The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-10-27
STREET RAILWAY COMPANY AGAIN
PLANNING TO INCREASE ITS
REVENUE
by RUNNING EXPRESS CARS.
MEMBERS OF THE ST. PAUL COUN-
GIL SAY NO MORE CONCES-
SIONS GO.
THE PLAN VOID WITHOUT THEM.
Stand as Protectors of Uni
versity Avenue.

The officials of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company are again agitating
the question of express passenger
trains on the interurban line. Certain
of the Minneapolis papers have taken
I'D the matter, and argue that the
plan is one which commends itself
to business men in general" The COM
pany, while recognizing that it will be
a good thing for the business men, does
not overlook the point that D cents ao-
ditional will be charged passengers
who patronize the express cars. 1t is
on the increased fare proposition that
rock in the ST. Paul city council, as
the majority of the members of that
body are opposed to any increase IN
the fare between the two cities. With
out the consent of the st. Paul council
the express, cars cannot be run, as the
ordinance under which the tnterurban
line is now operated provides that not
more than cents can be charged for
one passenger on any of the lines OPP
Grated under the ordinance. In order
to make the cars at all to the liking
of the company it would also be neces-
sary to change the present ordinance
governing the giving of transfers, as
under the existing ordinance transfers
to all lines except the cable are good
on interurban cars Without a chanSe
of the ordinance by which transfers
to the interurban express cars would
be barred, the company would hardly
commence the running of express cars
because, as a matter of course, those
transferring to the 1nterurpan line
would wait for the fast cars.
A number Of the members of the city
council seen yesterday expressed the
opinion that the attempt of the COM
pany at this time to secure any con-
cessions from the council which would
allow it's running fast cars on the inter-
urban line would be ridiculous. Some
of the members were of the opinion
that the company would not put in
the necessary side tracks and switches
on University avenue to allow the ex-
press cars to be operated without the
consent of the council. Others stated
the ordinance regulating the rate or
speed of the cars would have to be
changed in order to allow the cars to
make the trip in half an hour, as con-
templated The ordinance under which
the interurban line was constructed
and operated, however, provides that
the company can put in all necessary
side tracks and switches necessary to
operate it's lines, and under this sec
ton the company claims that the side
tracks and switches could be put in.
AS to the regulation of the speed of
the electric cars, an ordinance passed
in 1893 allows the company to operate
it's cars east of Rice street at twelve
miles an hour. After cars have reached
Dale street going west, there is no
restriction as to the rate of speed
specified in the ordinance.
Assistant Corporation Phillips ques-
toned as to the possibility of the COM
pany operating fast cars on the in
terurban line without concessions from
the council, stated that such an I'M
dertaking would be impossible The
cent fare proposition, the transfer sec
ton and the fact that all cars would
be required to stop at each block from
Robert street to the city limits, if pas
sengers desired to get on, would pre-
vent the plan from being carried out
without the consent Of the common
council.