Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1878-11-22
MINNEAPOLIS NEWS
Specially Reported for the Daily Globe
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The Scindtfng Number appears Il, MIN
'aedpotis-Ihe Vote by Which Other. Cor
pordttons are Sacrificed to the Minneap-
oils d st. Louis Rail,cay.
There seems to be a malignant fatality at
tached to those significant numbers. Ejobt
to seven robbed the people of their choice
OF chief magistrate of the Republic two
years ago, and now the same vote appears in
the city council of Minneapolis, which openly
and distinctly declares that no other railway
in Minnesota need apply for justice and equal
rights in Minneapolis if its interests are sup
posed to conflict with the remotest degree
with the trundle-bed railwa which com
mences at White Bear lake and ends-some-
where down on the prairie near the Iowa
line. By the vote of her city council e to y
this community of $4,000 people has said to
the Chicago d Northwestern railway, we
would prefer that you would not make your
terminus here. By the vote of her CITY
council 6 to y Minneapolis has said to the
pioneer railway of the State {the Chicago.
Milwaukee d St. PAUL. that they have no
rights in the corporate limits OF Minneapo-
lis which the penny ante line is bound to
respect.
This much as to generalizations-now as
to facts: Some months ago the managers of
the Chicago Northwestern railway came
to this city and made known to few of our
business men that they desired line of
railway into the milling centre of the city.
Ii this could be obtained they
were prepared to say that as soon
as arrangements could be perfected,
the corporation represented by them would
run the main line Of their road to this CITY
and terminate here. At once several of our
leading business men organized company
for the purpose of giving them such local aid
as they might need in the prosecution of
their purpose.
The proposed line of future entrance into
the city was the abandoned track OF the st.
Paul q Pacific down the valley in the East
Division, along the shore among the mill
privileges il the East Division, across to the
island above the fails, up the shore of the
island, and across to the west side over tho
Pacific railway bridge, and thence down along
the west bank of the river to the heart of the
milling district upon and below the falls.
The company organized for the purpose of
aiding in this work took the name of 'sEIin-
neapolis Eastern and at once commenced
the preliminary work by employing engi,
neers and marking out the line down the
westerly shore OF the river from the Pacific
railway bridge to the falls. No sooner had
the Minneapolis & st. Louis discovered
that another corporation was contemplating
doing what they had been inportuned to do
for years, than that penny whistle company
| (safe in the subseryiency of local preiudice)
at once began to throw obstacles in the way.
There is no need to recapitulate. The files
of the GLOBE for four months past presents
! the successive steps of selfish and monopo-
LIKING meanness which the Wash burn family
have instituted to prevent the Northwestern
railway from securing terminus here: and
which (backed by the majority of the city
counciD has finally, probably, cul
minated in driving the great
corporation to seek terminal
point in community where they are met in
a friendly spirit.
The elimination Of this fatal policy was
on Wednesday evening last, when the eoun-
Gil voted e to y to grant the exclusive right
to its ten-for-acent railway to enter the
sacred portals of the milling district. and
declined to reserve the privilege to grant any
other corporation identically the same right.
1t IS we'll to reproduce the amendment offer
ed by Alderman Walsh, and the vote by
which 1t was defeated for future reference:
| crowded, That the said Minneapolis & st.
Louis railway shall SO place their said one track
In crossing said avenues under the direction of
| the city engineer, that the said one track shall
not conflict with any right of way which may
hereafter be granted to any other party. or
parfles or corporation, to place another line of
railway or spur track within reasonable dis
| lance of the said Minneapolis & St. Louis track,
| IN endeavoring to reach the same locality.
which the said Minneapolis st. Louis is now
| trying to reach.
| The question was the adoption of the
| amendment of Aid. Walsh. and the roll being
| called there were seven yeas and eight nays, as
| follows:
Yeas-Ald. Haugan, Lyons, Morse, Thielen,
Watt, Walsh, Mr.. President-7.
Nays-Ald. Andrews, Barrows, Camp, Gale,
Nelson, Smith, Snyder, Woodward-8
When all the misc lief possible to do has
been done the city by it's legal representatives
this will be good list to refer to, SO tina!
people may know to whom belongs the re-
| sponsibility.