St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-06

that Mr.. Willard and his coadjutors
have in view. In the first place, it is
we'll known that the present union depot
is inadequate for the traffic concentrated
within it. 1t is a fact beyond dispute that
in no other place in this country
can there be found so much traffic
focused OH to so few sets of rails as
run into st. Paul union depot. Tie ex-
pense under which various railroads
are under is also very large: and what
wonder then if the Northern Pacific,
with its feeder, the Wisconsin Central,
should not desire terminal facilities
worthy SO great and powerful a.corpo-
ration. There is every reason why the
Northern Pacific and the Wisconsin
Central should be DESTROYS of depot ac-
Communications adequate to meet their
demands, and it will be more apparent
in a few years. 1t is only question of
time when the Wisconsin Central, in
name, has ceased to exist. as its ulti-
mate destiny is assuredly its absorption
into the Northern Pacific system. Al
ready the statement has been reported
that the Wisconsin Central line to Chi
cagois to be materially shortened, so that,
in time, its trains will compete at adj
vantage with those on other roads OPP
Grating between st. Paul and Chicago.
Despite the repeated contradictions, the
Baltimore q Ohio will shortly be
closely allied to the Northern Pacific,
and with this consummation the neces-
sity for this railroad depot in st. Paul
is clearly demonstrated.
How?
In this way:
When working under one great trans
continental system the desire of the
Northern Pacific will be to control the
traffic travelling from ocean to ocean. A
passenger may be going from the Pa
cific coast, from Montana or the Da-
kotas to the East. He arrives in st.
Paul. 1t is naturally to the advantage
of the Northern Pacific to keep him out
of the reach of other railroad officials,
and what better inducement or protec-
ton could they have than a separate
depot, where their trains arrive from
the West and at once depart for the
East? The same will apply with equal
fierce to passengers carried into the city
over the Wisconsin Central. 1t is to
the interest of the Northern Pacific to
keep its passengers from the clutches
of the Great Northern people.
1t is manifest if the present union
depot is inadequate to-day. that it will
daily become more so. The population
of st. Paul has the last ten years in
creased by over 100000 people. If that
be so, what may not be the population
ten years hence? Is not this, then,
another reason why road of huge pro-
portions and power like the Northern
Pacific should seek to operate its
own depot. Unlike several other roads.
it possesses its own line into st. Paul,
which. singularly enough, connects with
the Kittson addition property. The To-
cation of the proposed new depot is also
decidedly good one. A glance at the
accompanying map reveals this i'm
portant fact-that the depot will be
within one block of every street car line
in the city. This cannot be said OF
the union depot. The only thing that
can be said of it is that it stands
in veritable cul-de-sac. But not so
with this new depot. 1t can be ap-
preached from every direction-north,
south, east and west-and passenger
can almost step out of the railroad cal
and hail the street car which runs by