St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-06
The Cable Company's Opera
tons on Seventh Street !
Constitute a Nuisance.
Mountains Of Dirt Which OBJ
struct Passage and Dam
age Costly Goods. y
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Go-As-Y0u-Please Contract
ors Who Need to Be Dis
eiplined.
Victims of Dakota Prairie
Fires Appeal to st. Paul
Citizens for Aid.

The excavations for the cable line on
East Seventh street are causing a howl
OF Indignation from the merchants of
that great thoroughfare. Excuses are
given by the builders of the line to the
effect that certain material has not
arrived and that they cannot proceed
with the work as rapidly as they eX-
pecJeG. But these excuses are of little
weight as compared with the claims of
the business men who are losing a
large proportion of trade, and whose
goods are being damaged by the dirt
and dust of a take-it-easy care-for-
naught corporation that apparently has
little regard for the interests of ST. Paul
taxpayers. The following opinions of
business men on the Broadway of st.
Paul Indicate how they view the mat
ter:
c. L.Durocher. of Durocher & Vessel
1t is shame, disgrace to st. Paul. to
have so much delay about finishing the
cable line. The dust damages our goods
and these distractions drive away our
trade. Here they have had the street
torn up for month, and with the small
force employed it will take much longer
to finish the job. They undertake to
handle four blocks with force that is
scarcely large enough to operate the
construction of one block. We are dis
satisfied with their movements.
W. III. Elsinger, the Golden Rule
The cable line men tear up the street
and occupy it with their dirt and other
distractions, and now claim that they
are waiting for material. They have
had nearly a year to prepare for this
work, and should have been in
good shape for active movements.
Men that figure so poorly are not the
kind of men to have such privileges
opportunity. They should either have
more men or else not try to open up so
much Of the street at once. The city
officials must be little lax in letting
this work go on SO slowly. 1t is dam
age and annoyance to us.
nj. E. Tanning, j. l.. HudsOnS'.-
is great deal more material from
the excavations on these walks and
piled up in the street than is necessary.
Most of it must be removed anyhow and
why not remove it promptly and save
us unnecessary damage and loss of
trade? ] do not think the city fathers
realize that a house like ours loses
$500 to $4,000, per month by such
condition of affairs and this con-
dition would not be tolerated in most
cities. l understand that these men
are waiting for certain iron work which,
| through the neglect of some one, is noe
| at hand. They claim it would be diff
cult for their teams to get near the dirt
| piles. Well, we Won't complain if they
| have to use the sidewalks.
Mr.. kirkland, of Nicoll the Tailor
have seen a good many of these bus
mess men and am satisfied that they
are all losing a large share of trade by
this outrageous blockade
II. Moss, of the Ryan Bazaar This
cable line style of doing business would
not be tolerated in any other city. They
only have twenty-five men TO do work
which should require a hundred, and it
looks as though they have very little
idea of finishing the work. They could
| move most of this dirt if they wished to-
c. Fantel-It is an outrage. We have
been Denned up three weeks, and it
seems to be only the beginning. When
| leave at night wonder how. in case
OF fire, the engines or ladders or stand
pipe can be use when these obstruc-
lions are in the street. and | feel GER
tain that any great damage that may
thus occur may fall upon the city. The
Insurance companies would have good
cause for action. Let the contractors
take away part of the blockade anyway.
The city government should Sc e to il.
piys VI hul piiy lHS
people along here have been patient.
They like to see pu bile improvements,
rapid transit and all that sort of thing.
but they are cenSuriDg the city officials
who neglect to abate such nuisance as
is perpetrated here. There has been
ample time to prepare for all the iron
work and everything else and we should
| not lose by the miScalculatiens of these
privileged corporations.
Leybourne d Craig-The blame of
his delay will fall heav lily OH some OF
! the politicians bye and bye unless they
take active measures TO overcome it.
GuStave Heinemann-ItiS nuisance,
and the veyatiouS delay should have
been foreseen. They had long enough
to prepare and if men cannot figure
these matters out i'll year they should
60 into other business. Let them under
take the opening of less than four
blocks at a time and we think they will
work more satisfactorily, since they
are disinclined to put on sufficient
force to swing the work. Let them
clear the blockade. They can. at the
least, get great deal of the dirt out of
the way. They worked on Fourth street
night and day, and there the losses by
delay would not have been near as
great as here. l think they can have
all the light they want at night if they
will hurry and finish the work.