The Saint Paul globe., 1905-01-31
COUNCIL MUST PUSH
THE TROLLEY. FIGHT
Continued From First Page

IF Mr.. Bantz doesn't think that the
people in the Eighth ward want to see
this case pushed / must say that am
at a loss in trying to figure out the
workings of his mind" declared Mr..
Dolan. eve had meeting of the inn
provement association not so very long
ago and passed strong resolutions in
dorsing the action which the city was
taking in the matter. Mr.. Bantz is
member Of the association.and he must
surely know what we did regarding this
very important matter, if he knows of
anything that goes on in hisnMard.s,,ss
But if Mr.. Bantz is really laboring
under the delusion that the large ma
jority of Eighth ward people want to
compromise, or stop the fight, we are
willing to enlighten him by holding
another meeting where we can turn out
majority of the voters and reimpress
the fact upon his mind that the Eighth
ward wants him to back up the people.
II haven't doubt that if such
meeting were held we would be able
to present our alderman with me-
mortal worded a great deal stronger
than were the previous resolutions.
It's up to Bantz!"
Nyberg Stirs Ponthan
Swan A. Ponthan, deputy city
comptroller and president of the First
Ward Improvement association, does
not wax wildly enthusiastic over the
declaration made by Aid. Charles 3.
Nyberg, of the First ward, that he be-
Ieved the fight should be stopped and
the matter compromised.
Il don't particularly care to discuss
our alderman just now" said Mr..
Ponthan, "but I am surprised at the
stand he takes in favor of dropping
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convince him that we don't want any
compromise out in our ward, and for
this purpose we are going to hold
| mass meeting, not "a mere association
meeting, but general mass meeting
| OF all First ward voters, next Monday
evening to discuss this matter, and [
think that some resolutions will be
drawn UP at that meeting which will
send Mr.. Nyberg ffSo the council
| meeting with no doubts as to which
| way his constituents would like to
| have him vote.
'@Ise meeting will be held at Sjo-
berg's hall and will be addressed by
| Edward Peterson of the assessors S of
fice and by others who, shaye- a tharr.
ough understanding of the matter.
| "The way I figure 'stf1is gross tax
proposition out it will take off just
about one mill from the city taxes the
f1rst year 1t is paid and as. it. will grow
1 in size as fast as the city does this will
probably hold good as-long as-thestaM
is collected. I do not see why Mr.. Ny
berg should try to drop a fight for such
| benefit as this to the city when all
4 the street railway company wants to
(! do in return for the fight being stopped
is to make some improvements that
they would have to make anyway and
are as much to their advantage as to
the advantage of anyone else. can't
| ind h icy c,fs, n
i'iuoi &c Aie seaiiu. tsasas ssss.l5 I.
Baer Speaks for the Sixth
'There isn't a member Of the COM
| mon council that can do better than
follow the advice of Corporation Attor-
ney Michael in this matter" declared
Frank w. Baer,= chief clerk in the city
| treasurer's office and prominent = in
Sixth ward Democratic politics. Yes -
he continued, Il see that Aid. Moriarty
| is ready to compromise and quit the
fight. but I shouldn't be surprised if
the alderman changed his mind before
the next council meeting. He must
know that the people of the Sixth ward
| want the tax collected, and that they
know that Mr.. Michaelswouldni bead
vising the city to fight for that collec-
tion unless there was good case and
| a good chance to win.
II don't belong to the Improvement
associations up in my ward, but un-
derstand that they are both strongly
in favor of the collection of the tax.
and / know that the majority of the
voters outside of the associations, the
big majority, are in favor of the same
thing. Aid. Moriarty must not believe
that his constituents want shimvto vote
the way that he has expressed him
self, for they do not"
Eleventh Ward With. MiehssI
At the mass meeting of the resi-
dents of the Eleventh ward called by
the Merriam Park Improvement asso-
citation, George r. O'Reilly, assistant
corporation Attorney. outlined the
questions in dispute between, the city
and the street railway company sss.sse~ses
4 He contended that should the su-
preme court deny tlieeS scof1ipaffy's
right to operate cars the company
must then sue to the city for such
terms as the council might he Wi ilti ns
to grant, and should the court uphold
It's contentious the caHaPaay
then be unable to move in the matter
of extensions. for if it built any new
line the whole system must come un-
der the gross earnings tax of the
home rule" charter of the-city, which
also gave the city the right to regu-
late fares.
The So called compromise offered by
the company he described as no COM
, promise at all, offering to the. city as Il
, did practically nothing in return fol
the giving up of the gross earnings tax
, Former Aid. Shepard advocated q
compromise with the railway company
: setting out the value of the various
concessions made by that body. Tho
speaker stated that for. years Mime
5 apofis had been drawing to herself the
industries of st. Paul and this she flaG
been enabled to do by the hostile at
: titude of the city council OF st. Pau
: toward industries located or seekins
e. to become located within her gates
4 Mr.. Shepard said that he had no doub
| that should the railway company b,
, allowed to bring it's shops to st. Pau
) as it had promised to do, the added
/ population and property taxes which
: would thereby flow into the citfsA cot,
e. fers, when added to the value of i'm
I provements, would more tlianscompen
safe the city for the loss of the gros
e earnings tax. 49, - 50
Aid. F. B. Lynch, Of the Eleventh
{ ward, announced that he had heard
report that the council was weakenin,
e in its position with regard to the ques
y tion of compromise with the company
and said that he did not think tha
any of the members We're weakening
and that he knew of many that wer
7. not. He said that while he was willin
It to follow the desires of his. constitu
# ents, he believed in the Justice of tn
l. city'S claim and desired to see If rcs =