St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-12-31
SEEKING A SITE.
The Joint Committee Limits the
Land for the ESDOSifinn.

Land for the Exposition.
The special joint committees ON site
from the exposition and city council met
yesterday morning in the council chamber,
the following members present: Director
ate Messrs. WaShburn, Gale, Harrison,
Bmg, Pray Nelson. Glenn and Heffelfinger;
Aid. Walsh, Clough. Babb, Downs,
Noerenberg, Sly and Eichhorn, the only
absentee being AID. COmstock. Aid.
Walsh was called to preside, and opened
the meeting with the statement that it was
called for the purpose of considering a site
for the exposition. Col. King was made
secretary. Gen. WaShburn was called upon
for an expression of views. and made lit
tie speech. in which he said it was impera-
lively necessary that a central location be
selected. If a distant one would serve the
purpose, the exposition would purchase it
without calling upon the city, and this
move was made only because it was so
necessary to secure a site perfectly access
able. His idea was that limits should be de-
cided upon at once, and then property
within bounds could be discussed. Upon a
call to know what sites had been offered.
Mr.. Harrison reported the following:
SITES SUBMITTED.
Camp & Walker property, Third avenue
and Ninth street, for $780, 600, of W hich
$50, 600 must be cash. $50, 600 in stock and
500, 900 i'll notes; Judd block, Fifth street,
between Fifth and Sixth avenues south,
for S199, $50: Washington and Tenth ave-
nues SOUTH $3.50, 900; block in the rear of
the West hotel, $3.50, 600.
Mr.. Harrison moved to limit the sites
eligible by the following streets: Second
avenues north, Sixth avenue south Eighth
street and the Mississippi river This
brought Col King to the floor with an
amendment to substitute Third street, on
the East side for the river. as boundary
line in that direction. Then ne sprung his
favorite plan of selecting the east channel
of the river, between the Central avenue
bridge and the railroad bridge, urging in
favor oft that these depots and the street
car termini are either at the spot or are re-
moved only the length of the suspension
bridge and the width of Nicollet island from
the exposition. The site is the
MOST COMMANDING IN THE CITY
and its use would be a manner of beautify-
ing one part of the city now somewhat ugly
in appearance. j. j. Hill of the Mani
toba at first refused to consider the plan,
but on personal conference with Col. King
he stated that his refusal was based on a
fear that the umbermen at the mills would
object, and that if they did not, he should
not. He stated no price but Col. King
thought $50, 600 would purchase the shore
rights needed there. The site covered about
three blocks, none too much; was well
equipped for water, sewerage ETC.; and it
was understood that the citizens of the
East side would come pretty near putting
in the piers and building the retaining
walls for the building, if that site were
chosen.
Mr.. Gale, without committing himself.
and merely to get the sentiment of the
meeting, moved to extend the limit on the
south by substituting Seventeenth street for
Eighth street, which was promptly voted
down.
Aid. Sly, who voted against it, said he
was satisfied that the council and the peo-
pie would favor the plan, but they would
certainly demand a central location. In
this he was supported by Aid. Eichhom
and Others, the former putting in word
for the McNair property on Fifth street
This led to 4 general discussion on the
limits, the aldermen maintaining that only
on such terms would council move in the
matter Most of the directOrate'S commit
tee were OF the same opinion, though Mai
HeHelhnger made a speech in favor of
throwing open the barriers and inviting
competition from the outside. As a result,
University avenue on the East side was
made the limit in that direction. Mr. Har-
riSon moved that all owners of sites within
the territory prescribed be invited to COM
municate with the committee in writing, in
the place of which the following was unau-
imouSly adopted:
CALL ORDERED.
Resolved, by the joint committee of the
common council and the board of directors
OF the Minneapolis Industrial Exposition,
mat we hereby invite proposals for site for
the exposition building from persons owning
property within the following limits: Second
avenue north, Sixth avenue south and Eighth
street, west division, and University avenue,
East division; said proposals to be in writing
and filed with the secretary. William G. By
ron. at the rooms of the exposition. IO9 Mic
ollet avenue, by or before 10 O. clock a. m. on
Monday Jan. 4, 1856. Signedl
Matthew Walsh, chairman, E. c. Babb. n
Downs, D. NJ. Clough, W. W. Sly, a. j. Noer-
enberg, E. Eichhorn. W. D. Washburn. n
6. Harrison, Q. a. Pray. S. c. Gale, ". s
King, B. T. Nelson, NJ. W. Glenn, c. B. Hef
feltinger.
1t was suggested, beyond this, that each
member of the joint committee make a per-
sonal canvass for eligible sites and report
at meeting to be held at 10 a. M on Mon
day, to which time the committee ad-
jOlIrnpd