The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-28
CITY ATTORNEY Is INSTRUCTED TO
LOOK OUT FOR POSSIBLE
w6oDSHUoKs
IN THE LATEST ORDINANCE
PROPOSED FOR THE REGULATION
OF THE STREET RAILYAY IN
THE FUTURE.
The Measure Which Is Now Before
the Aldermen in Number
of Particulars.

The street railway ordinance intro
| duced in the board of aldermen Mon
| day night was recommended to pass
| by the committee on streets from that
| body yesterday afternoon. 1t was
! amended. however. in several particu-
| lars, and then referred to the corpora
! ton attorney in order, as Aid.
! Kenny explained, that the rights Of
! the city might be looked after. The
| ordinance will be sent to the board of
aldermen Tuesday night, accompanied
by an opinion from the city attorney,
as asked for by Aid. Kenny and Lin
! dahl.
When the ordinance was taken up
Aid. SanbOrn moved that it be recon-
, mended to pass. Aid. Lindahl object
ed TO the section or that part OF it
/ which gave the company until Sept. l.
! 1889, to pave Third and Fourth streets.
! This work, Mr.. Lindahl said, had been
ordered four years ago, and if the COM
pany was to make the change from
cable to an electric line it would be a
very easy matter to pave the streets
al the same time the change was made.
Aid. Shepard stated that the objection
of the company to paving this year was
! that there was likely to be consider
able pavement to be laid on other
streets, and the expense would be too
( large if it was all done in one year.
Aid. Kenny said a portion of the street
was in his ward, and that four years
ago the property owners had been re-
CURED to stand the expense OF paving
the street, while the company had so
far escaped. Aid. Lindahl insisted that
the paving on Third and Fourth streets
should be done this year, and the Or
dinancc was amended so as to require
the pavement to be laid on or before
Sept. 1, 1898.
Aid. Shepard suggested that the sec
ton be eliminated which provided that
lin case the company at any time
should be permitted to change the
Fourth street and Selby avenue line
into an interUrban line and operate
cars between St. Paul and Minneapolis
tkereupon and thereafter the company
shall have the right TO abandon that
portion OF the line on Prior avenue,
between Marshall and University ave
nues"
There was no need Mr.. Shepard said
for this provision being made in the
ordinance at this time. When the line
was turned ictO an interurban the
Ctlnpany WCuld dccOIClHS 10 the Or
dinance have TO secure the right from
the council to make the change. That,
in his opinion, would be the proper time
to abandon the line on Prior avenue, and
there was no necessity to have the pro-
VsiCn passed upon. The line at presen.
was used by a large n.,;nber of passen-
g rs, the majority of them being those
V no attend the state university. II the
lire was abandoned it would result in
walk to University avenue Or take the
car and come down town. Aid. Bell
thought the company might not be in
favor OF striking this provision from the
Ordina nee. ard Al6. S2nFO"n said che OF
the ol q 'rarceS pas3e by the Cou Gil II It
fall had been objected TO by the com
pary on the ground that this provision
had been stricken out. AID. Shepard
said there was no doubt bat that the
company would accept tie ordinance
without tie provisicn and it was acco d.
i; gly stricken ouG. Assemtly imam c. a g.
who was present at the meeting, said
he understood that in the matter of
transfers as provided in the ordinance
it would be impossible for a passenger
gcine east on the Fourth street line to
st cure a transfer on tie Rondo and La
faYelte line goirg west. Mr.. Craig said
he simply called the attention of the
committee 20 the matter in order that
there might be no delay in the passage
Of the ordinance after it reached the as
sembly. Some members of the COM
nlittee said Mr. Craig had been misin-
formed and that the ordinance did pro-
vided for such q transfer. The ordi-
rance was their recommended to pass
with the proviso that it be referred to
the corporation attorney for wood
Chucks" and reported back to the board
at its meeting Tuesday night.
After the adjournment of the commit
tee, it was learned that the transfer
matter which Mr.. Craig had called at
tention to was rot provided for in the
ordinance The company claims that if
passengers on the Fourth street line
going east were allowed a transfer at
Fourth and Robert streets for the La
fayette and Rondo line going west it
would enable passengers if they de-
sired 20 come down town on the Fourth
street line and then return to the place
Di actically from which they had started
with the cost of only five cents. This
vas the reason, it is stated. the measure
fails to provide for transfers from the
Fourth street line going west on the
Rondo and Lafayette line.
The company. it was sta ed last even
ing, would accept the ordinance, with
the amendments made, if it passed the
COZ neil.
The protest sent into the council by
property owners who had complied
with the law and put smoke consumers
on their plants protesting against the
injustice done in not enforcing the or
dinance has had the desired effect. The
amended ordinance, prepared after the
decision of the supreme court, and
passed by the assembly in July, 1897,
was considered by the committee en-
streets of the board yesterday after
noon and recommended to pass. Aid.
Kenny objected to the ordinance being
recommended, and stated that all the
excitement was caused by man who
had a patent smoke consumer to sell.
Assemblyman Kirke. considered it an
outrage that, after some of the owners