St. Paul daily globe., 1885-04-05
The Mt6,cau District.

Inc eMJUtcuU DeSLFtct.
The development of the territory recently
taken into the corporate limits of st. Paul
and formerly styled the Midway district
because of its location between this city and
Minneapolis-can only be understood and
| appreciated by personal inspection. Starting
at the point on the Chicago, Milwaukee & St.
Paul short line, where that road crosses the
old city limits, just south of the intersection
of St. Clair street and Lexington avenue,
| the first improvement to be noted is the
| plating of a beautiful elevated plateau
into residence sites and styled St. Clair
heights. About third of a mile north of
st. Clair heights is the well-known Anna
Ramsey addition, situated between Summit
and Marshall avenues, where number of
fine residences are already built or under
contract From this point to Smelling av-
enue the land is beautifully timbered and is
being plated on both sides of the railway.
AT Smelling avenue there is now a flag
station, which is soon to become a regular
stopping place for all the trains, with new
depot building, etc. At this point there is
already large demand for resi-
dence sites and a number of
houses will be built this season.
But short distance beyond Smelling avenue
is the most rapidly growing suburban dis
trict of st. Paul, the quite famous Merriam
Park, which includes in its neighborhood
Union and Lowering parks and Lovering's
addition to Union park. Here is
SOMETHING WORTH LOOKING AT
in the way of suburban Development. Two
years ago there was not a residence in the
district; now they are counted by the score,
A fine brick school building, neat littl.
church, a row of brick stores good hotele
tree-embowered depot and only first
class residences and select society
are the features of the suburb.
OF the nearly 200 lots there is not one that
does not possess beautiful native,trees aud an
unsurpassed lawn. At this point there are
now about fifty new houses under contract,
and lots selling daily. Immediately adjoin-
ing this district is the Minnesota transfer,
destined in few years to outrank the Chi
cago stock yards as a cattle market and to
become the head center of the lumber trade
of the Northwest. Surveyors are now at
work on the widening of Marshall avenue to
100 feet from Victoria street
west to the Minneapolis city limits, and
it is the general belief that motor line on
that avenue is to follow. At any rate large
property holders on the Marshall avenue
are now plating ''enlargements to Merriam
Park" These ''enlargements" will extend
the Merriam Park district to the Mississippi
river and will in time include the romantic
Shadow falls and the attractive glens that
abound on the property owned by Bishop
Ireland, Dennis Ryan and others. SO far as
improvements at the Transfer are concerned
it is certain that hundreds of thousands of
oil xrfl ha
the grounds of the company become
vast network of iron tracks, serving
the purposes of elevators, cattle yards and
freight depots. The above developments
are confined exclusively TO the line of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & ST. Paul road, and are
the beginning of growth which means
1000 population inside of five years.
ALONG THE MANITOBA SHORT LINE.
The reporter went to Minneapolis by the
Chicago, Milwaukee 81 St. Paul road and
returned by the Manitoba line. 1t was a
succession of surprises from the moment the
Minneapolis city limits were passed. First is
the 400-acre plat styled ''St. Anthony park"
Many workmen were observed all over this
large tract, and foundations were going in to
the number of at least fifteen. The reporter
was informed that between so and 100 fine resi-
dences would be built this summer in this
district The railroad company is at work
upon what promises to be very tasteful
depot building which will accommodate the
Minnesota transfer as well as st. Anthony
park. The park extends nearly to Hamline
university, at which point the upbuilding is
again noticeable. The special features of
Development the present year for this district
will be the improvement of the state ex-
position grounds. At least $500, 900 will be
expended by the state and the railway COM
panies, in the beginning of the construction
OF the great car shops on the Northern Pacific
grounds north of Hamliue and the splendid
improvements that are to be m.de at and
about Lake Como 1t is within bounds to
say that the total expenditures in the Mani
tOba Short line district, including the resi-
deuces in st, Anthony park, Hamline and
Como, the railway shops, the fair grounds
| Improvements, etc, this season will aggre-
gate at least a million dollars and will prob
| ably greatly exceed that sum.
In addition to the certain improyemen
above briefly outlined, it is altogether likely
that the street car systems of the two cities
will he united on University avenue, an ele-
waited railway line between the cities is
among the possibilities, and also at least one
new railway line. After careful estimate of
absolutely certain expenditures in the entire
district under discussion, one may feel war
ranted in the assertion that over four million
dollars will be put in this season within the
confines of what was formerly STYLED s'Mid-
way, but which is now the Seventh ward of
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