the proposed street rail-
way ordinance embodying Mr.. LowRY'S
propositions. 1t was considered yester-
day afternoon by the joint committee of
the common council, and recommended
to pass by vote of four to two. The. OPP
ponents were Aid. FRANKLIN and ZIM-
MERRIAM. They objected to abolishing
the transfers for .iaterurban through
travel, and to delaying the building OF
the Stryker and Maria avenue lines two
years. Mr.. LOWRY was present, and
when their objections were made ho
arose and offered to build at once the
two lines to please these gentle
men, if they would support the
ordinance in all other respects.
Then Aid. FRANKLIN said that he
would stand flat-footed i'll his demand
that the through travel transfers should
not be abolished. MIR. LOWRY very
properly replied that the ordinance
should stand as it is. The course of
these two aldermen is certainly very
much to be regretted. 1t requires a
two-thirds vote in each body to carry
the ordinance. 1t will pass the assem-
bly, without doubt. and i'll the board of
aldermen Messrs. FRANKLIN and I'm
HERMAN, in all probability, will be the
only ones to oppose. But Aid. CULLEN
is absent, and their negative votes may
defeat the ordinance, as it requires nine
affirmative votes.
1t seems as though twelve-mile ride
for 10 cents should be satisfactory tU
everybody. But these gentlemen would
have the company carry people twice
that distance for 10 cents. When it is
considered that fully two-thirds of the
through interurban travel is made up
of people who have reached the line
through other lines, hence are provided
with transfers, it should be very clear
that Mr.. LOWRY has the best of reasons
for insisting that this transfer business
be abolished. 1t is certainly unreason-
able to insist that Mr.. LOWRY shall
carry all the people who flock in from
remote parts of the city to Minneapolis
for 10 cents. 1t is not possible to oper-
ate the line in this way at profit. We
are all anxious that Mr.. LOWRY
shall build other interurban lines
but this course is not giving
him much encouragement to do So
We cannot expect the company to make
Improvements in the street railway
service unless we deal fairly with it,
The public interests and feeling are not
in accord with the course of these two
aldermen. The transfer for through
travel was abolished in Minneapolis last
summer; hence Mr.. LOWRY is not ask
ing a concession here which he does not
require of his own city. If this ordi.
nance fails, it will probably be a LONG
time before we shall have so good al
opportunity to settle the street railway
matters on a basis which will please
the st. Paul public so thoroughly. 1t is
unnecessary to go over the merits OF
the ordinance again. This has been done
by the GLOBE repeatedly and clearly
and the ordinance is so plain that il
speaks for itself. 1t is not the desire OF
the st. Paul public to extract from the
street railway company the last drop oil
blood; it is only the desire that we shall
have good service. The business men
and people generally recognize the Iaci
that it is for our interests that the com
pany shall prosper and have kindly
feeling toward the city.