St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-08-09

which Is, after all, either in ST. Paul or
Minneapolis, as their boundaries are
contiguous. This intermediate region,
(merely section of the two cities) now
filling up quite rapidly, is known locally
as the Midway district, with its own
newspaper, the Midway News, to which
| am indebted for much OF the informa-
ton about this newest and most impor-
tant development OF the Twin Cities
More important still Is the strong Or
ganiZation Of ST. Paul. Minneapolis and
Midway men into the Minnesota Trans
fer Board of Trade, for the purpose OF
pulling the two great towns together.
The apparent nucleus of this organiZa-
ton is the Minnesota Transfer Railway
company, idcluding as equal owners
eight trunk line railroads, oceu-
plying 800 acres of land and
handling 400 ears of freight
daily. with contracts that give amy
owner of frontage on one road equal
and cheap access TO all the roads. Moth
ing except the new Stlckney yards,
three miles square. now building near
Chicago, will equal this. The financial
backing thus involved insures the sue
cess of the undertaking TO build up the
Midway district, which the Minnesota
Transfer board of trade Is energetcally.
aud Systematically pushing with all the
'vim, vigor and victory" characteristic
of the West. In this interest. +. A.
Paradis. secretary and treasurer OF the
board, publishes the Midway News,
dated at Merriam Park, the heart OF
this section. At its center is Capitol
hill, q pretty eminenee from which both
the present cities can now be seen.
and adjudged by the Minnesota
editors at their recent meeting to be
the proper location (the site having al
ready been given for the new State
house, in place Of the cramped quar-
ters at ST. Paul of the present capitol
building, which would be handsome
high school, but is notin keeping as the
capital of so great state rs minnesota
is and is bound TO be. This is shown
clearly on the map accompanying this
article, the mile circles from this center
taking in the business centers OF both
Minneapolis and st. Paul, the two
union depotS being about equi-dlStaut,
rs will be seen. Around this center
will be grouped, in time, all the
adjuncts of great city, If the
newspaper discussion OF the union
amounts to anything, rs it can
not help doing. Among many great
things proposed by the Minneapolis
Tribune, the most notable is the crea-
ton of an immense geological garden
here, presumably as the meeting point
of the wonderfully complete park and
boulevard systems of the two cities, and
the construction of 1.-THE handSomest
residence street aad parkway in the
United States.' This undertaking to
build third city between the two cities
and TO unite them all under one mans
was the most notable thing we saw OF
"A tVtr. ilyp
will come more rapidly than is com
monty anticipated, now that money
makers have taken hold Of it, Already
the territory between St. Paul and
Minneapolis is much better built up
than was East Cleveland beyond
Euclid station ten years ago. Water
works have been put IN, streets and
sidewalks and sewers have been
constructed or fully planned, ana there
is ample communication. as already
shown. with important industrial inter-
ests already located. and water power
equal 10 Is, 900 horses about To be de-
veoped by Henry Willard and others AT
Meeker Island, shown on our map at
the junction of Summit boulevard and
Minnehaha street. 1t would not be sur
priSing TO see all this accomplished dur
ing this decade. building up as solidiy
rs III SnOnlu Dt VIC Nibbb. SliHhltN lOli-
ing plains between the two cities. SO
that when the next census is taken
among the few towns having over half
million population will be, not ST
Paul and not Minneapolis, but Twin
CITY, or Twin Cities, or better still Mid
way, emblematic not only of both, but
also crystalizing forever in the name
Secretary Stewards wonderful descrip-
tion and prophecy.
Much more might be said of interest
along this line did space permit, for |
confess myself attracted to this visible
upbuildng of city that will not have
six exceeding it in size on the continent,
for there is tributary territory to draw
upon. Minnesota alone, or Idaho or
Montana, equals all of New England,
New Jersey. Delaware and Maryland,
while the DakotaS are greater than all
these with New York added, and this Is
but one tier of states, with all the Cana.
dian country TO be counted, and all the
region south and west that is now
nearer to the Twin Cities by. rail and
cheaper than is Chicago.