Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-06-14
NOW IT'S A BIRD.
TIE UNION DEPOT MATTER ASSUMES
DEFINITE SHAPE.

Meeting Of tho General Railroad Managers
Yesterday--They Perfect Their Oreaniza-
tion and Prepare for Active Work-The
Building to be Begun at an Early Date
improvements of the St. Paul & Pacific
Ground Broken for Two Big Fire-Proof
Freight Depots-A Large Job of Filling
Receiver Farley Begins Heavy Suit
He Wants to Have Slice of Railroad for
Himself
The railroad magnates of oil the roads
centering in this city held an important and
prolonged meeting yesterday afternoon. The
object was to perfect an organization OF the
Union Depot company. This was legally
done, and occupied the undivided attention
of the railroad managers and their lawyers,
Messrs. Horn, Flandrau, Bigelow and Galu-
sha, from $3.50 o'clock until
O'Clock P. NJ. The adoption OF by
lows engaged their attention for no little
time, but the most important consideration
WAS the financial feature of the case, or the
accumulation of means to erect a large COM
modious and convenient Union depot.
Another matter of moment was the selection
of a site, or more properly, an exact descrlp-
ton of the land wanted FOR the building,
preliminary to getting the deed Tor the
same. map was at hand, but not sut1i-
ciently accurate to define the boundaries OF
the tract beyond dispute. It should not be
understood that there is any difference OF
opinion as to site, but simply that the exact
legal boundaries are to be fixed. The COM
panies accept the ground at the foot OF Slb-
lev street but do not take quite as much as
at first contemplated and the cost is thus
correspondingly reduced. AS the st. Paul
e. Pacific company obtained clear title on
Thursday and the companies are all agreed
on the purchase price, the deed to the union
depot company is now only matter of form
nd legal description. ~"
The tangible business done was the cleo
ton of the following - .....rr,-s
BOARD OF DIRECTORS. t
S. S. Merrill, Chicago, Milwaukee u st.
Paul railroad; H. H. Porter, Chicago, St.
Paul Minneapolis railroad; J. j. Hill, st.
Paul, Minneapolis g. Manitoba railroad g.
e. Sargent, Northern Pacific railroad y. 4.
Ilsley, st, Paul & Duluth railroad; j. W
Bishop, st. Paul & Sioux City railroad A
B. Stickney, st. Paul, Saltwater d Iayiors
Falls railroad. .. s.@gS.
The directors followed with the election
of the following officers: : z. - -.
President-A. B. Stickney. ,..e,S
Secretary-John D. Estabrook. ~. ..a.isg
Treasurer-R. S. Thompson.
Executive committee-A. B. Stickney, j
j. Hill and J. P. Illsley. g, 4sssrssa
Mr.. Estabrook, the secretary, was former
lyzand until quite recently, the chief. engi
neer IN charge of Paramount Park, Phila
delphia. az
Besides the above business the following
were appointed committee on finance &
A. B. Stickney, S. S. Merrill and b.
Porter. '-.- 81 ss Z,
The duty imposed upon this committe
was to canvass, or confer with the diferen
railroad arrangements to ascertain wha
amount they d contribute to the pool for tn
construction of union depot. Or, in othe
words, this committee will devise pla
whereby pro rata levy can be made upo
the roads for capital wherewith to build.
The executive committee was charged wit
the special duty of having an accurate sui
vey of the land, on which the depot is
stand, be made, and plat thereof mad
This is necessary to obtain an accura'
description of the land to be decided for II
building. yards. etc. The managers didn
discuss the matter of when work would
commenced, but the assurance is given tn
this will receive early attention, and the tn
Their assertion was made that work will
begun at very early date. .--,.t 81