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

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| was in favor of adopting the ordinance
and recommending its passage to the
assembly at the meeting Thursday
| night. For his part he didn't see why
| the ordinance should be considered
| by the two bodies meeting together.
| Ii the assembly was in favor OF pass
| ing the ordinance and did so, and the
| board Of aldermen refused to pass it, he
| was in favor of the blame resting where
it belonged. ID. ID. Merrill said there
| were number of gentlemen present
who might like to be heard, so Aid.
| Zimmerman withdrew his motion to
refer, and the ordinance was taken up
| section by section, Mr.Van Slyke acting
! as reading clerk. Section was adopted
after being amended, MesSrS. Franklin
and Zimmerman voting against
it,, In considering the second
| section, Aid. Zimmerman objected
strongly to the time for completing the
| Maria and Stryker avenue lines being
| extended. The people in the section of
the city reached by the Maria avenue
| line felt Tsore,-nOt so much that the road
| was not built, but that Mr.. Lowry did
| not keep his promise. The vote to adopt
| this section was not carried, MeSSrs.
Franklin, Zimmerman and Wolterstorff
/ opposing it. A long pause followed,
| aud, after considerable buttonhoiing.
| the vote was recons.dered and objections
to the section were called for. Aid. Zim-
norman said his objections were that
| the Striker and Maria avenue lines
| were not to be completed at once.
| c. NJ. Crowley said the matter of con-
| Structing the Stryker avenue line had
been considered and action taken by
| the council which required the company
to build the line. The present street
car service in West st. Paul, he said,
was not as good as under the old street
car system. Any attempt to
Postpone the Building
of this line would be hardship to the
residents of West st. Paul. The people
| in that section did not care to pay for
the music while residents in other parts
of the city did the dancing. For the
| sake of acquiring new rights III other
| localities the city had no right to enforce
| hardshipS OH residents in any one locality
| Another long wait ensued. The gentle
men present who were anxious to see
| the matter settled held confidential in
| tervieWS with members of the commit
| tee. George Thompson inquired of
| Chairman Wolterstortf if the action of
| the committee had any binding effect
on the members of the board of alder
men or assembly. On being Informed
it did not, MI. Thompson wanted to
know what all the meetiggs had been
| held for. ana, without waiting for a
| reply, he said re was going into real
| estate syndicate and get some alderman
| to represent him. After half an hour,
| Ill which deal of missionary work was
| done by Mr.. Lowry. Mr.. Mum, d. d.
| Merrill and Thomas Cochran, the mem
| berS of the committee were raped to
| order.
Mr.. Lowry said the ordinance had
been drawn Oh the plan outlined by the
! committee. The transfer matter had
been changed so as to leave it much
broader than he had contemplated. The
| boulevard plan had been Introduced by
! him. and the provision for a street
! opening every two blocks, because it
was no use to have the boulevard con-
| Structed unless it was done with regard
to distances. He had at first decided
that there should be no new roads built
in five years. This, however, had been
changed, and only two years asked in
which
No New Hines
would have to be built. If everything
was satisfactory and the ordinance ac-
Maria and Stryker avenue lines this
summer and line to Phalen when the
park was ready, ii the city would con-
cede that no other lines except those in
the ordinance be ordered in five years
He made this proposition in order to
oblige Aid. Franklin and Zimmerman.
who he supposed were being pressed
| hard by their constituents. He felt that
| he could make arrangements with the
| New York syndicate which would allow
| him to carry out the propositions.
Aid. Franklin whispered with Assem-
| blyman Doran for a moment, and Aid.
| Zimmerman talked with Mr.. Lowry
and MIR. Mum. A second later Mr..
| Lowry again took the floor and SAID he
desired to withdraw the proposition he
| had just made. He had been informed
| the scheme would not be satisfactory
! to Aid. Franklin and for this reason he
desired to Withdraw it. This brought
Aid. Franklin to his feet, aud he said
his position was one from which he
would not withdraw. He was not and
never would be in favor of all ordi
nance which would result in the trans
ferS on the interurban being given up.
AS to the Stryker and Maria avenue
| lines, the city was still III it, and it was
not necessary at present to make any
concessions to Mr.. Lowry in order to
get MIN to build these lines. City At
torney LaWler said the transfer matter
| had not been discussedin the committee
meetings, and the proposition Of the
railroad company in this matter had
! been changed materially from what
they asked Aid. Franklin objected
| to the phrase reasonable service in
the ordinance, and thought it would
either twenty, fifteen or ten minutes, as
| the time between cars on the inter-
urban tracks. Mr. Mum said the pur-
pose intended to be reached by cutting
off the transfers was to get more
rapid service on the interurban line,
| and if the ordinance was changed so as
| to require local cars to be run five min
utes apart the time made between the
two cities would be increased, instead
Of decreased. Thomas Cochran was of
the oplnion that the public would be
Willing to Pay
an additional five cents for through cars
between the two cities. That section of
the ordinance was so amended as to
| provide local cars to be run not less
than ten minutes apart. This however,
made no perceptible change in Aid.
Franklin's position, for he announced
that he would not vote for any transfer
concessions whatever,
Mr.. Lowry said the adjustment of
transfers on the interurbau would work
for The best interests of the city. 1t was
only question of time when the public
would demand better time on the inter-
urban line, and this could not
be carried out with all of
the local travel patronizing the
cars on this line. The second section
of the ordinance was then reread, and,
| after Aid. Warren had changed his vote,
the section was declared adopted. Aid.
Franklin aud Zimmerman still voted no
on the adoption. Aid. Zimmerman
moved the adoption of the first para
graph in section 8, which provides for
the changing Of the East Seventh street
| line from cable to all electric line.
| The section regarding the safety device
on the Selby avenue hill was objected to
by Aid. Zimmerman; but, on being as
| sured that the building of the same
would be under the approval Of the city
engineer, he acquiesced. The section
| about open cars being run on all lines
| during the summer months, and the