St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-07-13
HENNEPIN BOULEVARD.
A Good Deal Said For and Against
the Car Line.

the Car Line.
The special committee appointed by
| the park board at the last meeting, to
consider the matter of allowing an cleo
| trio line to be put in on Hennepin
boulevard, met yesterday to listen to
the representations of the advocates
and opponents of the scheme. Messrs.
| Tabour, Herrick and Genck were the
opponents and sworn ices of the car
| line scheme; while Daniel Bassett, E.
| C. Morse, W. W. Hayward and Mr..
Forrest took care of the interests of the
petitioners for the car line. The OPP
ponents Of the enterprise made the
sweeping assertion that car line put
in on certain street or avenue always
causes the property on that street or
avenue to deterlorate IN value as resi-
dence property. Daniel BasSett re-
piled that no street or avenue in any
result, the value Of property being,
on the other hand, always Ell
HANGED. Mr.. Herrick then made
| a speech against the measure. He cited
Park avenue and Chicago avenue as an
| illustration of his statement that car
| line Injuries the value of property ada
cent. He went further and stated that
should car line be put upon Hennepin
boulevard, laboring mems dwellings
and corner grocery stores would infest
that avenue. Daniel Bassett asserted
that he would not protest against labor
| ing man for a neighbor. A. j. BOardman
took up the other part of Mr.. Herrlck's
argument and asked if it was fair to
compare Park avenue and Chicago ave-
nue. on the property value basis. He
| ipth nd
go avenue made the better comparison,
and that showed the car line to be a
benefit. G. G. Goodrich, who was also
present, here put in his oar. He cited
the cases of Fourth avenue south and
Fifth avenue, or of Clinton and Fourth
avenues, property on Fourth avenue be-
ing more valuable than on either
of the other avenues. In re-
spouse to question from Com
missioner Haugan, Mr.. Goodrich
stated that the Hennepin avenue line.
during the summer, would carry over
100000 passengers to and from the
lakes. Mr.. Morse, who wants the car
line on Hennepin, here made quite a
long talk. He went on to say that Hen
nepin boulevard is now used almost en-
tirely by loaded wagons and grocery
wagons and slab carts, and urged some
thing be done to give the public the
benefit of the street. The interests of
the city, he thought, should outweigh
private desire. He set forth that down
the river there is city which Mime
apolis people delightin calling a village,
but which, nevertheless, is city man.
aged by thoroughbreds; live, thor
oughly aggressive city, which has never
failed to 'see" Minneapolis and go her
one better, and which is a full-groWn,
hustling rival that will be hard to beat.
He thought that Minneapolis could not
afford to lay back on her oars now and
rest on her natural advantages-her
water power, her parks, etc. The city
must be pushed. Labor must be en-.
couraged, and rapid transit, cheap and
direct, must be provided to bring people
here and to keep the city growing
since, in his estimation, not the palaces
i of the wealthy, but the neat, eomforta
BILE middle-class homes are the ones OF
most benefit to the city. He thought a
car line on Hennepin, under the pro-
; posed restrictions, would be move in
that direction. The committee then
went into executive session to consider
the matter, deciding to take no action
at present. or before the meeting of the
park board, one week hence. 1t is prob
able, however, that the car line will e
through, as the committee seems to BIZ
in favor of it almost unanimously.