The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-03
OFFICIAL PUBLICATION
OF Resolution Adopted by the Common
Council of the City of st. Paul

in the Circuit Court of the United States
for the District of Minnesota. Third Di-
vision. wherein the St Paul City Railway
Company is complainant and the City of
St. Paul is respondent, in which said
action a decree has been rendered and
entered OF date of March 1. 1905. in favor
OF said complainant and against the re-
spondent, and in consideration of the
matters hereinafter stated, it is deemed
advantageous to both parties that further
litigation should cease; therefore, be it
Resolved, by the Common Council OF the
City OF st. Paul:
That in consideration of said ST. Paul
City Railway Company fully and faithful
~ keeping and performing all OF the con-
ditionS and stipulationS hereinafter set
forth, the City of st. Paul viii not take
or prosecute any appeal from the decree
named in the preamble or this resolution.
but viii allow the same to remain and
be hnal. without costs or disbursements
to either party.
That in consideration of said city waiv-
Ing its right of appeal from said decree
as above set forth, said st. Paul City
der its present rights and authority as de-
termined and defined by said decision and
decree. proceed to and make the improve
lines OF street railway in said. city. and
fulfill the terms and requirements here
matter set forth. that is to say:
ID Said st. Paul City Railway Company
shall. during the year 1905, construct a
double track line OF electric street rail-
way from Prior avenue west on Marshall
avenue to the westerly city limits. and in
that connection. il the proper authorities
consent thereto. said company shall, as
soon as it can procure the necessary ma
terial and perform the work. widen the
Marshall avenue bridge across the Mis-
sissippi river. with good and substantial
steel and iron construction, and furnish
ana put in place suitable floors. sidewalks
and ratings, when so widened, to have
a driveway thirty-two feet in width for
vehicles and street railway purposes and
six-foot sidewalk on either side thereof
the plans and construction to be subject
TO the inspection and approval OF the
Commissioner OF Public Works of the
city.
.(2l Said ST. Paul City Railway Company
Shall. during the year 1906, extend the
Rondo electric street car line, so-called
with double tracks from it's present termi-
nus west to Lexington avenue. and such
further distance west on said Rondo street
as said Company may desire.
CD Said st. Paul City Railway Com
pany shall also during the year 1905 ex-
tend its double track line OF electric street
railway from the corner of Greenbrier and
Maryland avenues. thence along Maryland
avenue to Forest street thence along For
est street TO Lake Como and Phalen ave-
nue.: and thence to such point In Phalen
park as may be agreed upon between the
Board OF Park Commissioners and said
Company. When this line is constructed
and In operation said Company shall have
the right to abandon and take up the
tracks now on Maryland avenue between
Greenbrier avenue and Payne avenue.
Il
shall. within two years construct a single
track line of electric street railway upon
Randolph street. from West Seventh street
west to Pascal avenue.
t5) Said St Paul City Railway Company
shall also during the year 1905. construct
double track line of electric street rail-
way on Smelling avenue. from Grand ave-
nue. north to Bangford avenue. so as TO
connect with the Como Avenue Interur-
ban line. so-called, and the State Fair
grounds.
(6) Said st. Paul City Railway COMPANY
shall also within three years tunnel the
Selby avenue hill. so-called so that the
cars now running on the Selby avenue
line may be operated through said tunnel
instead OF over said hill as at present, II
the same Is practical from an engineering
standpoint; provided. however. that the
City of st. Paul shall take such proceed
lnss In the way or condemnation or other
wise as 1t may have authority to exer-
else, in order to assist said company to
acquire the full right. power and author
ity to construct said tunnel. such con-
demnation proceedings. however to be in
sututed upon request of said company and
10 be done and conducted at the sole eX-
pense of said company Provided also. II
the company is delayed in this work
through legal obstacles as TO it's right or
power so to do II shall have two years
after such obstacles are removed or over
come, In which to complete the work.
The engineer of the Company and the
Commissioner of Public Works shall be
the judges of whether the tunnel is prac-
tACdl DIS All DIODlCT1. II lney
shall disagree, they shall select a third
engineer and the decision of a majority
of them shall be final. While this work
Is in progress, In order to continue traffic
may lay and operate temporary tracks on
such street or streets as may be suit
able
CO Said st. Paul City Railway Com
pany SHALL during the year 1906 extend
Its double track line of electric street
railway from the present terminus on
ctr ,ts.r
TO the southerly city limits; provided.
however, that the City Council of the
City of South ST. Paul and the Village
Council of the Village of West st. Paul
grant to said Company or TO the Minne-
apolis * st. Paul Suburban Railway Com
pany satisfactory authority for the con-
struction and maintenance of line of
street railway within the limits of said
municipalities respectively so as to en-
able construction Of a line through to
South ST. Paul. In case said last named
faul then only five cent fare shall be
charged for the transportation of pas
sengers to and from the City of South St
Paul. which fare shall entitled the person
so paying the same to a transfer on the
various connecting lines of the st. Paul
City Railway Company In the City of St.
Paul. and likewise a transfer from the
various lines of the st. Paul City Railway
Company In the City of St Paul to said
line running to the City of South st. Paul
(S) Said st. Paul City Railway Com
pony Sitdll Wlluln TWO years cndnEe and
extend with double track the so-called
Hamline electric street railway line as
lollows: To run on Rice street from Uni
NerSity avenue to Como avenue: thence
on Como avenue TO Blair street; thence on
Blair street to Lexington avenue: thence
north on Lexington avenue to Mime
haha street; thence west on Minnehaha
street TO Prior avenue; thence south on
Prior avenue to University avenue; pro-
vided, that no new sewers which will in
tertere with the tracks shall be built on
said streets for five years after this
change Is made. except by consent of
the Company. AS soon as such change is
made, the Company shall remove its
tracks from Lexington avenue between
provided further. that when Blair street
from Lexington avenue to GriGgs street
and Grtggs street from Blair street to
Minnehaha street are graded and sewer
ed, that portion of said line on Lexington
avenue from Blair street to Minnehaha
street and on Minnehaha street from Lex
fngton avenue to Griggs street shall be
months after such grading and sewering
are completed.
90 Said st. Paul City Railway Com
pany shall. within two years build q
double track line of electric street rail-
way on Dale street from Grand avenue
northerly TO the intersection OF said Dale
street with Como avenue, and shall dur
Suf1cient cars thereon through to the
station at Como Park over the Como
avenue line. so-caded. to reasonably ac-
commodate the travelling public; provided
however, the Common Council may within
one year designate a different street for
this line. which is intended as a so-caIled
cross-town line. provided the amount of
fey f..,-foT