The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-17
PROJECT REJECTED BY BOARD of
ALDERMEN LAST
NIGHT
VOTE STOOD SIX TO FOUR
Hunt, Bantz, Holt and Schiffmann
Were the Only Ones to Snip
port the Needed Night
Service.

Alderman Hunt made a determined eff
fort at the meeting of the board OF al
dermen last night to get the bill passed,
requiring one-hour service all night on
the street car lines, but the measure was
turned down six to four, the vote stand
ing Hunt, Bantz, Holt, and Schiffinann,
against Dahlquist, Dobner Moriarity,
Murphy, Ulmer and Huber.
Alderman Hunt made strong speech
for the bill declaring that the fight might
be called the people VS.. the street railway
company. He told of the delegations Of
printers, bakers, telegraph and telephone
operators messengers, newspaper car
rierS, musicians and commission house
men who had asked him to urge the pas
sage of the bill representing In all more
than a thousand people. He said in part;
Il hope we will not be compelled to
bow down and worship this gigantic oc-
topus, the street railway, with its en-
ornous profits and power. Whether the
city officials share in that Income do
not know, but they seem to take a lively
interest in anything that affects the
pocket of the street railway company. /
hope that 1t can never be said by any
one that this body is in the power of the
street railway company as has been said
of the assembly. 1 want to warn you
gentlemen who vote against the interests
of SO large a class of people"
E. c. Ives, representing the Trades and
Labor assembly spoke for that body, ac-
cording to resolutions that had been
unanimously passed by it.
He declared that he was not speaking
for pleasure seekers, but for men who
must work at night for their living. The
great numbers who were compelled to
live In walking distance of their work
because the cars did not run at night
rUl1 rcrf1 III If
be allowed to get further out where rents
were not so high and they could get a lit
tie fresh air. He said that all classes
were represented in the Trades and La
Dor assembly, and that 1t believed that
the street railway company had been
treated very kindly, but even If they
should lose little money in this case,
the city ought to be put on the footing
of other metropolitan cities.
Alderman Murphy declared that where
one person wanted night service there
were 100 who wanted better day serv-
ice, and that he would not vote for the
night service until the day service was
made to be all that could be desired.
Alderman Dobner stated that his ex-
perience with the street railway had
shown him that only about so much
could be got out of the street car COM
pany, and he did not want to impose the
additional burden on the company, when
so many more people wanted better day
service.
Alderman Bantz urged the passage of
the bill He said:
Now Alderman Dobner says he is not
in favor of piling this expense on the
street railway company, but I believe
that as long as we favor the street car
company at all we will not get any bet
ter service. We have a corporation at
torney here who can force them TO. time
Suppose the company does not make any
profit on those particular cars, has 1t not
the most valuable street car franchise in
the power Of the city to bestow and lis
1t not earning nearly $4,000 per
month? I have begun to give up all
hope of getting better street car service
anywhere until the company gets ready
to offer. 1t to the public as a favor, be-
cause it is impossible to get the neces-
sary vote in the council
On the roll call Aid. Bantz, Holt, Hunt
and Schiffmann alone voted for the night
service.
An attempt was made to pass
over the veto of the mayor, the resoiu-
ton requiring that the Rice street car
line be operated along Rice street until
it joined witt. the Rondo line at Rondo
street, but it failed FIVE to five. the vote
standing Bantz. Holt, Hunt, Murphy and!
Schiftmann to order the tracks put in.
and Dobner. Dahlquist, Morlarty aid
Timer and Huber voting against the I'M
provement. An attempt to reconsider the
vote failed by The same votes.
The substitution by the assembly OF
Frederick L. !iayard on the committee to
appraise the value of the market site was
concurred in withou: discussion
Upon recommendation of the corpora
ton attorney. the claims of William Red.
man and Bridget Manahan were conf
promised and ordered paid at $50 and $150
respectively.
An interesting report was received frum
the city engineer showing the cost of IN
stalling q lighting plant and the cost of
renting the rt:lnf as is done at present
The report based on numerous calcutta
tons and comparisons with the plants in
other cities, in substance was as follows
Cost of maintaining e95 arc lights at 50;
each per year, 2,62' gas lights a S23. and
2,762 gasoline lamps at $fG.5e, together
With an incidental expense of S7,iS4 IS
brings the cost of maintaining the present
system up to $155 Ge9.47 per year.
The proposed plant would cost as fol-
lows: Poles, conduits, lamps and lines,
$161, LOG, electric station, $39.645; steam
plant, s61,049 buildings. ga, 200: a total Of
1856 00f on which the interest and depre
citation would be $26, 41e per year That
figure together with S3710C in operating
expenses, and S27 $50 in wages, would
make the expense of running a plaut
operated by the city SOC, $50 per year,
which would be saving to the city
ever the present system of sGe,079 per
wear