St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1886-01-28
After Council Conference the Burlington
& Northern Injunction Matter is
Still Unsettled.
Two Hundred Representative Scandina-
vans from the Two Cities Ban
quet at the Ryan.
Railway Conductors at Their Ih1ro
Annual Ball--A Pink Tea
Party.
A Retiring Host, a Banquet and fre-
sentatfon--The Colored People
General Local.
It'll NOT YET SETTLED.
Another Committee TO Consider tne
burlington d Orthern Fill.

matter of the Chicago. Burlington o. North
orr, road getting into the city. This matter,
il is well known, has been under dlscussloh
nv +he committees of the council, the
chamber of commerce and the railroad peo-
nile for several days, and the council has
convened to see it. after what the commit
tees had done, it could not close up tie
whole matter IN a satisfactory manner.
President Smith occupied the chair ana
when the roll was called he announced that
if any one desired to be heard the council
was ready to listen TO whatever they mad 10
utter. Judge Young, counsel 1Or lhe
burlington 81 Northern, said that what mad
1ronbled the parties was, first, the injury IL
was claimed that would ensue to Navigation
from the filling in of the river; and, second,
the injury that would be done to the prop
erty on the other side of the river. lie
then briefly restated what had been done at
the chamber Of commerce, and also stated
the points of his proposition from the road
presented to the committee and published
Yesterday morning in these columns. lie
did not know that he had anything further
10 add to his proposition and what had been
said before the committees, except IlaG lhe
Burlington 81 Northern
COMES INTO ST. PAUL
differently from any other road. 1t comes
in without crossing a street or right OF
wav. and through arrangements with the
ST. Paul g. Milwaukee and the st. Paul q
DnInth roads. 1t had been brought to the
attention of the company that the filling in
of the river might injure the property on
the other side The company saw the force
of this. and has always been ready and
willing TO protect all parties that might be
damaged by any action of the company
That was really the substance of the prop
osition referred to. The road, he said,
would make all compensation for
damages that could reasonably be re-
quired. In reply to an lnterrogatory
of Aid. Sanborn, Judge Young stated
the damages could be ascertained in suit
Mr.. Oppenheim stated that reporter had
started the absurd story that West side
syndicate had connived with parties on this
side for the purpose of gaining possession
of certain real estate along the bank of the
river. He pronounced this a falSehoOd.
Aid. Johnson was of the opinion now, and
always had been of the opinion that the
Chicago. Burlington 81 Northern ought to
come forward and make definite, tangible
proposition, and then the council would
have something to go by and something
practical. The council ought TO know
what rights the city has in the river. If
the Burlington road has a right to go
out into the river for 132 feet, and.
as he was informed still further, to the dist
ance of $50 feet, and fill it in, some other
road may hereafter desire to go farther, and
iii ND the river for still greater distance.
and so one road may go little farther than
its predecessor and where will it end? He
also desired to know if the council
HAD THE POWER
or authority TO grant such privilege. AS
suming that the council had the authority,
in his opinion the railroad ought to be re-
ouired to dredge out new channel if it fills
up the old one. If the road destroys the
old channel there can be no injustice in re-
0uiring it to open new one. lie
desired to see this side of the
river taken care of. lie had no idea but
that the people on the other side would take
care of their interests. He reiterated his
desire 10 have proposition from the rail-
road company. and then an ordinance might
be adopted defining what might be done I'M
der it. AS for himself he was of the opinion
that the council had no power to grant the
privilege of filling up the river. Aid. Minea
expressed the opinion that if the Burling-
ton was allowed to go out into the river $50
feet some other road could be allowed to 90
out further, and so on till at last there
would be no river at all. A resolution was
offered to the effect that the matter of the
application of the Burlington road for
right of way be referred to
special committee, consisting of the mayor.
the president of the council, Aid. Sanborn,
Dowlan, KANE and AIinea and the city
engineer, TO report to an adjourned meet
ing of the council. Aid. Sanbon said that
as the resolution had not been seconded he
would move that the Burlington proposition
be accepted and adopted. He urged that
the Burlington ought to give bond TO pro-
tect the city
FROM DAMAGES,
and ought to rip-rap the other side so as to
protect the bank. Besides, if this road is
ever permitted to make the fill. it ought to
be made under an ordinance requiring the
road to allow all other roads to come into
the city over the Burlington track, the same
as was required of the Minnesota d North
western road when it built its bridge across
the river. Aid. Dowlan hoped that neither
the motion of Aid. Sanbor nor the resolution
for reference would pass.
EXECUTIVE SESSION.
At this point the council went into execu-
tive session. When the doors were again
opened. it was found that the following
resolution was adopted:
Resolved, That the mayor, city engineer
and corporation attorney be and they are
hereby appointed a committee to confer with
the counsel of the road and the officers of
the Chicago. Burlington & Northern railway
company with a view to a settlement or ar
rangement of the suit of said city against
said company and other defendants, to report
at an adjourned meeting of the council 10 be
held this Thursday afternoon at O'clock.
In conversation with the members of the
council and others, it was found that suf-
ficient bond would be required from the
road to indemnify the city. and until that
was furnished the injunction would stand
MISCELLANEOUS
The following general business was also
transacted. The ice palace and carnival as
ISOLATION have permission to use Ramsey
street hill, from Oak street to Summit ave-
nue. for tobOggan slide during the carnival;
also TO use Summit avenue, from Chestnut
10 Kent street, for trotting horses in the af-
temoon of two days in each week during
the continuance of the ice carnival. and the
engineer was instructed to remove the snow
and ice from that part of said avenue under
the direction of Bruno Beaupre. The
chief of police was instructed to cause a
sufficient number Of policemen to be de-
tailed for duty while it is used as trotting
park. TO prevent annoyance to the
public. or danger to citizens passing
along said street. Permission was
granted to the residents of Dayton's Bluff
to use Hoffman avenue from the intersec-
ton with East Seventh street to Euclid
street for a toboggan slide during the car
nival. The Wakouta, Windsor and Nushta
tobOggan clubs were given permission to
construct on the face of the bluff, facing ON
Pleasant avenue extension, toboggan
slide. The mayor was authorized TO an
point such number of special policemen as
he may deem necessary for the good gov
eminent of the city during the ice carnival.