The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1903-12-10
FUNDS FOR LOOP
and NEW CARS
MADE AVAILABLE BY NEW 4. C.
r. 7. BOND ISSUE.
The Present Downtown Loop Is Con-
gested and Traffic Is Delayed-The
New Interurban Lines to Be Built as
Predicted TOnl1a Extension
Probabilities.

.DOIQS authorized TO the amount OF
$10,000,O00 will enable the street rail
proVements, to install a new loop in
Minneapolis.
Altho the present Sixth street loop
is not continuously crowded to its
fullest capacity, at times in the day
when quick service is most needed, it
is entirely inadequate. From Wash
ington to Fifth street on Hennepin
the movement during business hours
averages a car every thirty seconds.
At the Hennepin and Washington
crossing, where the movement Of cars
is both ways, the average is about
one car every fifteen seconds. The
loop has been loaded even more heavi-
ly by the recent addition of the Fourth
Avenue short line cars, which used to
switch back on Third street before
they reached Hennepin.
The union station loop is practically
a dead one" SO far as accommOda-
ton to the public is concerned and is
used merely to turn Eighth avenue,
Bloomington, Hennepin and First ave-
nue. short line cars around. On the
other hand, an uptown loop would be
a traffic carrier, as it is the present
Sixth street loop.
A Fifth street loop is a possibility.
The Sixth avenue N and Fourth ave-
nue. S line has always been at a disad-
vantage. In former years the route
was circuitous by way of Third street.
Third avenue N and Washington to
Sixth avenue N. An improvement
was made going up to Fifth street on
shortened and made more of an &C.
commodation to the public, and at
the same time relieve the loop, by
cutting across Fifth street to Fourth
avenue and up Fourth avenue. BY
combination with the Third street
49, fvSor1
Fourth avenue to First and from
First to Hennepin would be estab-
lished, relieving the Washington and
| Hennepin crossing of the First avenue,
Bloomington, Eighth avenue and Hen
nepin short lines.
| The New Interurbans.
| The additional capital will also meet
| the expenditures for the new interur-
| ban lines by way of Fort Smelling. and
over the Lake street bridge from
Prior avenue to Hennepin, as first out
lined in The Journal several
| weeks ago. These improvements
have been delayed for the completion
| of the new steam pOWer-hOuSe, which
will take $2,50O,OO0 Of the money.
Funds will also be available when
desired for the beginning of the new
service to Minnetonka by way of the
Hopkins line to the Hotel st. Louis
and on to Tonka Bay hotel, which Is
| owned by Thomas Lowry, president or
the company. The cross town line IN
St. Paul connecting the Selby and
! Como-Harriet lines, and the extern
sion of the track to White Bear village
from Mahtomedi is made possible.
More Cars Needed.
Altho the Twin City Rapid Transit
company has doubled it's business since
1897, it's capabilities Of further extern
sion are almost limitless Beside the
necessity for new lines, the company
will have to build more of the big cars
or fall down. The old equipment
which was in use when the first large
cars were built has gone out of com
| mission more rapidly than their
equivalent has been built, and altho
| there is a fair capacity for carrying
messengers at the present time, an I'M
mense amount Of equipment must be
Forthcoming.
Twin City Rapid Transit company JUS
authorized in New York, only $3,6Oo''
! 900 per cent mortgage bonds will! be
issued at present. They will be taker
privately and will be listed later.