The Minneapolis journal., 1904-12-24
ATTORNEYS ! J ARE
not SATISFIED.
BAR ASSOCIATION COMMITTEE
ISSUES WARM STATEMENT.
Another Meeting Called to Take Action
on the Loop ordinance-General
Manager HELD Is Accused of Bad
Faith by the Committee.

The committee of the Bar association,
composed of J. H. Steele, l.. l.. Long
brake and H. P. Roberts, which was
charged with the duty of securing a
modification of the new street-car loop
ordinance, is not satisfied with the
treatment accorded it by the company
and the council. It has, therefore,
4, at 10 am, to take action, and has
issued the following statements:
f. Whereas It came to the knowledge Of
the members Of the bar Of Hennepin coun-
ty that there was pending before the city
council an ordinance, when passed, that
would permit the. street railway company
to run it's cars from Hennepin avenue, on
Fifth street, to Fourth avenue S, and to
turn on Fourth avenue; and, whereas,
the members of the bar, who have tried
lawsuits in the courtrooms facing on Fifth
street and Fourth avenue know of the dis
turbance caused by the ,streetcars running
on said street, feel that it would be i'm
possible to transact business in said court
rooms under the conditions which would
exist in case the railway company placed
it's cars on Fifth street. They therefore
called a meeting Of the members of the bar
for the purpose Of obviating the distur-
bance which would be caused and of find
ing some solution by which the street rail-
way could run On some other street than
Z I'LL, WILL pIdCllCdlly TIE Sdllle ieSullS
to the street railway and the public. The
meeting Of the bar was held on the 23d
instant, and at that meeting, Mr.. Held,
general manager Of the street railway
company, was present. and explained the
position of the street railway company in
reference to the proposed tracks. X COM
mittee was appointed by the meeting, con"
sisting of the undersigned. After the
meeting adjourned, Mr.. HELD stated to the
committee that he had a proposition to
make, which he thought would be satis-
factory to the bar and the courts, and
he met with the committee in the after
noon and made to it the following propo-
sition, to-wit:
That he would have prepared and in
troduced at the council meeting, to be
held last evening, an amendment to the
pending ordinance by which the proposed
track should run on Fifth street from
Hennepin avenue to Third avenue S and
| up Third avenue to Sixth street, and
assured the committee that he would
have no trouble in having this done and
the proposed ordinance amended. Mr..
Held further said to the committee that
at some future time the company might
| desire to take UP the tracks now on
Fourth avenue, between Fifth street and
Fourth street, which would relieve the
courtrooms from the noise and disturb
ance on that side Of the courthouse, and
in case that it did, it might want to
continue the Fifth street line thru to
South Minneapolis. The committee agreed
with Mr.. Held that the continuation Of
the Fifth street line to South Minneapo-
lis and the taking up Of the tracks on
Fourth avenue would be satisfactory. Mr..
HELD then assured 5the committee that
it would not be necessary for them to
see any of the aldermen or to be present
at the committee meeting and Stated to
the committee that, he would see to it
that the ordinance was amended as above
proposed, and the committee, relying on
the agreement with Mr.. Held and be-
lievfng that such arrangements would be
made, gave no further attention to the
matter. At the council meeting, a reso-
! luton, embodying a part of the proposed
amendments was pfesehted to the city
council by Alderman Rand, but no Sec
ond to said proposed amendment was
made and as far your committee un-
derstands no effort was made by MI
HELD to carry out his agreement with
| this committee. It is now claimed by
Mr.. HELD that he was unable to per-
suade the council to make the proposed
arrangements. The committee feel thai
in view Of the readiness of the city coun-
Gil to grant the requests, if not the de.
mands, Of the street railway company
the position Of Mr.. HELD is sOmewha
ridiculous when he claims to be helples:
before the committee to obtain tina
which he had agreed to obtain, but which
the street railway company did not want
The committee believe that the bar is ii
earnest in this matter and have decided
to call q meeting Of the bar for Wednes
day morning, Jan: 4, 1905. at 10 o'clock
in the large courtroom, and to invite t.
that meeting any citizens who have al
interest In the matter and are willing t.
o-operate with the bar.
john H. Steele,
L. L. Longbrake,