Little Falls transcript. [volume] (Little Falls, Morrison County, Minn.) 1876-1894, 1885-07-24
Unfair Action of the State Uni
YersitY Authorities.

verslty Authorities.
The contest between the authorities
who have in charge the grounds OF the
State University and the officials of the
st. Paul & Northern Pacific Railroad
company is attracting considerable at
tention and a corresponding amount
of unfavorable eonmentregarding the
action, and motives therefor, Of the
University folks. An effort is being
made to prevent this railroad company
from completinatheir line of road be-
tween St. Paul 56 Minneapolis on the
present surveyed ro,ite, as it passes
through some ssf the University lands.
The effortis e'adently slere to protect
other pet roads from 4 competing
line, thsn to presst1sss any interests of
the University, and is. So generally re-:
garded.$. Other roads have been al
lowed to construct their lines through
the grounds and much nearer the
University buildings, and it is showing
good deal OF. prejudice to now at
tempt to prevent the St. p. & N. P.
from building direct line between the
two cities and r conRection between
St. Paul, its new shops and it's present
track terminus at Minneapolis. The
Northern Pacific Company has done
an immense amount Of good work in
developing and improving the North
| west, has has opened up an immense
country te the trade Of Minnesota
cities, and it would not be expected
that gentlemen appointed to look after
| the interests Of the leading education
al institution of the state would use
their authority to injure an important
| business enterprise in the interests of
rival, contrary Ito all fairness and
justice. While the action Of the Uni
versity officials may meet with the ap-
proval of officers Of one or two rival
| railroad companies. it is generally de-
nounced by the public.
Last Sunday the Pioneer Press pub
lished diagram of the grounds, show
ing the location Of the buildings, lines
Of railroad, etc. 1t is difficult to see
how the road (from its location) can
be of any injury to the University, and
it is more remote from the buildings
than either of the other roads now
built there. We cannot reproduce the
diagram, but below is the article which
accom- panied it:
1t is generally understood that the
new tracks of the ST. Paul & Northern
Pacific are located through the campus
Of the Minnesota university, but this is
not the case, as is plainly shown by the
diagram given below. This diagram
shows the university buildings and the
relative locations of the several lines of
railway passing through and in close
proximity to the university grounds. The
Manitoba passes through a portion of
the grounds, its track icing 426 feet from
the main building and between that
building and the Coliseum, or drill hall,
while the proposed tracks of the St. Paul
81 Northern Pacific do not louch the
campus at all and are 975 feet distant
from the main building and 146 feet
south of the south, line Of the campus,
there being tier of lots sixty-six feet in
width and stand eighty feet in width
between the center line of the right of
way of the st. Paul & Northern
Pacific and the south line of campus. In
addition to this, the tracks Of the latter
company will be from twenty-five to
thirty feet below the surface of the
campus and the adjacent territory. The
tracks of the Milwaukee & st. Paul,
running from its connection with the
short line to the Pillsbury mills, are upon
the east side of the university grounds
and about three blocks distant therefrom.
1t is claimed by the railroad officials that
no other location in that immediate
vicinity could have been made, which
would have resulted in less damage to
public and private interests. If the line
were built one block below, number of
buildings. including new school house,
would have to be removed, and two
blocks below the city of Minneapolis is
now building public street bridge
ncross the Mississippi. When the new
lipe is completed upon 1ts present loca-
tien its patrons will be afforded an excel
lent view, from the new double track
iron bridge, Of the university, the stone
yiaduct Of the Manitoba, the Falls Of St.
Anthony and the largest feuring mills Of
the world.
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