The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-05-12

| President Kirl<e Suggests Running
and Turning There-Says That
/ Competent Engineers Have As
sured Him That Such Is Not Only
Possible, but Easily Done.
From the position taken by President
l&irke and Messrs. Albrecht. Benson and
Thompson, of the. assembly, it would
| seem as though the ordinance allowing
the street railway company to lay a
single line of track on Cedar street be-
tween Seventh and Eighth streets would
fail Of passage in the assembly. 1t takes
a three-fourths vote to pass the ordi-
nance, and the four members of the as
sembly mentioned are opposed to allow
ing the company to put line on Cedar
street, If it is possible to use either jack
| son, Robert or Wabasha streets for the
new Saltwater line loop.
| The modified contract between the city
and the Warren-Scharff company, arrived
| from New York yesterday, and by it's
terms provision is made for the street
railway company paying one-fifth of the
cost of paving Cedar street between
Seventh and Eighth streets.
A meeting of the committee on streets
of the assembly was called for o'clock,
| and Attorney Mum, Of the street railway
company, was promptly on hand Only
three of the committee, however, put in
an appearance, and as this was less than
quorum nothing was done. Assembly
man Thompson sent word that he was
very busy, and could not leave his bust
ness to attend the meeting.
President Kirke, who dropped in to see
what was going on, declared himself as
unalterably opposed to allowing the COM
| pany to use Cedar street, and Mr. AL
! brecht voiced the same sentiments Mr.
! Benson was in doubt as to what should
be done, but suggested that if some other
street would be selected it would be much
! better for the city
Mr.. Kirke and Mr. Albrecht both favor
| ed the cars running up Seventh, and turn
! ing on Wabasha, then to Fifth and on
! Fifth to Broadway.
This route. Mr.. Dunn said was not prac-
| ucable, as 1t would cause congestion
of the cars at Seventh and Wabasha
! street, and in order to make the curve it
| would be necessary to cross the tracks
from the north side of Seventh street to
the west side of Wabasha street, and this
would make collisions possible with the
| cars operated on Seventh street as well
as the other lines on Wabasha street
Mr.. Albrecht called attention to the
fact that if the Saltwater cars went I'D
| Cedar to Eighth street they would have
! to come down Wabasha street, and there
! would be just as much congestion as by
turning off Seventh at Wabasha street.
Mr.. kirke suggested that the cars turn
OFF Seventh street at Broadway, and come
IN by the way of Fifth street, and the
present Robert street loop. This did not
seem to strike Mr.. Mum very favorably.
Neither did the suggestion of Mr.. Benson
| that the cars turn on the present loop at
] Robert street. This Mr.. Mum said was
| impossible as there was not enough room
at Seventh and Robert street to swing
! the large cars without danger to pedes-
| TRANS.
Mr.. Mum was very sure that it would
be impossible to make the turn at Seventh
and Wabasha streets, but Mr. Kirke said
i he had been assured by competent engi-
| neers that 1t was not only possible to
do this, but it could easily be done. and all
the expense would be to engage a man
to watch the switch at the corner.
Mr.. Mum finally decided to have the
company's engineer consult with the CITY
engineer on the proposition, and report at
a meeting OF the assembly committee on
streets to be held Monday afternoon.