The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-07
MIDWAY RESIDENTS WANT THE
SELBY CABLE LINE TRANS
FORMED TO TROLLEY,
RUNNING TO PRIOR AVENUE,
DIRECT FROM THE HEART OF THE
CITY, If FOUND PRACTI-
CABLE.
PETITIONS IN CIRCULATION
nave Already Been Signed by Sew
eraI Hundred Residents and
Taxpayers,

If Merriam Park does not succeed in
securing continuous street car line
down town the coming year it will not
be the fault of Aid Shepard
says the Midway News. The local or
ganization formed at the Park club a
couple OF weeks ago has this primarily
In view, but at the same time pro-
poses to take hand in all questions of
municipal legislation and for that pur-
pose will be represented by strong COM
naittees. So far committees have been
appointed on street car service. on
public lighting, ON schools and on
parks as follows:
Committee on Street Cars-H. G. Coyken-
dali, chairman; w A. Naylor, f. W. Rect,
A. Q. Anderson, F. A. Bedell c. A. Mag
nuson, s. L. Howell, G M. Benham, J F.
H1 fischer ". A Hammond and H. Hedges.
committee on Lighting-A. P. Swanstrom,
chairman; W. d. Fargo, A. c. Woodruff,
Ed. A. Paradis, j. P. OsConnor, P. T. Jack
G. Cobb.
Committee on Schools-D. L. Kingsbury,
chairman; Rev. w. G. Covert, D. L. Dam
forth, j. w. Cakes, H. Gibson, A. 8. Brooks,
Andrew Henderson.
Committee on Parks-P. T. jackson. d. l..
Danforth Ed. A. Paradis, C. H. Baldwin,
and H. w. Childs.
iC IilOSI active WOTk thus Tar done
has been on the street car question
Chairman Coykendall has enlisted
himself in the matter with a zeal PEI
cul1ar to himself, and that Is a zeal
that always wins. The other members
Of his committee are right in line with
him, and Aid. Shepard's war
paints are beautiful to behold. Not
only that, but every man who does
not want to be considered an enemy OF
Merriam Park and Merriam Park pee-
pie IS doing all he can to back I'D the
movement. Chairman Coykendan and
his committee are circulating the fol-
lowing petition:
To the Honorable. the Common Council of
the City of st. Paul:
Your petitioners respectfully represent that
they are residents of the city of st. Paul, and
reside near to and are patrons Of the Selby
avenue line of the st. Paul City railway; that
said line Of railway is now and for long
time has been extremely unsatisfactory to its
patrons, and wholly inadequate to furnish
them suitable, comfortable and rapid transit;
that said line is now made up partly of cable
and partly Of electric railway, thereby necessi-
tating disagreeable transfer and annoying
delay in the passage of its patrons to and from
the city and their homes; that very large
number of your petitioners are compelled to
rely wholly on said line for passage from
their homes to and from the city, and that
by reason of the foregoing they are placed
at great Inconvenience and Disadvantage their
property Is deprecated in value; and trade
is diverted from this city to Minneapolis.
Wherefore your petitioners do humbly pray
that your honorable body may. with all con-
venient speed enact such ordinance or other
legislation as shall require said railway COM
pany to change said line into a continuous
electric line, running as near as may be, over
its present route continuously from the bust
ness part Of the city to the intersection of
Prior and University avenues.
It has already received hundreds of
signatures and everybody who patron
lies the Selby avenue line should sign
it. If the change is had it Is the in
tention of st. Anthony hill and Mer-
RAM Park people to insist on having
as handsome and comfortable cars as
are used in any city, and the COM
pany's admirable service on the inter,
urban line is guarantee of all that
We can expect. OF course a change Of
this magnitude cannot be made with
out cost and possibly some friction
over details, but every friend of st.
Paul, st. Anthony hill and of Merriam
Park is expected to help the improve
ment along. The street railway COM
pany is not compelled to make this
change. The council might declare tha
old cable a nuisance, and it would be
perfectly justified in doing so, bat if
they chose to be contrary the street
car people might put off this improve
ment almost indefinitely.