St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-08

Der yesterday afternoon, and for oyer
an hour discussed that difficult queS-
ton without arriving at final settle
ment. City Engineer Rinker was pres
ent, and advanced his views. lie stated
that either the raising or lowering of
the tracks would be an enormous ex-
pense to both the railroad company and
the city. OF the TWO plans, he should
favor raising them. Aid. Rand
but Mr.. Rinker declared this
highly impracticable. 1t was agreed by
all that something must be done in the
matter at once, as the present railroad
crossings are source of great danger
to the lives of citizens and hindrance to
wagon traffic. Aid. Grimes, who has
given this subject much thought and
careful Investigation, advanced an en-
tirely new plan-two of them. in fact.
The Milwaukee road, he said, should be
made to cross the river somewhere IL
the neighbOrhoOd of Tenth street and
use the west bank. This, he argued,
would give direct route to Mime
tOnka and would only be a slight incon-
yenience in running country trains.
The Hastings & Dakota tracks across
the city, he says. could be abandoned
entirely to the benefit of the city and
tAlO PAOhO VI tAiO NOhPehg W
the Hastings d. Dakota trains over the
right of way of the st. Louis road as
far as Cedar Lake, where both lines
meet. In support of this argument.
he stated the case as follows:
1.-The right of way of the II. IL ID.
across South Minneapolis embraces fifty
blocks of four lots each. These lots are
easily worth $500 each, making the
total right of way worth $500, 900. The
company's share of bridging or lower
ing the tracks would be about S250,000,
making a total of S550,000 The city
could well afford to give the road 100000
more, making $3.50, 900, if it would aban-
don its South town right of way; for not
only could the property be turned to
good use by private citizens for resi-
dences, etc, but the city would be saved
the expenses of building and maintain
ing its portion of the brldges-an eX-
pense considerably greater than that of
the railway company. The interest on
S650,000 at per cent, $4,000 year,
would more than pay for the lease of a
right of way over the Great Northern
and st. Louis tracks to Cedar Lake,
These plans had not yet been pro-
posed to the railroad people, and it was
impossible to say how they would be re-
ceived by them. After some discussion
IL was decided 10 REFER In6 question: 10
committee of three, who should inveSti-
gate the matter thoroughly, and also
obtain the views of the railroad officials
upon Aid. Grimes propositions.
After this question had been DISPOSED
of the railroad committee took up the
petition of J. Robbins and others, ask
ing that the street railway company be
compelled to complete its Penn avenue
line to the city limits or Thirty-secOnd
avenue. Mr.. Robbins stated that the
private horse car line from Crystal lake
now runs to Thirty-SecOnd avenue, and
that residents of that suburb are re-
quired to walk about half mile to take
the Penn avenue line for town. He
stated that Mr.. Lowry had promised
him that the Penn avenue line would be
completed to Thirty-second avenue, but
this had not been done. Supt. Good
rich stated that it would be easier and
less expensive for the Crystal lake peo-
pie to extend their line to meet the rail-
way company than for the railway COM
pany to go to meet them. and several of
the members OF the committee were of
the same opinion. The matter was laid
over to give the committee chance to
go over the ground.
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