St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-11-15

legally have acquired since said contract was
made IL this plan of the Manitoba COM
pany, modified as above, can not be carried
out because Of failure TO agree with the
st. Louis company, or OF the court having
charge Of the affairs OF the St. Louis CON-
pany to order such change, II is our opin..
ion that the next best plan Is that proposed
by the city as included in the judgment
AS defining the attitude of the city, and In
the interest OF a compromise, we therefore
recommend:
First-That the city agree to a modification
of the present judgments so that the 1udg-
ments shall embrace the plan of the Man.
itoba company. so far as the change In the
approach at Washington avenue, and the re-
moval of the st. Louis track is concerned,
with the notifications above suggested by us
and shown on the plan hereto attached.
Second-That il a compromise cannot be
arranged or an order of the court obtained,
so that the Manitoba plan as modified can be
carried into effect without further delay, the
city's plan as embraced in the judgments be
carried out as soon as the right can be Sc
cured either by compromise or the final dis
position of the case now pending.
The report was favOrably received
and some suggestions Incorporated in 1t,
as printed above, were made. There
was some deSultOry talk concerning the
probability of the railroads being
brought to some agreement
so the city can proceed with
the bridging of the tracks. j. L. Wy
man finally brought matters to crisis
by declaring that the crossing difficulty
was virtually In the same shape as it
had been for five years past. He, for
one, thought some decisive action
should now be taken tO,assert the city'S
rights. Judge Isaac Atwater thought the
Minneapolis Il ST. Louis interests could
be so guarded that it would suffer but
little damage. Some interest must suf-
fer in any event. and the city has been
sufferer long enough. j. Z. Eliel
thought the time had come for the citi-
Zens to say which road was right. and
stand by it. The Mapitoja's propO-
sitiOn is the more feasible, and
should be sustained in the main.
j. b. Bassett said that the conditions
governing the situation are now changed
for the better as regards the city. The
Minneapolis & st. Louis is now con-
trolled entirely, as heretofore, by Rock
Island officials, but is i'm the hands of
the court of HenneDin county. which is
bound to protect the interests of the
people. Remarks ran along in this
strain until finally c. A.Pillsbury moved
that the plan presented by the Manitoba
be adopted with the modification that
the alley be widened to forty feet and
the bridge over Washington avenue be
made the width of the street. This was
seconded by Ii. w. Wagner and others,
and committee consisting Of Clinton
Morrison, &. A. PillSbury and j. b. Bas-
Sett was appointed, which drew up the
following resolutions. indicating the
unanimous sense of the meeting.
Resolved, That the plan proposed by the
st. Paul, Minneapolis d Manitoba railroad be
adopted With the notifications that the
bridge TO be erected over Washington avenue
shall be of the width provided by the ty
plan, and that the alley extending from Third
avenue north and giving access to the freight
houses shall be widened to forty-fve feet.