The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-03-31
500 LINE SECURES 4
DELAY OF TWO
WEEKS
Wants Permission to Parallel
the Northern Pacifc's Pro-
posed Tunnel Under Lafay-
cite Avenue : Assembly
Committee Votes to Lay
the Matter Over for a
Fortnight.

Lafayette avenue in the vicinity OF
the Northern Pacifc tracks will be
pierced with two tunnels instead of
one, if the demands of the 500 line
prevail. Pending the preparation of an
ordinance along that line, which Will
be introduced at the meeting of the
assembly Thursday night, NJ. D. Mum.
general counsel for the 500. yesterday
obtained from the assembly committee
on streets a delay of two weeks in the
consideration of the Northern Pacific
railway company's application for
tunnel beneath the street.
The fight, which IS one for the par
tial possession OF terminals in the vi
entity Of Westminster street, at pres
ent in the control of the Northern Pa
cific Railway company, promises to be
a battle royal. It's strenuous charac-
ter was more than apparent yesterday
afternoon, when the first inning was
played before. the assembly committee
on streets.
The Northern Pacific Railway COM
pany was represented by Emerson D.
Hadley and the 500 by NJ. ID. Mum
and A. II. Bright, the latter from Min
neapOlis. Each came armed with maps
and plans and explained them at
length.
The scheme of delay, as suggested
by Mr. Mum, was for the purpose of
submitting to the assembly an ordI-
nance granting to the 500 the right
to construct a tunnel parallel with that
of the Northern Pacific. AS his map
explained it, the tunnel desired by the
500 would be practically an enlarge
ment of the one asked for by the North
ern Pacific, with the tracks of the two
companies crossing each other at a
point near its center. This, he said,
was for the purpose of enabling the
construction of a main track parallel
ing those of the Northern Pacific.
Mr.. Hadley demurred at Mr.. Munn's
scheme for a combination tunnel and
objected to the delay of the Northern
Pacific Railway company ordinance,
contending that it would seriously in
convenience work now In progress on
the new terminals
Isn't this a scheme to block the
Soo?" asked Assemblyman Schumacher.
No Scheme to Block the 500.
NOI III llG lcdSls dllSW Cl Gu WI
Hadley. we have had this Westmin-
ster property for years and it has al
ways been the intention OF the COM
pany to use 1t for the enlargement of
its terminals"
Mr.. Mum wanted to know what OBJ
lection there was to another tunnel.
I'VE have none" answered Mr.. Had
ley. There is plenty of room for an
other, but why not build 1t further
south. The city will undoubtedly grant
you permission to build one. The only
thing Is we do not want the progress of
our tunnel impeded."
Here Mr.. Bright. another of the 500
representatives, interrupted to make a
sarcastic remark about freezing the
500 out. His voice had a tinge of
anger in it and he was undoubtedly
trying hard to control himself.
Assemblyman Arnold wanted the or
dinance approved as to form and sent
back to the regular body, remarking
that it would not get his vote anyhow
unless the interests of both roads were
protected, but Assemblyman Schur-
meier and Van Slyke protested against
this course and their contentious pre-
vailed. They insisted on a delay of
two weeks until the 500 could be heard
from. The vote in favor of delay was
practically unanimous
The Northern Pacific is now at work
on It's new Westminster terminals. Sew
eral hundred men are employed grad
ing the ground and preparing for the
new tracks, and this was the reason
OF the objections made to any delay
yesterday.
The company owns the land abutting
both sides of the street which the
tunnel will pierce, and one of its objec-
lions was to the interference of the
500 on the ground over which it had
no control.
Some of the assembiymen want only
one tunnel constructed and that for
the use of both companies. The North
ern Pacific does not object to this,
but does not want to be hampered in
its present nlanS