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~HEREAS, it is the desire of the Minneapolis Street Railway
Company to discontinue street railway service which is being operated in
the City of Columbia Heights over tracks owned by The Minneapolis and St.
Paul Suburban Railroad Company, and
WHEREAS, upon termination of said street railway service,
transportation service along the present route of said street railway tracks
~ll be provided by motor buses;
NOW T~REFORE, BE IT ~ESOLVED, By the City Council of the
City of Columbia Heights that upon the installation of such bus service,
The Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad Company is authorized and
directed to remove its poles and wires and to remove the rail in its street
railway tracks from Central Avenue N. E. between 37th Avenue N.E. and LOth
Avenue N.E., and from LOth Avenue N.E. between CentralAvenue N.E. and 5th
Street N.E., together with the wye at Van Buren Street and LOth Avenue N.E.,
and the ~e at 5th Street N.E. and LOth Avenue N.E.; it being understood
and agreed that at the time said Minneapolis and St. Paul Suburban Railroad
Company takes up and removes the rails of its track it will plow up the
wooden ties of its track on LOth Avenue between Central and ~th Street IW.E.,
which ties shall thereupon become the property of, and be removed by, the
City of Columbia Heights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, that Minneapolis Street Railway
Company is hereby authorized to construct a street railway wye, together
with necessary appurtenances, on 37th Avenue N.E. on the west side of
Central Avenue N.E. in the City of Columbia Heights.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, by the City Council of the City of
Columbia Heights that the Minneaootis Street Railway Company is hereby
authorized to operate a bus line upon and along the following described
streets and avenues:
Commencing at the intersection of Central and 37th Avenues
N.E.; thence northerly on Central Avenue N.E. to ~Oth Avenue
N.E.; thence westerly on LOth Avenue N.E. to ~th Street N.E.;
returning via the same route.
Any change in the above route is to be made only if approved
by the CityCouncit.
The fare to be charged on this bus line is to be the ~inneapolis
Street Railway fare authorized from time to time, free transfers to be issued
to ~ud from buses and streetcars.
BE IT FURTHER RESOLVED, 'that this Council hereby requests
the ~innesota Railroad and Warehouse Commission to issue to Ninneapolis
Street Railway Company a Certificate of Public Cbnvenience and Necessity
authorizing the operation of said bus line.
Passed this 26 day of June 19~1.
Offered by: Trench
Seconded by: Spekulant
Roll Call:
Aye s: All
Naye s:
~ayor