St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-06
LOWRY,s ATTITUDE
ON EXTENDING THE ST. AN
THONY LINE
VERY AMUSING TO THOMAS.
STREET CAR MAGNATE ENUMER-
ATES THE OBSTACLES TO
THE SCHEME.
PROTEST DECIDEDLY FAINT.
Mass Meeting of Reservoir En-
pIOyeS Il Faiiure-Mill City
News.

In a long interview in an after
noon paper w. w. Clark has this
to say regarding the desire of st.
Anthony citizens for further street
car facilities:
I'm the first place we don't pro-
pose to mince matters any longer.
We propose to aSsail his system
wherever we can find a vulnerable
point. If Mr. Lowry thinks he so
puttied up his armor that the public
imagines it without a flaw, perhaps
there is no better time than this to
remind him of Judge Smiths de-
cision on the Harvey transfer plan.
That case did not go to the supreme
court because the street railway
company did not want a decision
on the eXclusiveness of it's franchise
nor as to whether it was a contract
or merely a license. To state the
matter more plainly, we propose to
seek relief through other sources, if
Mr. Lowry will not give it, confident
that final decision by the supreme
court will hold that another company
to Minneapolis, if Mr.. Lowry will
not. We propose to find out if Mr..
Lowry can refuse to give us trans
portation and refuse to let any one
else do so. 1t is possible that he may
have that power, but we do not be-
lieve it,
Mr.. Lowry was seen last night by
a of Il
asked what he had to say about it..
Let Mr.. Clark go on and build it
if he can. That is all I have to
say about it, replied the magnate
decisively
How about another company, Mr..
Lowry?"
Il say let Mr.. Clark build the line
if he can. If he has the money which
it will cost, he is only too welcome
to it. l have not that money. See
here! Do you understand what it
means? Have you realized that the
chief part of ST. Anthony park is To-
Gated more than q mile from the
limits of Minneapolis? What Mr..
Clark and others now ask me to do
is simply to bring a part of st. Paul
over to Minneapolis. 1t is not in
my power to do it. l have not the
money with which to build the new
line. From st. Paul 1 have already
drawn one line into the district in
| question, and that line does not pay.
If Mr.. Clark can get another COM
pany to build another line - we'll
! they will be welcome to it. But in
order to have that line built, he
must overcome the difficulties that
will be raised by two city councils,
by the property owners along the
way, and by the two existing street
car companies. He must have the
right of way from st. PauIs council,
which body is not likely to give away
any privileges in order to have trade
diverted from their own city to Min
neapolis. The latter city has little
reason to care about the building of
the line, as the country between the
termination of the Como avenue line
and the city limits is hardly inhab-
tied at all. The roads in that part
are very bad and the difficulties to
overcome many. For this and for
many other reasons 1 must say: If
Mr.. Clark can take hold of this mat
ter in public-spirited manner and
have the new line built, then I shall
wish him God-speed. If my resent
ment against the line was the worst
difficulty in his way, he would have
an easy task to fill. But there are
worse obstacles in his way. Let him
go on. Let him start his fight. 1t
will give me little concern