The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-01-07
PATRONS ARE WROTH
SECOND WARD IMPROVEMENT As.
ISOLATION WEARY OF STREET
RAILWAY SERVICE
KNAUFT PROTESTS IN VAIN
Persons Transferring From Maria
Avenue to Seventh Street Are
Made to wait UnneceS-
sariIy Long.

That the. people of the Second ward who
daily use the Seventh street and the Ma
ria avenue cars are becoming tired Of
alighting from a Maria avenue car to
transfer to Seventh street car, en- route
for town, and seeing that same Seventh
street car bowl merrily along with a fine
disregard for their accommodation, was
made evident at a meeting of the Second
Ward Improvement association last night.
One of the members who has occasion
TO make the connections at the point
above mentioned twice a day took it
upon himself last night to tell of his
troubles on this point in no mild terms:
He stated that frequently when he and
other passengers alighted from Maria
avenue car that a Seventh street or
Saltwater car would glide past the
crossing the motorman or conductor new
er stopping to look for possible passen-
gers. He said that it was bad enough
for man to have to wait ten minutes
for a car, to say nothing of the women.
There is no waiting room to step into,
and beside the natural and just aggrava-
ton that the sight Of a disappearing
car is bound to inspire, the inconvenience
of waiting ten minutes in the cold is 70
small part of the grievance.
Aid. Knauft took exception to the MEM
ber's remarks, and stated that once in
awhile perhaps the car men were a 1T
tie careless about the matter. He was
Immediately cried down, however, by
many of the members, and the secre-
tary was finally instructed to write to
Supt. Smith and ask him what could be
done in the matter.
After disposing of the street railway
people, the association turned down a
resolution offered by L. o. Zimmerman
requesting that E. c. Mahle, secretary
of the association, file his nomination pa
pers as alderman for the Second ward,
and that the association indorse his cans
didacy.
Raised Small storm
The resolutions raised a small storm,
number of the members saying that they
did not think it was a proper thing for
the association to do, as it savored of
politics. Mr.. Zimmerman replied that he
dia not think that politics entered into
the matter at all in choosing a repre-
sentative in the city council, but rather
that a good clean, energetic man should
be selected.
The president suggested that the mat
ter be laid on the table until new bust
ness came up, as the rules had been
suspended to allow Mr.. Zimmerman to
offer the resolution. The matter was lift
to be discussed under the head of new
business, and when the meeting adjourned
the resolution had not been mentioned,
and if Mr.. Mahle secures the Republican
NOMINATION. LOT alderman OF Jne Waru IL
will be without the Endorsement of the
Second Ward Improvement association.
Aid Knauft spoke briefly Of a resoIu-
tion he is going to offer to the council,
tonight in regard to bouevarding Hoff-
man avenue. The work is TO be in con-
nection with the new Third street bridge,
the appropriation of $4,000 forthe p4r-
pose of building the bridge having re-
Gently passed the council and assembly.
The alderman has in mind a scheme
to boulevard the street and raise the level
in places, making a more convenient
landing at Third street for the bridge.
No action was taken in the matter ex-
cept to instruct the executive committee
to keep in touch with the engineers de-
partment in regard to the progress Of
the work of making the plans for the
bridge and to report at the subsequent
meetings of the association.