The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-08-25
ANOTHER MEETING is HELD.
a SCORE OR MORE REITERATE
THEIR OPPOSITION TO THE
SCHEME.
OTHER VOICES ARE HEARD, TOO
Suburban Newspapers Unite in De-
nouncinE the Movement in the
Railways Interest.

the most prominent gentlemen in the
retail district at the Ryan hotel yes
terday morning, and steps were taken
TO fix the views of the councilmen as to
the attitude of the down town mer-
chants on the proposed street railway
ordinance.
The meeting took place in the parlors
and was called to order by President
Bowlby. Some of the gentlemen pres
ent were in rather a disturbed state of
mind. They felt, and expressed them
selves as feeling, that the members OF
the council who were pushing the pro-
posed ordinance were poach:ng on their
preserves, and they wanted to take
some steps to show their disapproval of
the attitude of their legislators. One
gentleman thought that the thing 10
do would be to get all of the merchants
whose interests were affected, to meet
at some point and proceed in a body to
the council chamber and there by force
of numbers show to the members Of
the council that the ordinance must
be beaten and beaten at once. Robert
Mannheimer and others took a more
conservative view of matters. how
ever
1--WE must do nothing rash,' said Mr..
Mannheimer 81 have inquired into our
rights in the matter and l find that
we have none at law; that we cannot
enjoin the councilmen, and that the
only thing there is for us to do is TO
seek to win them to our views by set
ting before them the wrong they are
doing US and the city"
T. D. O'Brien said that it must not
be thought that the councilmen were
as a whole in favor of the proposed
ordinance. He knew that many Of them
were opposed to it, and that it could
never be passed in it's present form,
even if the opposition did nothing.
What we must do is to reach the
councilmen personally and by persua-
sion get them to understand what we
want. The street railway company
does not expect to get that provision
for the collection of Is cents fare
through at all, and that will be cut out
at once, / believe, when the matter
comes up. Let this body appoint
committee to see the members of the
council and we will find them amen
able enough to our views" In a little
discussion that followed, it was made
apparent that the retailers will have
a rod in pickle for those who seek TO
have the Broadway loop provision made
a part of any street railway legislation
that comes up, and also intimated that
there would be a day of reckoning for
the members of the council who favor
ed the proposed loop.
Finally on motion of Robert Mann
heimer, a committee was appointed
to go actively to work to canvass the
council and straighten the strabismus
hot Of
whose obliQuity of vision leads them
to see into, or around, the Broadway
loop. The following gentlemen were
agreed on as such committee: Jacob
Mannheimer, j. M. Smith, T. B. Myers,
Louis Nash, A. Michaud and c. B.
Bowlby, eX-officio.
The committee held a meeting imme-
diately upon the adjournment of the
general meeting. They deputized one
OF their members to ask the G o b e
to continue it's efforts in line with their
undertaking.
In order to ascertain the position of
the business men, reporter for the
G o b called on as many as he could
yesterday afternoon, and asked them
certain questions, to place them on
record to the end that the members Of
the council might have it demonstrated
to them that the principal retail in
terests acted together. Here are the
questions with the results:
l. Are you opposed to the proposed ordi-
nance as a whole?
loop?
8. Do you favor the express interurban
train feature of the proposed ordinance?
4. Would you favor an ordinance provid-
ing for union depot loop?
5. Would you favor an ordinance to pro-
vide for continuous electric line from Mer
ham Park to the present terminus Of the
cable line on Fourth street?
Their replies are given herewith:
F. v. Garland-1, yes: 2, no; g. no; 4, yes;
5, yes.
C. B. Bowlby-1, yes; 2, no; 9, no; 4, yes;
Jacob MannheimerI, emphatically OPP
posed; 2, no; 8. no; 4, yes; 5, yes.
Robert MannheimerI, yes; 2, no; 3, no;
= Louis NASH, yes; ., no; 3, no; 4, yes;
L. G. Hoffman,. yes; 2, no; 3, no; A. yes;
William Bannon-1, yes; 2, no; 3, no; 4, yes;
P D. oConnor--1. yes; 2 no; 3, no. A, yes;
5. yes.
F. R. VEIL, yes; 2, no; 3, no; 4, yes; 5,
yes.
James Suydan-1, opposed to parts of it;
s. yes
Emil Geist-1, yes; 2. no; 8, no; A, yes;
5, haven't given that much thought.
yes; 5, 1 think so.
Fred. Yerxa-1, yes; 2. no; 4. yes
W. B. Hennessy, of F. G. Grady G Col,
yes; 2. no; 8, no; 4, yes; 5, yes;
William SchauerI. yes; 2, no; 9, no; 4,
yes; 5, haven't given that any thought
Herman Deebach-1, yes; 2 no; 8, no; 4,
Charles Michaud-1, yes; 2, no; 8, no; 4.
yes; 5, yes.
A. Michaud-1, yes; 2, no; ), no; A. yes;
g. yes.
George Tichnor-1, yes; 2. no; 8, no; 4, yes;
s. yes
c: R. Pease-1, yes; 2, NOS, no; 4, yes;
H. E. wedelstaedt-1, yes; 2, no; 3. no; 4.
j. MagiIi Smith,, yes; 2, no; g. no; 4,
H. B. Farwell-1, yes; 2 no; 8, no; 4, yes;
8, yes.
ROAR FROM MIDWAY.
In an editorial headed 'aThe Fool
Dog the Midway News, of Merriam
Park, has the following to say:
The st. Paul street railway company is
the best practical example of the dog with
a big hunk of nice fresh meat in his chops
jumping into the river to rob his own re-
Election that we have yet encountered. 1t
has been given by the city everything it has.
but the city has never been able to get any,
thing from the company without double con-
cessions Had it not been driven to It by
the city the street railway company
would yet be operating their old mule cars.
For the last five years the city has been
trying to obtain decent service on the Selby
avenue line, an Improvement which would
be of greater advantage to the street rail-
way company than to anyone else and every
time the matter comes to a test the COM
pany flies the track and asks for things
which it would be simply preposterous for
the city to grant. When a move was made
four years ago to grant the company privilege
TO put in safety device on Selby hill, thus
enabling it to change the cable into an cleo