The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-03-18
BUT THE STREET COMPANY WANTS
SOME DIRECT DEPOT CON-
NECTION
WITH TWO TRACKS ON SIBLEY,
AND ALL CARS BEING RUN 1T
WOULD MEAN CONTINUED OBJ
STRUCTION.
FRIENDS HEARD FROM
Mr.. Mum Wouldn't Discuss That
PrOpositiOn-NO Action Taken
by the Assembly.

An adjourned meeting of the assem-
bly, was held last evening with all
members present except Mr.. Reardon.
The matter UP for discussion was the
ordinance of Assemblyman Thompson
providing for a depot loop connection.
The ordinance, while directing a dou-
BILE track line to be constructed and
operated on Sibley street from Fifth
to Third and on Third from Sibley to
Robert street, also has the Broadway
loop tackled onto it, and this is the
point where the street car company and
number of the members of the as
sembly seem to be at skies and sevens.
Present at the meeting last night were
Vice President Goodrich and NJ D.
Mum, representing the street car COM
pany. Messrs. Chittenden, Slime, Dris-
coll and Scheffer appeared for the Com
mercial club. The assembly was called
to order and resolved itself into the
committee Of the while, with Mr.. Kirlze
in the char.
A couple of hours was spent in dis
cussion, and then the committee rose
and reported progress, although a num-
where the progress came in. After the
clerk had read the ordinance the rep
resentatives of the street car COM
any were called on to express their
views as to the ordinance.
Mr.. Mum said the main thing to be
considered was not the present but
the future. The proposed ordinance
would make Third and Sibley streets a
point where cars would pass every
minute. Sibley street was the only
street to the union depot and the rail
road freight houses, and if all the cars
were run as called for in the ordinance
on Third and Sibley streets the re-
suit would be a blockade at any and
all hours of the day. There was a
question as to whether the business
men would object to this route and
certainly the company would. The idea
Ct the company was that there should
be some simple and direct connection
with the depot. The company could not
consent to the present ordinance, as it
would mean a case Of continued OBJ
StructiOn. His idea was that the most
practical line would be an elevated line
either on Robert street and Jackson
streets and on Second down to the west
side of Sibley street. Such line would
not interfere with travel on the street
and there would be ample facilities
for all travel to and from the depot
The company would not run all the
cars to the union depot on the proposed
elevated line or any other line which
would run to the depot. One line with
cars run every three minutes and
transfers to other lines would furnish
ample facilities. the company could
not go to the expense of building the
line proposed in the ordinance and then
at the end of two years have to take
their line out. He was not sure that
property could be obtained on Second
street between Jackson and Sibley
streets for the elevated line he had Sug-
gested, but thought it would pay to
have the matter looked IN. He had
been informed by Vice President Good
rich that the company was willing to
agree on some feasible and practical
line by which the union depot con-
nectiOn could be made. IF the elevated
road scheme could be carried out and
reasonable concessions obtained from
the property owners the company
would build the line The company.
however, did not want to consider any
thing but the depot connections at this
time.
Assemblyman Thompson inquired IL
there was any objection to that part of
the ordinace which provided for the
Broadway loop. Mr.. Mum said he had
nothing to say on that matter, the only
point he cared to discuss being the de-
pot connection
Mr.. Thompson said the council was
willing to do the right thing, but if
the street car company could not i'm
prove on the present ordinance he
would favor it being passed.
Mr.. ArOsin said the only objection the
street car company had to the ordi-
nance was that it would cost consider
able and would blockade the streets
Mr.. Mum said that was not so. The
objection was to the blockade to lines of
all the cars were run by the way Of
Sibley and Third street. Mr. Arosin
did not think the elevated road would
ever be built for a union depot connec-
ton.
Mr.. Albrecht wanted haste made
slowly and was inclined to think there
would be a blockade OF the cars at
Third and Sibley streets. He suggest
ed a committee from the council TO
submit a report as to what should be
done in the matter Aid. Shepard said
the council had appointed a committee
some weeks ago and when the reports
were submitted the council turned
them all down. His idea was that the
council wanted no depot loop unless
something else could be tackled on to be
carried through with the ordinance
The council committee had submitted
three different routes for a depot loop.
any one of which the stseet- car COM
pany had agreed to build When the
reports were made the council they
had been accepted and filed and that
was the last of them VI
Mr.. Arosin thought the main objec-
ton on the part of the company to the
ordinance was that 1T provided for the
Broadway loop Mr.. Mum replied that
this was not the most serious objection
to the ordinance. In answer to a
question, he stated that, even if the
proposed elevated road to the union
depot should not be found practicable.
the Thompson ordinance would not be
accepted by the company.
Mr.. Chittenden, speaking for the
Commercial club, said that organiza-