The St. Louis Republic. [volume] (St. Louis, Mo.) 1888-1919, 1902-01-31

In the House of Delegates during the
year 1S9. eight bills We're introduced. and in
the Council during that same period seven
bills were introduced pertaining to street.
railway matters Many of these. though
slightly different In wording, carried the
same idea with them-that is. the ultimate
absorption of all competing street-car sys-
TENS Of st. Louis.
OF these. the most important were the
North and South bill and the Central Trac-
ton bill. They were ve-y closely alike. but
the second had the stronger backing, said
to have been caused by generous bribng of
the members Of the Municipal Assembly.
and il WAS passed over the Mayors veto,
while the former bill. after being vetoed
by the Mayor, vas dropped.
North and South RiII History.
The North and South bin was introduced
in the House May 4. 1897, by Mr.. Witten-
berg. and was passed by that body July
%. Its legality was questioned in the
courts. and it was referred back to the
House and passed again November 5. The
Council passed the bill February Il. 1898.
The vote in the House was as follows:
for-Bersch, Decker, Gutke Hartmann,
Helms, Hirth, Judy, King, MADEIRA. Muir
reil, Ritter, Schaefer, Schumacher. Wander,
"ilimore. Wittenbcrg and Lehman.
Against-Burke. Coudrey. Debrodt. Hen
ming. Lloyd. Pauley, Robertson, Schuler.
Sweeney, Watson and Weeke.
In the Council the vote for the bill was
as follows: For-Brinkmeyer Carroll. Cast.
Gaus. Hagan. Heckel, Kratz and Thuner.
Against-Horton, Ives, Uthof, Virgins and
Meier
February % Mayor Ziegenhein vetoed the
DILL and April Il it was reported on.
Central Traction Dill Passed.
The Central Traction bill was introduced
In the House March ., 1888. by Mr.. Ritter.
ON March 2 it was passed and on March
p it was signed by Speaker Lloyd. The
council. March %, also passed the bill.
The vote in the House was as follows:
For-Bersch. Burke. Debrodt, Decker, Gut
ke. Hartmann, Helms, Henning, HIrth
judy, King, Lehman. MADEIRA. Murrell,
Ritter. Robertson. Schaefer. Schuler, Schu-
macher, Sweeney, Wander, Watson, Weeke,
Wilimore and Wittnberg. Against-Coudrey
and Lloyd
In the Council the bill passed by the fol-
lowing vote: For-Brirkmeyer. Carroll.
Cast Gaus. Hagan. Heckel. Kratz and
Ihuner Against-Horton. Ives Virgins
and Meier.
Passed Over the Veto.
April II. the Mayor reported the bill as
vetoed and the House and Council passed
the bill over his veto by the following vote.
In the House the vote for was: Joseph l..
Schuler. W. H. Judy. Henry Wander. John
P. Sweeney. Adolph MADEIRA. Otto Schu-
macher. J. p. Hirth. Edmund Bersch, Emil
Hartmann, Henry Henning. Charles a.
Gutke. John Helms. Louis Decker. John J.
Burke. John A. King. Henry l. Weeks.
julius Lehman. John J. Wilmore. William
H. Ritter. z E. Murrell. John H. Debrodt
George D. Schaefer. C. w. Watson. George
F. Robertson and Henry d. Wittenberg.
Against-F. C. Pauley. Harry NJ. Coudrey
and Hiram Lloyd.
The vote in the Council was as follows:
Carroll. Cast. Gaus,
Hagan. Heckel. Kratz. Thuner and Uthoff
Against-Wiggins. Horton and Meier. Alb
sent-Ives.
Following the passage of the Central Trac-
ton bill over the Mayors veto. it was re-
ported that nearly every member of the
House and Council had been heavily bribed.
As result Of this the matter came UP be-
fore The Grand Jury and many witnesses
were heard. but no indictments returned.
Central Railway Bill Filed.
The Central Railway Company bill was
introduced in the House April q. 1897. by
Mr.. Bersch. and May the Committee on
Railroads reported favorably on the bill
and it was filed by the following vote: For
-Bersch Burke Gutke. Hartmann, Helms.
Herning. Judy King. Lehmann. MADEIRA.
Nurrell, Pauley. Schaefer. Schuler. Schu-
macher. Sweeney Wander. Weeke, Will
more, wittenberg and Lloyd. Against-Wat-
SON. Absent-Coudrey. Hirth, Ritter ana
Robertson.
This bill authorized the construction and