The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-01-29
is RECOMMENDED TO PASS.
ALDERMEN MARKHAM, BIGELOW
AND KENNY TRY TO HOLD
1T BACK.
GROUNDS FOR THE OPPOSITION.
The Desire to Save Summit Avenue
Is the One Thing That May
Kill 1t.


on Third street and Summit avenue
| was considered by the board of alder
men last evening. The ordinance was
not formally killed, but by the votes Of
Aids. Kenny, Bigelow and Markham it
came SO near being strangled to death
! that the friends of the measure secured
an adjournment without bringing the
matter to a formal vote here were but
/ ten members present, and after deal
! Of talk the board went into the COM
mittee Of the whole to discuss the meas
| ure. When the committee rose it de-
! cided by a vote of seven to three tC
! recommend the ordinance for paSsa ge.
I These voting against the recommend
! alton were Aid. Markham, BigeloW and
! Kenny. AS near as could be made cut
! from his talk Aid. Markham was OPP
! posed to the ordinance because it al
! lowed tracks to be laid on Summit ave
! nue.. Aid. BigeloW didn't express his
/ opposition to the ordinance, but it is
/ claimed that he is also opposed to
/ tracks on Summit avenue. Aid. Kenny
makes nc bones about his position. He
wants the Broadway loop, and the
friends Of this measure have an idea
that the company will not put travel
on the loop into effect until the ordi-
nance is again brought up and couple
of more votes secured in the assembly.
For this reason the Third ward alder
man wishes the ordinance for the
change on the Selby avenue line to
have tackled on to it the Broadway
loop ordinance.
AS it took nine votes tC pass the or
dinance, Aid. Shepard saw that it
would be unWise to press the matter,
and as soon as the vote was announced
on the report of the committee of the
| whole, moved an adjournment.
President Markham called the board
to order, and after some minor mat
ters had been disposed of, Aid Shepard
handed up a substitute ordinance
which he said was the same as the
| original one, except that it provided
fer transfers tC and from the new line
to all other lines. He moved the adop-
| ton Of the substitute, but was hardly
quick enough, as Aid. Kenny also had
a substitute ordinance. The ordinance
Of the Third ward alderman provided
for the changing of the cable line to
an electric one and running up Third
street and Summit avenue. In add
ton, however, the ordinance provided
| Hamline cars run on Fifth and Robert
Hamline cars run on Fifth to Robert
| street, on Robert street to Fourth, on
| Fourth tC Broadway, on Broadway to
Seventh, and on Seventh to Wabasha
| The clerk had just settled down to the
reading CT the Kenny substitute when
Aid DonahoWer wanted the ordinance
referred to the committee ON streets.
He said he knew nothing about the
ordinance, but Aid. Kenny said he
might say the same thing about the
substitute of Aid. Shepard Aid. Dona-
hover said the object of the meeting
was to consider the Shepard ordinance
and nothing else. Aid. Kenny said the
| business men in the Third ward were
| against putting tracks on Sibley- street
| His ordinance would give depot con-
| nectIon, which was greatly needed. Aid
! DOnahOWer thought the council had
/ got through with the Broadway loop
/ but 1T appeared not. He wanted the
! discussion narrowed down to the cable
! ordinance. President Markham want
! ed the council to go into committee
| OF the whole, and after parliamentary
! tangle Of some minutes, this was put
! in effect. The people who were sup
| posed to be opposed to the ordinance
did not make themselves heard, and
| after a silence of about ten minutes
| Aid. DOnahower suggested that as
| there was no one to be heard, the COM
mittee rise and recommend the Shop
| ard substitute ordinance be passed.
| Aid. Markham in order to start the
discussion said when the cable ordi-
| nance was passed it was agreed by
| the railway company that no tracks
! should be laid on Summit Dayton and
! Nelson avenues, and Sixth street. He
| was certain there were number of
| persons present opposed to the grant
ing Of any ordinance which would al
low tracks on Summit avenue Before
the ordinance was passed it should be
/ demonstrated that it was absolutely
necessary to protect life and limb that
the cars should go on Third street and
Summit avenue. The railway COM
pany ought, he said, either tunnel
Selby Or put in a safe device All the
city was interested in preserving the
driveway on Summit avenue, and the
tracks should not be laid on that ave-
pue until it was absolutely necessary
The Merriam Park peOpl6 could be ac-
cOmm0dated, he said, by extending the
ROndo street line. The objection was
that this was not a direct line. The
patrons on the hill were, he thought
willing 70 be satisfied with the present
eXecrable service rather than use
| Summit avenue for tracks Another
suggestion was to extend the Grand
| avenue line so as to reach Merriam
Park
| Aid. Shepard said the city engineer
had stated there was no practical de-
! vice which could take the cars I'D the
| Selby avenue hill, and there was great
| danger in going up Third street and
| summit avenue. He quoted from let
| tiers from Tacoma and other cities to
| the effect that electric cars were run
| up 10 and u per cent grades Third
| street had only a 8 per cent grade and
! Summit avenue only per cent The
| objection to the Rondo street line was
| that 1t would cross the Milwaukee
| tracks at a steep grade 1t was lust
| as advisable to talk about going
around by Fort Smelling as to suggest
! to go by the way of Grand avenue
! Summit avenue was exempted from
! the ordinance spoken of by Mr.. Mark
! ham. This exemption was made So
| that people could not get eight rides
| for 70 cents. By agreeing not to put
| tracks on Summit avenue west of
Selby the council repealed the eight
| rides for 25 cents. Three hundred feet
of Summit avenue was of less value
| In his opinion than the lives of the
! people who Travelled over. the Selby
| avenue hill. All that the Merriam
| Park people and other patrons Of the
| line wanted was to have the ordinance
| put through without any amendments
| tackled onto it. He wanted Ito hear
! from those opposed to the passing Of
| the ordinance if there were any pres
| ent. Capt. Bell said he did not want
| Summit avenue destroyed by putting
cars on it. He was opposed to