The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-04-30
ANOTHER ORDINANCE SPRUNG FOR
AN EL45CTRIC TO MERRIAM
PARK.
TWO LINES ARE INVOLVED
ONE ON WABASHA, TENTH, RICE,
SUMMIT, NELSON, HARRINGTON
AND SELBY.
LIQUOR
INSES GRANTED.
Assembly Grants the Application Oi
S. j. kraemer-Other Matters
Considered.

An ordinance, which it is claimed will
be satisfactory to the residents Of Sum-
nit avenue and also to the street rail-
way company, was introduced in the as
sembly last evening by Assemblyman
! Kirke. The ordinance provides that
the street railway company shall oper-
ate a double track electric line from the
corner Of Fourth street and Broadway
! to Merriam Park via Fourth, Wabasha,
! Tenth and Rice streets to Summit ave-
/ nue., on Summit avenue to Nelson ave-
nue., on Nelson avenue to Harrington
avenue, and on harrington avenue to
Selby avenue and from there on to
I Merriam Park and the junction of
Prior avenue and University avenue,
/ over the route now traVerSed. Another
section of the new ordinance provides
that the Grand avenue line shall be
operated on Pleasant avenue from
i Ramsey to Third street, on Third street
to ourth street and on Fourth street
to Broadway returning from the cor
ner of Fourth and Broadway by the
same route. On reaching Ramsey and
/ Pleasar Z avenue, the Grand avenue line
! is 20 be operated over the same streets
as now used. Another section of the
ordinance provides that when the
/ Grand avenue line is operated as pro-
vided, it shall be discretionary with
the council to direct it to be operated
| over such other streets as 1t may be
| deemed advisable. This provision Mr..
| k1rke stated, was put in so that If
depot loop was ordered the Grand
! avenue line could be operated over the
loop. The two lines mentioned are to
be in operation on or before Nov. l,
1897, and when in operation the street
railway company is to be released from
all obligation to maintain and operate
the present cable line. The ordinance
further provides that cars are to be
| operated oyer the lines Is often as
/ necessary to reasonably accommodate
the public. ---,-
The ordinance went to the committee
on streets without discussion, but Mr..
Kirke, in conversation, said that there
was no question but that the ordinance
would ultimately be passed. He had
! been informed it was satisfactory to
the street railway company, and it GER
tainly would do away with the decided
objections which had been raised
against the operation of cars on Sum-
NIT avenue and Third street as pro-
vided by the Shepard ordinance. If
| his ordinance was passed the driveway
on Sixth and Summit avenue would not
be spoiled, and there would be no need
of the street railway company spending
time and money in securing a safety
device for the Selby avenue hill There
/ might be some objection, owing to the
fact that the residents of Summit ave-
nue. would have to either walk to
Pleasant avenue and Third street, or
to Harrington and Selby, but the keep
ing of the tracks from Summit avenue
would more than compensate for the
walk of a block or so.
A batch of saloon licenses were ap-
| proved by the assembly among them
being that Of S. J. Kraemer at 176
East Seventh street. David Morgan, OF
behalf of the Christian Citizenship
! league, filed q communication against
the granting of the license to Kraemer
which was read by the city clerk. The
objections were that the character Of
the place was such that no license
should be issued. The confession made
by the applicant that the place could
IfOI DS COHOuCI6Q uU4cSS lSuBdl6 per
formers were allowed to take part in
the performances was also set up as
another objection. Attention was alsC.
called to the fact that May Wright,
who applied for a license in March
last for the same place, had been re-
fused a permit by the assembly. II
was further alleged in the objections
that a certain brewing company was
to conduct the place, and that the ap-
plicant for the license was simply G
stool pigeon for the company. There
was some discussion as to whether the
assembly, under the decision of Judge
Kelly in the TankenOff case was not
obliged to hear evidence. AS the OBJ
lection filed by Mr.. Morgan, however,
stated that no evidence would be pre-
scented unless desired by the assembly,
! the motion to grant the application
was carried by a vote of 8 to 4. Mr.
Albrecht explained his vote by saying
that he objected to the place, and for
this reason would vote no. Mr. Craig
voted no without any explanation, as
did Mr.. Thompson. Mr.. Reardon said
he would vote against the application,
because he knew the person who would
conduct the saloon intended selling
liquor in other parts of the building
than where the license was taken out
Messrs. Mabon, Daily. Dix, Kirke and
Arosin voted for the license. Mr.. Dix
stated that he was satisfied the mayor
would see that the laws were not violat-
ed, and that liquor would only be sold
in the room mentioned in the license.
Mr.. Kirlle gave the same reason for his
action, and the other members voting
for the license made no explanation.
Resolutions were passed directing the
mayor to appoint six dog catchers at
$50 per month and five men with wag-
ons and teams at SO per day to assist
in the capture Of unlicensed CANNES.
The contract awarded by the board of
public works to P. J. Ryan for the
construction Of a sewer on Summit
avenue from Griggs to Oxford street
was sent to the committee on streets
at the request Of President Arosin.
An ordinance amending the dog or
dinance recently passed was handed
in by Assemblyman Albrecht, and was
sent to the committee on streets. The
principal feature OF the amended meas
ure was that 1t allows the council to
say what period dogs shall be muz-
zled.
The license fee for the Grand and
Metropolitan theaters was fixed at
500 for the year.