Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-14
NORTH MINNEAPOLIS.

The Natter of Grades in Minneapolis for
the N. p. r. r..
Yesterday morning the council commit
tee on railroads and the property owners
interested in the matter of the right of
way of the Northern Pacific railroad
through North Minneapolis held meeting
in the council chamber to consider pro-
posed ordinance in reference to grades
Drawings were presented by Engineer
Hendricks, of the railway company, show
ing the various ways in which road bed
could be prepared so as to prevent any
interference Of damaging character with
the approaches to adjacent property.
Mr.. N. R. Leighton who owns a mill site
and other property near the Plymouth
avenue bridge, objected to the establish
ment of any grade which would effect the
approaches to his mill.
Mr.. Hendricks said two methods could be
adopted, one of which was to run the road
along the regularly established city grade
and the other, to lower the grade of Ply
mouth avenue by six feet and to raise the
grade of the road eight feet, thus gaining
a height of fourteen feet and then bridge
couldbebuilt over Plymouth avenue at that
elevation.
He said as to the matter of damages it
was his opinion that the establishment
OF the road would benefit
the property instead of damaging it, be-
cause within ten or twslve years all the
property in the vicinity of the intersection
Of Plymouth avenue and First street
would be used as sites for manufacturing
establishments.
Col. Clough, the attorney for the COM
pany, said every element of damage would
be taken into account, and if any damage
results to property the company ne repre-
sents would be willing and ready
to pay what is just and reasonable. The
value of property will be increased by the
announcement that the road is to be run
there.
remonstrance was presented by
number OF property owners along the west
side OF First street from Tenth avenue
north to Twenty Fourth avenua
Col. Clough stated that there appeared
to be two classes OF opponents to the road
being constructed along First street. The
first was composed of property owners
above Fifteenth avenue north, and the
other was composed of those who own
property within one and one-half blocks
of Plymouth avenue. There has not been
one remonstrance from property owners
along the east side of the outer line of the
street, where the road is to run to within
about 300 feet of Plymouth avenue, and
we don't know what the property owners
on the west side want. If they think it
will be in the power of the oity council to
require the road to purchase the property,
THEY ARE MISTAKEN.
The colonel further said that in
order to make the matter more
satisfactory the company proposed
erecting $4,000 bridge and will make
the grade so satisfactory that no reasona-
BILE objection can be raised.
Thos. CAVITY said the road had no right
to run on the side of the street without
getting permission from those residing on
the other side, which would be greatly
damaged without getting any compen
setion.
Col. Clough stated that within three
days he would have framed an ordinance
that he thought would be satisfactory to
all concerned.
D. B. Johnson said ali they asked was
an ordinance equitable to the property
owners and railroad company.
The meeting then adjourned until Mon
day evening next, at Z: 80 o'clock.