St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-08-28
DAYTON,S BLUFF.
a Beautiful Portion OF the City Fast
Recoming ThickIY SeIrIed.

Years and years ago nearly all the bust
ness of st. Paul was done in upper town.
The banks, stores, hotels, livery stables, all
were up there. and at the upper levee at the
foot OF Chestnut street landed all the steam
boats. This was all before the advent of
railroads in St Paul. After while these
came up the river and down the river
through Trout brook valley and PhaIen
creek valley, and in lower town, on the
broad, low, overlooked flats" between
Sibley street and DaytOn's bluff, the railroad
men found space for their depots and shops
and trackage, and there concentrated them.
}. j. Hill built his old warehouse at the
foot of Sibley street. where the cars could
receive and discharge freight from the
boats, then, for convenience of saving draw
age, came warehouses and wholesale bust
ness, and necessarily hotels and banks. and
all the business of the city began to flow
down town toward jackson street then 10
broadway, and on Seventh street even TO
Trout brook.
But until recently the beautiful highlands
so near. eastward of all this business. re-
manned vacant or sparSely peopled. 1t was
inaccessible except by high. narrow and
dangerous bridge that spanned Phalen
creek at Seventh street. 100 feet high, on
small pine supports, or by Third street
across dozen or more railroad tracks. or
through the dark and dangerous tunnel I'M
dor Fourth street. Still business pressed to-
ward DaytOn's bluff, and. attracted by the
rare beauty of these terTaced high
lands, with their broad and beau
tiiul views, apparently planned
by the great artist, Nature, for the homes
OF people OF taste and culture. people be-
gan to dot with beautiful homes the three
principal terraces that rise. one above the
other. in the eastward part OF the city, and
now many of our bankers, merchants
princes and professional men have their
residences on Dayton's bluff.
THE SEVENTH STREET BRIDGE
is torn down and in its place is a broad,
solid roadway OF easy grade. upon which
soon the street ears Will go out to the har-
yester works, down Bates avenue. south
ward and eastward ON Hastings avenue.
Third street will be bridged, too. water will
he taken onto the bluff this fall. and rail-
road headquarters are increasing. with them
hundreds of intelligent employers, in this
direction. Several new railroads are COM
ing ia from the South and East. The Wis
conSin Central, the Chicago, Burlington d
Quincy, the Chicago. Freeport IL st. PAM.
the ST. Paul branch OF the Minnesota Il
Sault ste. Marie, the St. Paul Grand Trunk.
viii have their shops near the fish hatch
cries, out on the Ames farm or near ii. out
by Frost's, uear Tanners lake. and among
them all a senii-circle of stations 4 few
miles eastward Of the bluff will be formed.
which viii make populouS districts of what
are now FARMS; and all the heights fronting
Hoffman, Bates and Maple avenues. and
the beautiful high, undulating district on
each side of Seventh and AIinnehaha
streets, even beyond present settlement,
Will. IN few years, be crowned with costly
residences. Summit avenue is the avenue
of the city. and always will be. Few cities
can boast of such a thOroughfare, but on
the west of the city il is the only one. save
College avenue, for one block. that com
mands noble view. On DaytOn's bluff
and all around that part of the city for
miles back there is an endless succession
of heights fitted for the homes of
the wealthy and cultivated people,
which will never be disturbed by
the smoke and hustle of the
city. The Fifth ward is shown by the CEN
sus 10 have grown next TO the Fourth.
which is penetrated by railroads and street
railways. On Dayton's bluff, in spite of
all obstacles and adverse municipal iegisla-
ton, are to-day u, 600 people. With bust
ness pressing to the base of the bluff. with
Third and Seventh streets bridged. with
water and street cars. with four new rail-
roads coming in from the East, eneircling
the eastern part Of the city. with their sta
tons and Improvements. the man Is def
Client in ordinary sagacity who cannot see
that III five years a wOndrouS tranSforma-
ton will be wrought In Daytm's bluff and
all the eastern district. and that the census
OF 1890 will show population there Of at
least 80. GOO people. The low price at which
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its beauty. its proximity 10 the city, and ac-
feasibility Ia the near future muSt naaes-