Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1883-11-20
AN 1NDlGN ANT DAYTON BUFFER

Relieres HIS Fee ling Relative to the DELAY
in the Secenth street Improvement.
To the Editor OF the Globe:
In your issue of the 18th inst. you have
an editorial headed sRelief for Dayton's
Bluff" To the majority of your reade rs
of the city the literal meaning of these
words are clear enough, and, as the un-
fortunate residents of Dayton's bluff have
the sympathy of all honest, fair-minded
citizens of st. Paul, they are led to be-
lieVe and rejoice, from the above
mentioned article, that the residents of
this unfortunate part OF the city have
really been relieved, Or soon will be, from
the dreadful state which they have been
placed in, and probably will remain in
for many months to come, by the taking
down of the Seventh street bridge, through
the order of the city engineer and city
council. The order was criminal,
and shows incompetency and want of
brain, as all citizens, who know the cir
cum5tances and situation of the affair, af
firm. But the caption of the editorial re-
ferred to has an uncertain and gloomy
meaning to the people of Dayton's Bluff.
To them it gives no real hope for s'relief,"
from the present unhappy state of
affairs they are in, for long
months to come. The people
look upon all promises coming from the
authorities of the city with distrust. They
have petitioned, prayed and labored with
the city authorities for over three years.
and the past eighteen months almost every
week, for permanent improvement over
the Phalen creek valley. Over year ago
the grade was fixed, and it is nearly year
since the city levied and collected
an assessment from these people
for a change of grade for this improve
ment, and then it was criminally delayed;
land is not now in shape to let the CON
tract; the bridge taken down, with not a
passable street for a population of over
10000 people, who pay taxes upon millions
of property, TO get to the business part of
the city. 1: was nothing less than
crime to take the Seventh street
bridge down till some other
safe and convenient means had been pro-
vided; leaving this large population to en-
dure TT as and dangers through long
dreary winter of going back and forth to
tbs city, through that filthy Fourth street
tunnel, and over that horrible Fourth
street.-the most unsightly. and toughest
Of all streets any whore near the center of
the city. Had not the residents of Day
toms bluff always paid their taxes
and been law-abding citizens, there would
be some excuse for the action of the city
council, but, as they had always been as
prompt IN paying their taxes as other
citizens, there IS, nor can be, no reason
able nor intelligent excuse for it.
IL the city would only remedy, in a
reasonable tune. If OF all, the evil mistake
they have made BY pushing the Seventh
street mproyement to a speedy completion,
or tighten the burdens OF this distressed
people by carrying out some of their
promises, and the recommendations of the
chamber of commerce, to put Fourth
street in passiOle condition, guards along
the railroads to prevent horses from being
frightened and cover the bridge-so-ca
viaduct-sO that not water, Goals of fire,
oil and filth would not drop down upon
the people and horses us they pass under
the railroad tracks they would not feel SO
indignant. All these things, and yea,
many more, have our city council prom
ised, but have not carried out. Is it any
wonder that the people are Disguised With
and distrU5t them?
Mr.. Editor, send your reporter down
y
mel, and let him view this beautiful Fourth
street. Let his eyes feast upon
the piles OF lumber, timber,
stone aud dirt in heaps, boilers, pipes, old
iron, aud iast bat nos least two large piles
of bedding, household goods and conaters
IN the road, the effects Of the boarding
house fire near the Tunnel over A week ago,
left there TO iris hteu horses and drive onto
ia the dark. Let him note the smooth.
level sur ace Of this beautiful street.-The
only one available for the afflicted people
of DRylon's Bluff to take to get to their
homes on 81 dark night. The gas company,
just as frost set in, found it necessary to
lay pipes from their works, half the dis
tance on Fourth street from Broadway TO
the tunnel, to Broadway, on the softest and
best side OF the street to drive
on, leaving il IN Ridge,
covered with frozen dirt and
millions of pebbles from the size of
mans fist to that of councilman's head
-'-aud some Of them have very large heads.
Mr.. Editor, these are sights and scenes
that no reporter of au eaterprisinr paper
should fail to sect Ityour reporter Will
consent to risk his LIE in riding through
the Fourth street tunnel, l Will, at his
convenience agree to take him in NV
buggy down 20 Fourth street to witness
this picture and thence to Dayton's bluff,
the handsomest part of the city, where he
can have the grandest view OF ST. Paul aud
surrounding landscape to be had from
any part OF the city, and when he comes
back, if he does not say that the people of
Dayton 5 blpE have cause 80 complain, l
viii buy aim a bran new lead pencil.
4 word about the Third street bridge.
The people OF Oaytoa's blum, along Sew
entb street Will make no objections to il.
although 1t Is more IN the interest of resi-
estate speculation, and to accommodate g
few, than as relief to the people. 1t
vii accommodate certain traffic, aud ii
built soon e1ough, would draw sons of
the heavy teams from the Fo1rth street
tunnel, but will not supply the want of the
Seventh street improvement. and
although you seem to think, edJtorally, that
the building OF the Third street bridge
viii not delay the Seventh street improve
Uent 70 a speedy completion, the people
most interested in it think different. All
will admit that the Third street bridge
will be sn Improvement, to q certain ex-
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