The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-04-08

pany. AT the last meeting of the board
Of aldermen Mr.. Bell introduced an ordi-
nance which provided that passengers on
the Rice and Mississippi street lines shall
receive transfers at Fifth and Wabasha
streets. Mr.. Bell informed his colleagues
that the measure was one which was ask
ed fer by the residents of the West side,
and that it affected residents in no other
part of the city. He said he had been
trying to get the street railway company
to make the change by using his persua-
sive powers, but to no avail, and he now
Intended TO get by ordinance what the
company refused his constituents.
Aid Murphy and Bantz, from the Ninth
and Eighth wards, objected to the orGi-
nance being railroaded through without
q chance to investigate its provisions, and,
despite the efforts of the Sixth ward al
derman, the measure was referred to the
committee on streets for investigation. a
glance at the ordinances heretofore pass
ed by the council for the benefit of the
street railway company show that oehlnd
the philanthropic motives alleged to be
due TO his constituents Mr.. Bell was also
keeping an eye on the interests Of he
street railway company, and that this,
probably, was responsible for the intro
duction of the ordinance.
BY the terms of Ordinance 1927 and 9TH
er ordinances supplemental thereto the
company is given the right to construct
and operate a line commencing at Fifth
and Robert streets, and extending across
the river and on the streets now used Tor
the Concord and State street lines. The
company is also given the right to con-
struct and operate a line commencing at
Rice street and University avenue, and
running on Rice street to Front street.
Nowhere in the ordinances granted to the
company is there any grant of any right
for the running Of the Rice street cars
from the corner of University and Rice
street = the corner of Fifth and Robert
streets The ordinance introduced by Aid.
Bell, which, he stated, was simply to ben
eft the residents of the Sixth ward, would,
If passed bridge over the hiatus in the
ordinances and give the company some
thing definite in the way of a franchise
to operate the Rice street lines through
the central part of the city, and allow
the cars on this line to connect with the
west side line commencing at Fifth and
Robert streets.
The company claims that the ordinance
granting it permission to operate the
Eighth street loop gives it a right to run
the Rice street cars from University and
Rice street by the way Of the loop to
Fifth and Robert streets. The loop or
dinance however, says 1.-The loop is to be
used by the company in the operation of
its system upon Wnlch the cars entering
that portion Of hte city shall be run" 1t
is quite a distance from the corner Of
Eighth and Wabasha street to Universe
~ avenue and Rice street, and Mr.. Bells
ordinance, while on its face relating only
to transfers from the West side lines,
seems in fact an effort on the part of the
company to secure authority which is not
and has rot been given 1t in any other OF
its numerous ordinances.
The voters Of the Sixth ward, as we'll
as the majority of the voters in other sec
lions Of the city, have had their atten-
ton called to the record of Aid. Bell IN
connection with the interests of the street
railway company in the council.
At the Republican primaries recently
held Mr.. Bell was defeated, and when
the primaries closed it was announced
that two-thirds of the delegates were
anti-Bell. In the hours intervening be-
tween the primaries and the convention,