The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-08-05
TO BROADWAY ON CERTAIN
CONDITIONS
SPECIFIED IN AN ORDINANCE.
WILL ESTABLISH AND OPERATE
AN EXPRESS LINE BETWEEN
THE CITIES.
RESOLUTIONS IN G. A. r.. INTEREST.
Assembly Bicycle Ordinance Given
Another Shake and Returned
TO the Committee.

If an ordinance introduced at the reg
ular meeting of the board of aldermen
last night should go into effect the
street railway company will establish
and operate an express line between st.
Paul and Minneapolis, in addition to
it's local interurban line
Aid. Kenny introduced the ordinance
at the request of the street railway
company The measure has it's origin
in the desire of a large number of bus
mess men and representative citizens
for the establishment of a loop extend
ing to Broadway. The former council
passed resolution over Mayor Smiths
veto requesting the street railway
company to extend its present Robert
street loop to Broadway, but the COM
quest. But the ordinance submitted
last night, at the request of the street
railway company. embodies a prop
osition to construct loop to Broadway
provided certain rights and privileges
are granted to the company The pro-
visions Of the ordinance are in sub
stance as follows:
1t grants to the street railway COM
pany the right to construct and operate
a line with a single track on Eighth
street from Broadway to Robert street
and to connect said track at Broadway
and Robert streets with it's existing
lines, the same to be used as an addi-
tlonal loop, upon which such Of it's
cars as the company shall deem ad-
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OF being operated around the present
loop on Robert street, which is not to
be removed
Section Of the ordinance grants the
right to construct and operate the
through or express line. 1t authorizes
the street railway company to con-
struct and maintain along University
avenue from Dale street West to the
city limits, two tracks in addition to
those tracks already laid along Uni
versity avenue, one on each side Of the
present tracks, thereby constituting a
four track line. When said tracks shall
have been laid the company is to be
granted the right to operate through"
or express" interurban cars, which
shall stop at only such points within
the city limits as the company shall
deem advisable.
The same section further provides
that the company shall continue to
operate its local interurban cars, ex-
cept that they shall be operated around
the additional loop, instead of the
Robert street loop.
The next section gives the company
the right to charge the passengers on
the express interurban cars Is cents
fare and relieves the company from
the obligation to issue or receive trans
fers to or from any passengers on the
express cars.
Authority is also granted to the COM
pany to carry express matter on all
lines especially constructed, for that
purpose but similar in appearance to
the ordinary passenger cars.
Section grants the company the
privilege of operating, until the new
line is built, the present interurban
line without making more than ten
stops east of Dale street. 1t Is pro-
vided, however. that this section is
not to be operative for a period longer
than four years from the date of the
acceptance of the ordinance by the
company.
Section 6 relieves the street railway
company from building any new or adj
ditional lines within the city limits
for the same period of four years. The
company is allowed go days from the
passage of the ordinance in which to
accept it.
The board referred the ordinance to
the committee on streets without dis
cussion.
Aid. Bigelow introduced three resolu-
lions looking to the interests of the
coming G. A. r. encampment. The
resolutions were in reality the outcome
of conference held late in the after
noon between the mayor and the mem
berS of the council.
The first resolution provides that an
order be drawn for the city treasurer
for the sum of $4,000, payable out OF
the street, sewer and bridge main
tenance fund, in favor of the mayor
to be used by his honor for the proper
control and care of the streets of the
city during the G. A R. encampment
the balance to be returned to the city
treasurer after the encampment.
The second resolution grants to the
G. A. r. the exclusive use of Summit
avenue between Selby and Western
avenues from Sept 1 to Sept 4, in
elusive from z p. m. until midnight
each night, and directs that all horses
vehicles and bicycles be kept off this
portion of the street during such
periods of time.
The third resolution gives the G. A
r. management permission to erect
at its own expense, on Summit avenue
between Selby and Western avenues
rs electric light poles. All three reso-
lutions were adopted unanimously
The assembly bicycle ordinance was
reported back to the board without
recommendation. Aid. Bigelow moved
that the ordinance be placed on its
passage, his object being to kill it
Aid. Kaldunski offered an amendment
designed to prevent riding on all side
walks south of Lafond and east OF
Dale street in the Eighth ward.
Aid. Markham was opposed to incor-
porating any exceptions in the ordin-
ance, as such a measure would lead tc
confusion. He favored the passage Of
the assembly ordinance. The assembly
had declined to pass an ordinance ex-
Guiding all sidewalks and had also
killed what was termed Aid. Bige1ow's
hop off, ordinance. 1t was therefore
best to pass the assembly ordinance
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