The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-01-30
STREET CAR men
STILL HOLD THE
WINNING HAND
Committee on Streets of the
Board of Aldermen Hears
Delegations on All Night
Cars and Other Street
Railway Legislation, but
Postpones Action in Each
Case.

Between the consideration of the owl
car" measure, the request for a better
service on the Grand and Lafayette
avenue car line and the demand for the
restoration of the Randolph street car
line, the committee on streets of the
board of aldermen put in a rather
strenuous afternoon yesterday, but if
any of the 200 or more citizens present
got any satisfaction out of the finish
the clerks minutes fail to show it.
Ostensibly for the purpose of MAX
ing further inquiries and seeing how
many would be benefited by all night
cars, consideration of the owl carr or
dinance was postponed for two weeks.
No action whatever was taken on the
request for a better service on the
Grand avenue line. The ordinance call
ing for this is now before the board and
expression of opinion was deferred I'M
til the regular meeting.
To see if Mr.. Lowry would not please
build the Randolph street car line with
out being forced to do so. despite the
fact that Mr.. Lowry has practically
given his ultimatum in the matter,
was the real finish in respect to this
piece of street car legislation. A delay
of two weeks was taken, and in the
meantime a committee will wait on the
president of the company and solicit
his views on the proposition.
Many Citizens Present.
An audience of fully 225 people greet
ed the committee when it assembled for
business. The delegation advocating
the owl car" mea sure was the largest,
and while it failed to get immediate
consideration for the ordinance, It's
size created an impression. Three Of
the biggest unions in the city, the
printers, bakers and musicians, were
represented.
Judge Otis headed the delegation
pleading for a better service on the
Lafayette and Grand avenue car lines.
He spoke at length on the service as
now maintained and said the schedule
of twenty minutes in force was a det-
riment to the property interests which
the line served. Ten years ago, Judge
Otis explained, a ten-minute service
existed and had been so maintained,
but for the past two years an irregular
one of twenty minutes was the best
patrons could get. Other members of
the delegation substantiated Judge Otis
statements and joined in with the de-
mand for ten-minute service from
O'clock in the morning until 10 o'clock
at night.
Aid. Dobner suggested that a con-
ference with the company's officials
might bring about an adjustment but
TO this Assemblyman Schurmeier, who
was present, demurred AS the author
of the ordinance, he said the patrons
of the line wanted 1T settled one way
or another. The ordinance is in the
hands of the regular body, and will be
considered at it's next meeting.
T. r. Thomas Speaks for Owl Cars.
T. F. Thomas, president of the local
Typographical union, headed the big
delegation favoring the passage of the
owl ear ordinance, but the talk he and
others of the crowd made had no effect
Mr.. Thomas spoke of the 1000 or
more people that are employed nightly
in st. Paul, the necessity of their be-
ing compelled to live in stuffy uptown
quarters in order to be in walking dis
lance Of their work, and suggested, as
an experiment. all-night cars be or
dered for one year. If then found to
be a failure the service could be aban-
doned. He contended that with all
night cars people employed after dusk
would have their homes beyond the
rush and whirl of the business section
and thus be enabled to bring up theil