St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-13
THE RAILROAD WAR.
The Courts TO Settle the Dispute Be-
the minneapolis & S.. Louis
and the Manitoba.

II
the minneapolis & S.. Louis
and the Manitoba.
The dispute between the Minneapolis &
st. Louis and Manitoba roads, concerning
the right of the former to a single track
from First street to Sixth street north, yes
terday found its way into the courts, an
action being commenced in the district court
to confirm the title of the Minneapolis &
st. Louis road to the same
The complaint is voluminouS document,
which recites that August 81, 1874, the
first division of the ST. Paul & Pacific road
entered into an agreement whereby the ST.
Louis road (now the Minneapolis d st.
LouiS) was given the right of way to
single track road ON the southeast side OF
the Pacific track between Sixth street and
the east line of lot Z, block 8, original plat
of Minneapolis, the st. Louis road paying
in exchange $1S,O65.O7 and a right
OF way over certain lots in Hoag S
addition. In 1878 James I.
Farley, as receiver for the Pacific, entered
into al agreement whereby the st. Louis
surrendered the right Of way to single
track road between the east line or wash
ington avenue north and the center OF
Sixth street north, in consideration OF which
it received the right of way fifteen 1eet
wide along the southerly side OF the Paclilc
tracks between Sixth street and the east
line of block 8; the Pacific was also to and
did construct road for the st. Louis be-
tween Washington avenue and Sixth street
north.
The ST. Paul, Minneapolis & Manitoba,
after this agreement mad been entered into,
by foreclosure proceedings, became vested
with the rights and franchises OF the st.
Paul q Pacific, and the st. Louis road,
after acquiring this piece OF land, pro-
ceeded to erect freight depot and other
Improvements costing $50, 600.
The complaint goes on to state that in
1888 the contract was drawn up between
the Minneapolis & St. Louis and Manitoba
roads, by the terms of which the Minneap-
oils & ST. Louis was given the right to use
all tracks On the Manitoba and Minneapolis
Union railroads, thus aifording it connec-
ton with the Minnesota Transfer, the
Omaha, Milwaukee, Northern Pacific and
other roads. This agreement was not exc
cuted, however, as the Minneapolis u st.
Louis objected to clause which shut it OFT
from local trains between Minneapolis and
Lake Minnetonka, and ST. Paul and the
carrying trade from Ort0nville. The Min
neapoliS d st. Louis to make its connec-
tons with the Minnesota Transfer has en-
tered into a contract with the Northern Pa
citic for the construction by that road OF
track running from a point of connection
with the Minneapolis 81 st. Louis from
Eighth avenue south to Twentieth avenue
south and connecting with the tracks of the
Minnesota Railway company, thereby
affording also communication with st. Paul.
The Minneapolis & St. Louis has also been
compelled to construct depot on
block IS, on Third street north.
The statement is further made that the
two roads are rivals in business, and that
the Manitoba road with intent of injuring
and delaying the Minneapolis & St. Louis,
and of preventing the Northern Pacific from
completing its line to st. Paul has terminated
the Minneapolis & Louis use of tracks be-
tween Minneapolis and ST. Paul, holding
that this was only float and subject to
change at any time, and now threatens to
remove the tracks of the Minneapolis q st.
Louis, etc. Wherefore the court is asked to
confirm the right of the Minneapolis 81 ST.
wide, from Sixth street north through blocks
So, 81, So and IS, Hoag's addition, and
blocks 9, 26 and SO, original plat.
A petition was also filed by the Minneap-
oils & ST. Louis asking for the appointment
of commissioners to condemn right of way
at Fourth avenue north across the Manitoba
tracks into the Northern Pacific yard, thus
connecting the two roads, extending from
Fourth avenue north to Fourteenth avenue
south.