The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-12-09
TWIN | C LII | !' TO
FARIB||AULT line
Rural LEY Promo ters Have the
Scheme copapllete in Every
s. Essential Detail.
EARLY oBsTA ELS
ARE GLE, JARED AWAY
Indiaha Capitalists and Traction
|. = Speculation Back Of the
,. First Plans. % I


Obstacles which earlier in the year
seemed against the plans of the pro-
moters Of rural electric railway from
Minneapolis to Faribault have been re-
moved and the Project is again up, for
serious consideration Y /, I
When the promoters of the, proposed
line. started Ito complete their plans
they found that ssthe officials Of the
Twin City Rapid Transit company were
willing: to co-opeTat e, and the Mime
apolis city conncilsswas ready to grant
all necessary. franchises The various
village and city councils en- route were
willing: to, aid theline;; with one excep-
| ton. That one was city council dom
mated by individuals notoriously OPP
! posed to the general welfare of the
community and also subservient to Ger
tain antagonistic railroad interests.
This opposition, however, seame from a
source which . fnaneiersP have learned
| to overcome. iE5E3f3s".y = Il -.
!, Meeting Is chicago.
With the facts in othe case, and a
COPY of the laws of Minnesota, the
question was debated at "a meeting in
Chicago and the plan vetoed, as the
approaching presidential campaign was
! looked upon with alarm. Edison had
new storage battery which would do
. away with the overhead trolley, the
third rail and similar methods, and it
was thought best to await further de
Velopments. ~ III. .45. .@:gr e..
| Minnesota laws prohibit the granting
of an exclusive franchise or a. charter
running longer than twenty-five years.
demonstrated that, by their enormous
! majority for Roosevelt the people have
shown their confidence in his admins
tration and that they have no fear. of
a panic. Edison s storage battery has
proved to be unsuccessful. He has ad
mitted it and has refused to market it
The Minnesota laws are not a detri
ment to prospective. electric railways
The .antagoaistic city council has beer
SO modified az to cut no figure in future
transactions. 81. ,j.:5.,= :. s.Sss.@
~ Surveys Were Made.
/ For several months the preliminary
1surveys, franchises, etc, for this cleo
Etric railway from The twin cities tt
Faribault havs been in the possession Of
Or. Ralph St. J. Perry of Farming ton
+ thought 1t advisable TO protnul
r them. AS 20 Ihmer resident. Of IIsdian
apolis, Ind, OH Perry noticed the wen
derful groWthssg she int erurban system
built up aronnas and eeatering in tina
burg: NE men Who q concerned i, these r
: Q1ana4sld lines, VINO: pTonfOLeda..- Them
j who Subsequently pushed them To. thei
. present successful position, are, man,
Of them, personal friends, and tl.r!
? them came. the idea of a Twin: City
1 Southern Traction company. . e. Il J..
: At: their suggestion a preliminar.
survey of: such q railway was made
, Land, the leading railway attorneys o
Chicago and New York drew up th
J. necessary legal papers for putting int
existence company to build, maintai,
= and operate the line. =:
:, The. proposed line, extends from Min
neapolis and St. Paul to the city o
{, Faribault, the route lying in Hennepin
MnnSnos Hth tSe lines of Is
/ Twin City Rapid Transit company
j which include all street railway line
: in Minneapolis and st. Paul and the in
: terurban lines from the twin cities t