St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-03-21
INTO AN ELECTRIC LINE
And Extend 1t to MINNEAPOLIS
via Marshall Avenue
Bridge.
THE NEW ROUTE SURVEYED.
Plans Are Prepared and Work
Will Be Begun in the
Spring.

Another electric street railway will
be built between st. Paul and Min
neapoliS.
Thomas Lowry has definitely de-
cided to turn the Selby avenue cable
line into an electric and extend it to-
Minneapolis over the Marshall av-
enue bridge.
Already the project has taken def
mite shape. Mr.. Lowry will not say
positively when the work will be
commenced, but those who are in
touch with the enterprising street
railway magnate are authority for
the statement that it will be begun
early this spring. The line has been
surveyed from end to end During
the past ten days Mr.. Lowry and his
assistants have been over the pro-
posed route on a tour of inspection
and the plans for the transforma-
ton are already under way If Mr..
Lowry intended this as a pleasant
surprise to the citizens of st. Paul
he has succeeded handsomely The,
prominent business men of the city
who have been interviewed on the
subject are hearty in their approval
of the project, and Mr.. Lowry's stock
has not suffered any depreciation
by reason thereof.
Mr.. Lowry has had this scheme.
in mind for several months and was
only waiting for time in which to
bring his plans to a focus. 1t was
talked about on an average of twice
year for several years, but Mr..
Lowry was unable at that time to-
see his way clear to a realization of
his idea
Now, however, the plan has been
decided upon
BEYOND QUESTION
and spring will not be half gone be-
fore the workmen will be stringing
the trolley wires along Fourth street
and Selby avenue.
furthermore, Mr.. Lowr yhas decid-
ed upon device to be used at the
foot of Selby hill, and it is understood
the arrangement known as the "Selby
avenue hill safety device" Will he
used, or at least is favored by
Mr.. Lowry. This device, it will he
Cti, ID Il succession OF wood
en- notches built underground up the
MIL, so that in the event of the power
giving out, certain catches attached
10 the cars would catch in the notches
ana prevent the car from going down
the hill. AT the time this device was
being talked about in the city council,
a. ID. Wilder, now deceased, objected
to 1t on the ground that the iron
taI1a
that the device would become a nuis-
ance.
Later this trouble was done away
with by the substitution of wooden
notches for iron ones.
The new electric line will be equipped
with handsome new rolling stock.
The cable tracks will remain as thew
are. The turn will be made off Selby
on Fairview avenue to Marshall and
over the Marshall avenue bridge and
thence through Merriam Park to Min
neapolis.
This line will be of vast benefit to
people living on the hill, and, fur
ther, will give direct route to Min
nehaha falls and the soldiers home,
whereas now they are obliged to go
over a circuitous route and change
cars in Minneapolis. People who live
on the hill, in order to go to Minneap-
oils now, are obliged either to walk
a long distance over to University
avenue or else take the cars for down.
town and ride around the city before
starting for Minneapolis The new
route is direct, and no doubt will be
better patronized between the Twin
Cities than the present interurban
line.