St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-12-29

Tie exigences of space do not alone
commend the West side flats for fTei sHt
NardS. There IS another reason why
The ards should be located there, VIII oh
Is above argument TO the average rail-
road official. aud that IS on the score OF
economy. The present yards are Up, /
ated al great expense, necesltated by
the almost iutPrminaiIle switching of
cars in order t0 properly dispose OF the
freight with the least delay possible.
TAX, the cases of the Omaha
and Burlington roads. Owing 10
their limited quarters IN the city, al
ditionaI freight houses have to bs- main
fainrd in the outskirts. all of which is
ali additional expense 70 the railroads.
With unlimited space as the West side
flats sill afford, this continual switching
and transferring of ears will largely be
ObYiajed: and another point the grades
will ii almost impereeptible. Great as
the advantage in the transfer of the
freight Yards TO the West side would he
TO the railroads, the additional IA
ciliiifs afforded the public will
prove an almost inrStimable boon.
The roads will b. in a position to handle
witt greater efficiency the grow ing trade
Of tle Northwest, they sill be able to
do So at reasonable rates. and the mFT-
chats manufacturers and business
mel generally OF the city are certain to
be s. aFCd from the small. petty annoy
anccs OecasIUned by the delay which
canuot be avoided III handling millions
Of tens Of merchandise in cramped
quarters. All this is assured
by the building Of the Broad
way bridge, for an easy road of
access is obtained to the fats. The
bridge is in the very heart of the whole
sale district, and looking at the West
side location FROM all pOin s, having in
view the present inadequate quarters,
fl is undoubtedly the future site of the
imnense freight yards which will be
necessary to cape with the growing
trade II ST. Paul. OF course another
bridce-pTObabfy two more bridges
will Lave to be- built by the railroads to
connect their systems with the West
side These bridges will be probably
located Two hundred wards below Broad
way bridge. The bridge, or bridges,
will necessarily have to be draw-bridgeS
after the type Of the Kansas City
bruce above Robert street.
There is now no doubt about the
building of the Randolph street electric
line I lie whole of the bonus required
81. 0fF5-has been raised, and hieSSrS.
Cochran and Ireland, as the representa-
tive If Thomas Lowry, have Signified
Their intention to have the contracts for
building the line at once made. 1t will
probably be in operation in April or
Ma The Grand avenue line is to he
Sin working 0rjer" within two weeks.
The building of these lines IS giving
very healthy tone to the realty OF the
district opened. A large amount of the
property is being taken up by East
ern men for speculative purposes.
Here is undoubtedly the field
for the investor as well as the
spe-ulator. Values are bound to rise
the coming wear. Good times are not
alone looked for by real estate men, but
biz boom is confidently looked for,
and it Will first strike the Midway dis
tricj. The Midway district will feel it
frs. yesterday remarked Capt. Ed
Simohicli. speaking on this matter. Il
mako this statement, judging from a
twenty years experience in real
estatc. The west end always
feels All upward movement first, and
from such point it covers the whole
city" Real estate men have the best of
reasons in looking for an upheaval i'm
the market. There has been no boom
FOR the past two years, while Sioux
Falls. Duluth, West Superior and sur
rounding towns have experienced
boom after boom. There has been no
deterioration in the values Of city prop
erty. Un the other hand, the business
Interests have been consolidated and
placed on more substantial basis, and
to-day we have the spectacle of city,
Eanked foremost in the Northwest, hav-
sng Its values figuring below those of