The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-04-16

tr1city now rules supreme. and appears
to be but in the infancy of It's posi-
bilities, nay! it's probabilities.
In the days Of the old horse car, who
would have dreamed of taking street
car from ST. Paul to Minneapolis in pref
erence to the Great Northern or Milwau-
kee short line? But nowadays, with our
electric cars, it has become our regular
means of locomotiOn from one city to the
other.
1t Is no longer merely question Of get
ting quickly and cheaply from one end
of our city to the other but now our ideas
are extending into new field. We are
now on the verge Of a splendid interurban
system Of street car service. ST. Paul and
Minneapolis are already thus connected
by two through lines, which have actually
taken the business away from the old
reliable steam locomotive. Other lines
between the two cities will undoubtedly
be in operation within the very near fu-
ture. The West Seventh street line can
not much longer remain with the gap be-
tween it and the Minnehaha line Of Min
neapolis untitled. How long will 1t be be-
fore the Merriam or Groveland park cars
will run out Marshall avenue, and along
Lake street, to the heart of Minneapolis?
All these lines will become business ne.
cess1ties in the very near future, and they
will then be promptly completed and
fitted out with improved cars which will
put to blush the Selby car in which we
are just now riding so proudly
And now we are told that Saltwater is
to be connected with st. Paul by an ex-
tension of our interurban electric system.
And White Bear village Is to have line
entering the city about Arcade street.
From saltwater to Hudson Is but a turn
Of the hand compared with what has al
ready been accomplished. And then our
Ir1xra toll T.,
of driving along the hot and dustry road
to Hudson and finding himself out an
even S. or more after the wedding, can
travel comfortably over there and back in
a luxurious summer car and find himself
about S. in pocket by the operation
Quite a valuable little capital towards
meeting the expenses of the divorce pro-
ceedings later on,
And already the Twin City Rapid Tran
sit company is measuring off the distance
and the best route from Minneapolis to
Anoka, and removing legal difficulties by
means of legislative enactments, with a
view to extending one of it's interurban
lines to that city. The Great Western
railroad now does a thriving interurban
business between st. Paul and Inver
Grove. Do you suppose that our electric
lines will much longer leave that little
monopoly unchallenged?. How easy to.
continue the State street line to that
points? And why not then run through,
say by way Of Rosemount to Hastings?
Shakopee and Chaska are by no means in
accessible from Minneapolis or from St
Paul via Fort Smelling. From White Bear
village to Forest Lake Is but another
twelve miles, and from there to the Inter
state park Is an easy enough stretch, once
1t Is realized that there is a public demand
for these lines. A further increase Of
speed In our electric motors, and these
distances will be so shortened as to bring
them quite within the range Of practical
everyday life
Just at this point as Mankato, st.
Peter. LIE Sueur. ST. Cloud, North Branch
and dozen other sister cities were being
rapidly embraced in the overwhelming
arms Of our Unsuitable interurban system.
we were rudely aroused from our reverie
to find ourselves landed at the foot OF
Fourth street, with the sad alternative of
either walking back to Jackson street or
depositing another nickel with the con-
ductor. Being firm believer in the good
old adage. "A penny saved is penny