St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-03-19
SALTWATER NEWS.
There Will Be improvements in
the Electric Line.


As a result of President Aliens re-
cent visit and the alertness of Supt.
BaSSett, various improvements will at
once be inaugurated by the street car
company. A double track will be laid
between Second and Third on Chestnut
street, and switch placed at the inter
section of Second, thus avoiding switch
ing and the consequent risk of accident
at the top of Chestnut street hill, where
the switch now is. Two new thirty
horse power cars will be added, and
four cars, one running each way at IN
teryalS of fifteen minutes, will be put
on the South saltwater line. The North
hill liue will be extended, and may go
out Laurel to Pine and Churchill, form
ing, with the South hill, belt line. 8.
Upon the report of a committee APP
pointed at previous meeting to inveS-
tigate the matter, the board of county
commissioners yesterday granted the
petition asking that public road be
opened from a point in Lakeland, on
what is called the Saltwater and Alton
road, and extending through Oakdale
west to the county line, connecting tti-
rect with Minnehaha avenue, st. Paul.
At the same time releases were filed,
except in two cases, by all the farmers
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laid out. The new highway will open
up much easier and more direct COM
municatiOn between that rich part of
the county and st. Paul. The board
will continue in session to-day.
Answers in the matter of the proceed
ings of Washington county to collect
delinquent taxes were yesterday filed
by r. j. Wheeler, E. e. Butts, |. f.. Nc
Kusick. r. B. Langdon Charlotte Get
chell, Louise Van Arsdale and Mary F.
Doe. The suits grew out of the resist
ance to special assessments for grading
and improving North Second and other
streets, and are part of the old in
junction business of last summer.
The High School Literary society will
present an unusually varied and spicy
programme at the auditorium Friday
evening, including flag drill and the
comedietta, "Too Much of Good
Thing" The characters in the play are
taken by.John Lovatt. Ret Brown, Hal
Robertson, Misses Ava Millett, Ida
Lovatt. Bay Stein, Faith Fogle and
Emma Brunswick.
Prof. Maria l.. Sanford, of the state
university. will begin next Saturday
evening, at the Universalist church, a
course of six lectures upon ''fhe Poets"
liSI nuUJcCUS ouIISy GHe
BroWnings, Whittier. LongfelloW. Lowell
and Holmes.
The funeral of Mrs. Martha Goudly,
who died yesterday at the age of twenty
SIX years at her home, Sl2 South Second
street, will take place tomorrow from
ST. MichaerS church.
The opera house is certain to be filled
this evening, when Cleyeland'S mag
nifcent consolidated Ministries, to-
gether with the Japs, will appear.
The board of registration, which sat
yesterday from a. IN. to p. m., was
not kept at all busy, very few appear
ing for the purpose of having their
names placed upon the poll list.
Myron [. McKusick left last even ing
for Fond du Lac. Wis. where he takes
a responsible position with large
wagon manufacturing company.
Lewis w. Clarke, city engineer. re-
turned yesterday from visit at Boston,
his former home.
Laurentz Wicklund. the artist, left
last evening. expecting to be absent
until Monday.