The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-16

or more than 100000 annually. This
is no exaggeration, for lines will be
built to dozens of towns surrounding
| st. Paul.
Walter Dreis, Dreis Drug and Seed
company, Ninth and St. Peter streets
It lie G. o b e has taken the right
stand on this subject. / am heartily
In favor of resembling the compromise
agreement and beginning court pro-
ceedings Immediately for the enforce
ment of the gross earnings provision.
The city needs the money.
G a. Roach, manager ]. III. Roach
factory. National Candy company
The street railway company will be in
able hands and should be taken care
of In a manner that would best serve
the interests of the people. The street
| railway company should not be allowed
to grab the streets without giving suf-
ficient return. / do not believe in OPP
/ preston. Treat the company fair, but
| do not believe that giving IL every
thing II asks for is the proper thing to
do. The enforcement of the gross
earnings tax provision should be Sc
cured at all cost
Henry Dreis, Dreis Drug and Seed
company-The city should not agree
| TO any compromise which would shut
the treasury doors TO a gross earnings
tax. The tax should be insisted upon
and no compromise which omits this
provision should be agreed to by the
people. The city council should re-
scind the agreement and carry the mat
ter to the highest courts. There is no
! doubt but that the tax provision could
be enforced and see no reason why il
should not be incorporated in the
agreement. When business and pat
ronage demands 1t the city railway
company will construct additional
lines. Before that time the building
of he
the Improvement by the company of
its own property, Is not necessary, and
at any rate would benefit only a few.
John Berry, lumberman St. Paul
Boom company, $50 West Seventh
street.-the operation of the cars of
the st. Paul street railway company
last night during the driving rain at 6
o'clock was beautiful evidence of the
spirit that actuates the company.
While the rain was falling three cars,
loaded to the guard gates, passed Sew
enth and Wabasha streets. They trav-
eled on a schedule and were the usual
distance apart. They were So crowded
that it was a physical impOssibility to
squeeze in a single additional passen-
ger. ] do not blame the crews for not
stopping, because l could not have
boarded the cars in any event, but
do blame the company for falling to
put on more cars. 1t Is not as If they
did not have the cars, for they have.
In my opinion any company that treats
its patrons as the street railway COM
pany did last night has no justification
in asking favors of those patrons as
citizens. have not given the present
case much thought, but if 7 h e G b e
is wrong in it's size up Of the matter
miss my guess.
e. Hammer, insurance, 9S7 West
Seventh street.-The city has been gold
bricked. Why the company should be
able to avoid the gross earnings tax,
which Is part of the city charter, While
other citizens have to abide by the
smallest letter of the law, is quite be-
yond me. favor carrying the case to
the supreme court, unless the provi-
sions of the charter are complied with
by the company. The terms of the
compromise offered by the company do
not include single proposal that was
not sought by the company in times
past as a privilege. The haste that has
been shown in passing the compromise
agreement was something remarkable,
especially in. the light of the decided
difference of opinion generally held
concerning the matter. The company's
whole attitude has been dictatorial and
unreasonable, and sincerely hope the
action OF the council does not prove to
be binding on the city.
Lloyd Peabody, attorney, Court
block - The decision of the federal
court should have been appealed from.
The city has given away everything
and received nothing. The people of
the Sixth ward are unalterably OPP
posed to the agreement. The city
council should take aggressive action
to ascertain il there is not some way
in which they can recover the inalien-
able rights they so lightly passed over
to the company. 1t is up to the city
council to right themselves in the pub
lie mind. Yhe compromise Is all wrong
and contrary to the expressed wishes
of the people of the city. We stood be-
hind Mr. Michael as long as he advo-
Gated the sort of a compromise de-
manded by the people, but we cannot
tamely submit to the agreement foisted
upon the city by the unconsidered ac-
ton OF the city council.
:. r. Wilde, attorney, New York Life
building-I am unalterably opposed to
the compromise agreement adopted by
the city council. For the immediate
benefit of a few dollars which will be
spent by the company for improve
ments in the next years it appears to
me that the city has surrendered its
all. The matter should be reopened if
possible, and the case appealed to the
supreme court.
j. NJ. Hawthorne, attorney, Court
block-I stand the same today as l did
before the agreement was made. /
stated then that / was in favor of ap-
pealing from the decision of the federal
court, and / now believe that an awful
blunder was made in accepting any
compromise that did not have as its
basic principle the vacation of the judg-
ment of Judge Lochren. If the matter
could be reopened and the people given
chance to speak there would be no
chance of such a compromise agree
ment ever passing the common council
again. 1t is all wrong.
Dr.. ". j. Hawkins-I was greatly
disappointed that the council settled
the controversy with the street car
company without giving the citizens a
chance to discuss the matter. / GER
tainly expected something better than
the compromise agreed upon, which is
not compromise but an absolute sur
render Up to this time have always
had the greatest confidence in Mr..
Michael, and still have, but / believe he
was "roped in"
DR.. Norman Foster-The city is alb
solutely out in the cold as a result of
the compromise effected with the street
car company. Why, 1t was the worst
ever heard ola regular out and out
frost. AS the matter now stands st.
Paul does not even own its own streets
Something ought to be done to remedy
the existing state of affairs.
Dr.. c. A. Haas-The car company
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