St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-02-25
A SALTWATER FIRE.
Flames Destroy a Dwelling-RaiI-
way Men in the CITY.

At $50 last evening an alarm was
turned in from Box Is Tor a fire in No.
PA East Elm, just back of the prison.
The building was one-and-a-balf- story
frame with basement, and the fire
proved a very stubborn one, lasting an
hour and half. The flames got be-
tween the roof and plastering and defied
the department for some time. The
building was owned by Peter Daniels
and was occupied by man named
Nathan Chase, who lived on the second
floor. 1t was valued at $500 and
was insured for 500. The building
was pretty well Quilted. Evidence of
incendiarism was discovered in a small
closet under the second-foor stairs, and
as it also appeared near the chimney,
must have caught in two places. The
engineer at the water works, special
policeman at the Gospel army barracks,
was at the meeting, and some delay in
getting pressure was eXperienceds The
department worked well when it at last
got water. Chase lost nearly all his
household goods; no insurance.
The AS p. IN. train on the Omaha
road brought over quite a party of rail-
road men from st. Paul, who were out
to test new car-heating device which
the Omaha people are using, and Incl
dentally they came in here to look over
the union station and see the city.
They consisted of G. w. Case, w. J.
Underwood and W. H. Norris, of the
Milwaukee road; Z. w. Winter and w.
A. Scott, of the Omaha; F. d. Under
wood and Capt. w. W. Rich, of the
800" line. After looking over the
station and going over the business part
of hn nitu fhnyr nallad of of; &c
Hon. E. w. Durant, in the Opera House
block. and enjoyed an hours social chat.
Mr.. Case expressed himself regarding
the delay of his road coming into the
union station to the effect ''that it was
only waiting until some matters were
fixed up between the road and the
transfer company" The facts in the
case are that it claimed, when coming
to this city, it was promised connections
with the Duluth tracks at the foot of
Myrtle street. This, owing to the fran
chise of the transfer company, it has
never been able to get, and it seems to
think that the present would be a
good time to get it. it seems
to think that an unObstructed
right to transfer its Duluth freight
be splendid thing for this city. The
feel as if the city would be any the
gamer by any number of freight cars
passing through here, destined for
points beyond, and the fact that it only
asks 81 OF less per car for such transfer
while the st. PauPS charges are 50,
ought to be enough of an inducement
for it to come this way any way. The
company does not feel particularly like
surrendering its charter, which it would
virtually have to do if it gave free
transfer to any one of the roads now
centering here, as the other roads would
have right to demand the same favor.
As the matter now stands the Mil
waukee people are the losers them
selves in not coming into the new sta
ton, and they will probably see it in
that light before long.
Complaint has been made to Post
master Mccarthy that the street lettr,
boxes in some parts of the CITY ha\,
been filled with SNOW, to the DAMAGE :.
the mail matter placed therein. T.
hand of justice is reaching out in their
direction.
The recent thaw and slight rain have
left the streets of this city in very dis
agreeable and filthy-lO0king condition.
A little work with the seraper or gen
erous flooding from the hydrants would
improve their looks immensely.
The yard of the ST. Paul & Duluth
Railroad company in this city was sur
veyed by their corps of engineers yes
terday. They contemplate erecting
large brick freight depot here the COM
ing summer.
Mrs. Charles Hart is entertaining
Miss Annie Hart, of Boston, who will
remain here several months.
w. A. Shaw and wife, of Clearwater,
Mimi, are visiting their relatives in this
city, Matt Butler and wife.
r. j. Wheeler & Co. have purchased
the interest OF Pat Sullivan in their log
ging firm.
Mrs. Robert Smithson has presented
her husband with fine pair of twins.
William McKusick, of Wimot. Oak.
Is visiting friends and relatives in this
city.