The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-07-15
ITS LATEST EFFORT
81. PAUL'st MOCK COUNCIL HAS
ANoTHaR ELECTRIC ORDI-
NANCE TO PLAY WITH.
SORT OF AN OMNIBUS AFFAIR
EXPECT TO ACCOMPLISH ALMOST
AS MuCHlAs ALL FORMER ONES
PUT TOGETHER.
ARE TOLD TO GO AHEAD WITH 1T.
y Ia
Enough Fr8visions Unacceptable to
Make ANOTHER Ordinance
Necessary Later.
SORT OF AN OMNIBUS AFFAIR
ARE TOLD TO co AHEAD WITH 1

1t appears at least on the surface
as II the long standing differences be-
tween uhe city and the street railway
company We're to be amicably settled.
An ADJOURNED meeting of the board of
aldermen was to have been held Tues
DAY night, at which the special COM
mlttee from that body consisting of
Aid. Bigelow, Sanborn, Kenny and Lar
sen were to have reported an ordinance
relative to the Broadway loop, the
Selby avenue viaduct and the union
depot loop. Barnum & Bailey's cir
Gus, however, was scheduled for the
same evening, and as the city fathers
were plentifully supplied with free
tickets to the show it was decided to
put the council meeting over until last
evening. All the members of the board
of aldermen were promptly on hand
last evening, but it occurred to Aid.
Sanborn that there was a chance for
the street railway company to take eX-
ceptions to any business transacted, if
1t so desired, owing to the irregularity
of the meeting. The point was made
by the Seventh ward alderman that tine
aldermen having adjourned to Tuesday
evening and then not meeting until
Wednesday evening might invalidate
any ordinance or other business which
was transacted. A consultation was
held and the facts laid before Corpora
ton Attorney Markham, who decided
the point was well taken. According
Iy call for a special meeting for the
transaction of general business was
signed by all the members, the meeting
to be held this afternoon at 2:30 o'clock.
The ordinance relating to street rail-
way matters which has been prepared
under the direction of the special al
delmanic committee was handed
around among the members, and, it is
claimed, will be passed with but LITTLE,
If any opposition, at the session this
afternoon. The ordinance, in the
shape of an omnibus measure, disposes
of the three questions which have
been the bone Of contention between
the council and the street railway
company for the past year. 1t pro-
Vides for a double track electric line
on the same route as the cable is now
operated, except that the line is to be
operated from Broadway and Fourth
streets in continuous line to Univer-
sity and Prior avenue. The railway
company is to file in the office of the
city engineer plan and profile of the
grade necessary to construct and Ope-
Nina avenue, which grade shall net
exceed what is known as a per cent
grade anywhere between the two
streets mentioned. After the plan and
profile have been filed the city shall
then establish such grade as provid-
ed for on a strip of land, twenty feet
wide, between the points mentioned,
and on which strip the tracks are to
be maintained. The company at it's
own expense is to make the cut or
Viaduct on Selby avenue hill, between
Third street and Nina avenue, build
and maintain the necessary retaining
walls, which are to be erected under
the supervision of the city engineer.
The walls Of the viaduct are to be
surmounted by an iron fence, and the
company is also to construct an iron
bridge over Summit avenue, of such
character and design as shall be ap-
proved by the city engineer. The via
duct and electric line is to be COM
pleted and in operation by June I,
1898. The street railway company is
also, by the terms of the ordinance, TO
save the city harmless from all DANA
ges for which the city may become
liable growing out of the proposed
Improvement
The clause in the ordinance relating
to the Broadway loop provides that
the Como and interurban cars shall be
operated around the so-called Broad
way loop on Wabasha, Fifth, Broad
way and Seventh streets on and after
Sept. 1. 1897
The ordinance in another clause
also provides that, what is known as
the Thompson depot loop shall
be constructed and in operation
by Nov. 1897, and that the cars on
the Grand avenue, Mississippi and
West st. Paul, Hamline and Lafayette
and Rondo lines shall be operated
around the loop.
The ordinance also provides that
transfers shall be given from and to
any and all lines running in the dis
trict bounded on the east by Broadway,
the west by Wabasha street, the north
by Eight street, and the south by Third
street. AS it is now, transfers are
given only to and from connecting or
crossing lines.
The ordinance is to be accepted by
the street railway company within 20
days after it's passage and publication.
and written acceptance of the same
filed in the office of the city clerk
by the company.
There was some informal talk last
evening among the aldermen as to
whether the ordinance would be &C
ceptable to the street railway COM
pany In answer to this Aldermen
Sanborn, Kenney and Bigelow stated
that the committee had held a confer
ence with Vice President Goodrich,
General Manager Held and Superin-
tendent Smith, yesterday afternoon.
The result of the conference was, &C
cording to the tale told by Aid. San
born, that Vice President Goodrich,
while not stating positively that the
company would accept all the pro-