The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-09-14
ORDINANCE CHANGING SELBY CA
BILE TO AN ELECTRIC RE-
POSES IN COMMITTEE.
KENNY WITH HIS STALLS"
SEVERAL MORE STREET RAILWAY
ORDINANCES INTRODUCED By
THE ASTUTE ALDERMEN.
ZACH TALKED OFF THE TRACK.
Amendment Lending Force to the
Faulty Bicycle Ordinance Passes
Other Business.


railway company to change its cable
to an electric line, which passed the as
sembly, did not get through the board
of aldermen last evening. The sup
porters of the Broadway loop PROPOSE
ton were the stumbling block although
this was not apparent on the surface.
A number of those who have always
favored the operation of the Broadway
loop took occasion last night to oppose
the proposed ordinance on the ground
that it gave the street railway company
a perpetual franchise for an electric line
on Fourth street and Selby avenue,
while ON the other lines in the city the
privilege was limited to fifty years. AID.
Kenny, however came out oololy ana
admitted that, while he was Of the
opinion that the city railway company
was getting the best of the game IN
| the ordinance, if the Broadway loop
was tackled on as an amendment, ne
! might be able to vote for the measure
| After considerable discussion among
! the aldermen, however, the ordinance
! was referred to the committee on
streets. Previous to this action the
amendment offered by Aid. Kenny to
attach the Broadway loop section had
! been defeated. Just to keep up the
usual dose of street railway ordinances
| AID. DonahoWer introduced the Thomp-
son loop ordinance, and Aid. haldunskl
| handed in one calling for a new line
| to be operated with horses in the
Eighth ward. After the Selby avenue
ordinance had been referred, Aid.
| Shepard sent in a short one, simply
! directing the company to change its
cable to an electric line. Each and all
| were referred to the committee on
streets for consideration.
| All of the members were present, and
| the council chamber presented very
| animated scene. Those interested In
the Broadway loop, as we'll as the bust
ness men DESTROYS of having the pres
ent Robert street loop maintained
were present in numbers. There was
| something Of a caucus held, and it
was nearly $50 o'clock when the board
was called to order by President Bige-
low. A large grst of routine business
was disposed of before the street rail-
! way matters were reached.
Aid DonahoWer started the street
railway ordinance seance by introduce
| ing a copy of the Thompson depot loop
! ordinance which was defeated in the
assembly at the last meeting of that
| body. The ordinance being read, Mr..
| Stutzman moved that it be referred to
the committee on streets Mr.. Dona-
| hover urged that it be passed. The Or
dinance had been discussed all winter
! and spring, and all the members We're
! familiar with it. Mr.. Kenny favored
! it's being referred to the committee on
| streets 1t affected the residents and
property owners of the Third ward and
! should be carefully considered. Any
! ordinance that put cars on Sibley street
every three minutes should be consid-
cred, and the persons interested given
an opportunity to be heard, especial
ly those in the Third ward. He was op-
posed to railroading any ordinance
through the council, and as it had only
been read for the first time it should
go to the committee on streets.
Mr.. Stutzman called attention to the
crowded condition Of Third and Sibley
streets, and said the business men
were opposed to the plan Of running
cars on Sibley and Third streets.
Mr.. Donahower thought if it went to
the committee on streets it would sim,
ply be used as a battering ram for
the Broadway loop.
Mr. Lindahl thought the streets in
! lower town would be blockaded if the
ordinance was passed.
Mr.. Shepard was in favor of the
streets being blocked, especially if the
! city could get a union depot loop. If
the Broadway loop was blotted out the
union depot loop would pass in a short
time. The Broadway loop proposition
| had been the bone of contention in all
| street car matters and was responsible
for nothing being done.
Mr. Larsen said he was not opposed
to q depot loop but he saw no reason
why the ordinance just introduced
| should be pushed through at the pres
ent meeting.
The ordinance was referred to the
! committee on streets by vote of six
! to five, those voting for the reference
being Messrs. Kaldunski, Kenny, Lar
sen. Lindahl, Stutzman and Bigelow.
1t was stated after the ordinance had
| been referred that the measure would
be passed at the next regular meeting
of the hoard, Tuesday evening, Sept.
81. and that the Broadway loop would
be attached to the ordinance as a tail
to the kite.
Aid. Kaldunski not to be out of line,
| introduced an ordinance directing tha
street railway company to construct
| and operate with animal power a
double line of street railway from the
intersection of Blair and Como avenue,
west on Blair street to Lexington ave-
hue Aid. Kaldunski explained that q
petition signed by eighty residents and
| property owners accompanied the Or
dinance. The citizens he said, saw no
reason why the cars should be oper-
ated as now on Lexington avenue from
University to Minnehaha street as
j. 1No41r
two thoroughfareS mentioned. The or
dinance he introduced was under the
privilege granted the street car COM
pany in June, 1892, and he urged that
the rules be suspended and the ordfn-
ance passed. It went to the commit
tee on streets by a vote of ten to one.
The Selby avenue ordinance came last
and the clack having waded through
the ordinance, on motion Of Mr.. Sam
born the rules were suspended. Aid.
Kenny then handed in the following
| amendment to section 8:
And said company shall, on or before Dec.
81. 1897, comply with all the provisions OF
ordinance No. 1926 requiring said company to
make certain changes in the operation of
certain of its lines. passed May s, 1897.
Mr.. Sanborn hoped that the amend
ment would not pass. It would have
the effect of defeating both PROPOSE
lions. He was advised that the com-
pany would not accept the ordinance
with the Broadway loop amendment.
There was no power to compel the
company to accept the ordinance
changing the cable to an electric line.
An ordinance had been passed in May
last directing the company to operate
the Broadway loop and after the expi-
ration of year from the date of it's
passage the city could compel the
company to operate the Broadway
loop. There was prospect if the or
d.nanco M SSed in the same condition