The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-01-14
THROUGH
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EXPRESS

There has been a lull in the presenta-
tion of street railway legislation in the
city council, but on the quiet work Of
preparing ordinances is still going on
The publication in the G. ! o some
weeks ago of what the city council
lad attempted and had not done in
street railway measures caused the
members of the body legislative to
awake to the unenviable position in
which they were placed before the pub
lie. AS result it was decided that the
best plan for the future would he to
count noses before any publicity was
given to measures connected with
street railway legislation, and in case
there was no show for the ordinance
or resolution to pass, there would then
be no need to introduce It,
For the past two weeks an ordinance
drafted by Aid Sanborn and Bigelow,
with the assistance of Attorney Mum.
of the street railway company, has
been going the rounds among the mem
bers Of the council. The ordinance has
not been sanctioned by a sufficient
number to assure it's passage, but it is
expected to be amended in minor de-
tails within the next few days so as to
street railway company.
The principal features of the ordi-
nance are that the cable line is to be
changed to an electric line, with a safe
ty device on Selby avenue hill There
is to be a union depot loop and also a
Broadway loop. One of the new provi-
sions of the measure is that through
interurban cars shall be operated on
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cars to make no stops between the in
tersection of Wabasha street and Uni
versity avenue and the western limits
of the city. In addition to the through
Interurban cars there is also to be a
line of local interurban cars to run on
Fifth, Broadway, Seventh, Minnesota
and Eighth streets. On the local In
terurban car transfers will be issued
and received to and from any other
line, but no transfers will be honored
or issued on the through inteurban
cars.
The first section Of the proposed or
dinance provides for the changing Of
the cable to an electric line and fixes
the time when the right to operate the
line shall cease as July l, 1945. There
is to be safety device on Selby av
enue hill which shall not obstruct
travel west of Summit avenue nor on
Third street. The line is to connect
with the present So-called Merriam
Park line at Milton street and is to be
operated as one continuous line with
out change of cars from Broadway to
University and Prior avenues. All
cars over the line from Broadway to
Milton street are not to be operated
through to Merriam Park, but only
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nish a reasonable service. The cars
running through to University avenue
and Prior avenue are to be run at in
tervals not exceeding fifteen minutes
between cars between the hours of 6
a. m. and $50 p. m. In case the line is
at any time changed to an interurban
line the company is allowed the priv
ilege to abandon that portion of the
line on Prior avenue between Marshall
avenue and University avenue. The
cable is to be changed into an electric
line on or before June 80, 1898.
Section two Of the ordinance provides
for the issuance of transfers, and di-
rects that not later than June 80, 1898,
transfers will be issued to and from the
Fourth street line to all other lines
with the exception of the through in
terurban line. The transfers to pas
sengers going east will be issued at
going west at Fourth and Wabasha
streets.
Section four gives the company the
right to construct, maintain and oper-
ate tracks either single or double on
Broadway, from Fifth to Third streets,
on Third street to Wacouta street, on
Wacouta street, from Third to Fifth
street Also upon Albert street from
University avenue to Minnehaha street
and on Langford avenue from the west
boundary of Como park to the city
limits, and to connect the tracks With
it's present lines.
Section five provides that as soon as
said tracks shall be constructed and
laid on Broadway, Third and Wscouta
streets the cars on the Lafayette and
Rondo line coming from an eaSterly di
rection shall be operated on Broadway
to Third street. on Third street to Wa
couta street and on Wacouta street to
Fifth street and thence as now oper-
ated All cars on the Lafayette and
Rondo line coming from a westerly di-
rection shall be operated on Fifth to
Wacouta street, on Wacouta street to
Third street, on Third street to Broad
way and on Broadway as at present
operated The Grand avenue line to
be operated down Fifth street to Wa
couta street, on Wacouta to Third
street, on lnlrQ street TO broadway, on
Broadway to Fifth street, on Fifth
street to Robert street and thence over
the present route. The company is
also given the right after the Fourth
street line is changed to a cable, to op-
crate it's cars on this line down Fourth
street to Wacouta street, thence on
Wacouta street to Third street, thence
on Third street to Broadway and
thence on Broadway to Fourth street,
thence west on Fourth street as at
present.
Section six empowers the company
to operate through interurban cars
over the present Robert and Eighth
streets loop. These cars are not re-
quired to stop between the intersec-
ton of University avenue and Waba-
sha street and the western limits of the
city and are to be labeled with con-
spicuous signs. The company is also
directed to operate not later than May
1, 1898, local interurban cars, SO called,
on which transfers are to be issued
and received from all lines. The local
interurban cars are to be operated
over University avenue to the western