St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-13
THE GRO SINGS CASE.
The Railroad Committee Will
Make a Report.


The railroad committee of the council
wrestled for several hours with the
grade crossings question again yester-
day. City Attorney Russell read the
proposition submitted by the st. Louis
company and their argument, which
took practically the same ground that
has already been covered. A dozen diff
ferent schemes and amendments were
suggested by Aid. johnson and
other members OF the commit
tee, none Of which, however.
were new, and things were getting
badly mixed when City Engineer
Rinker declared the matter was no
nearer a settlement than it was five
years ago. The Ole proposition Mr..
Johnson wanted to insist upon was that
the st. Louis company should be COM
PEELED to move their tracks. This, Aid.
Barrows declared, the st. Louis COM
pany would never consent 10. The
great objection the Manitoba company
had to the plan proposed by the st.
Louis road was that in order to reach
their freight houses it would be neces-
Sary for the teams to cross over the
bridge which went over the top of their
freight house, end then to 20 back for
some distance. They also objected to
the grade of the proposed bridge.
Judge Isaac Atwater and j. b. BaS-
sett, who were present as representa-
tiveS of the board of trade. were attent-
i've listeners for while. Finally Judge
Atwater asked permission to speak on
the subject. He requested the commit
tee not to settle this question at once.
for there were a number of gentlemen
whose property would be benefited by
the bridging of the tracks, considering
plans by which the desired result could
be brought about. Just what those
plans were he could not say, and did
not think they had been fully matured,
but they might be in the course of
week or two. As the committee was
all at sea, and everybody admitted that
the question was no nearer a settlement
than 1t was five years ago, Judge At
waters request caused considerable
merriment after that gentleman and his
colleague had retired.
After considerable discussion, the
question of bridging Washington ave-
nue. the full width without any en-
trance from it into the railroad yards,
was taken up. Engineer Rinker ex-
planned that the Manitoba freight yard
could be entered through an alley be-
tween Third street and Washington,
and that this alley could be widened to
forty feet. This proposition appeared
to be just what the committee was
hunting for. and the city attorney was
dire cted to draw up report, which will
be presented at the next meeting of the
council, embOdyIng the following sug-
gestions:
First-That the committee are of the
opinion, that the adoption of the plan
presented by the Manitoba company
with certain notifications is for the best
interests of the public.
Second-The committee recommends
that the plan submitted by the Mani
toba company be accepted in lieu of the
plan proposed by the city, beaving the
bridge Che full width of Washington
avenue.
Third-The committee recommends
that the city condemn the land neces-
sary to widen the alley between Third
street rnd Washington avenue to forty
feet. The Manitoba company to pay
all damages therefrom. The Manitoba
company to be required to give the ST.
Louis company the exclusive use of two
tracks under the same condition that it
now has one. In case the st. Louis
company will accept either the plan
proposed by the city, or the one sub
mitted by the Manitoba company; the
city agrees to dismiss the writ of error
asd forever settle the controversy.