St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-08
THE SITE is CHANGED
Archbishop Ireland Makes a
Change of Plan for the
Hill College,
And Union Land Company
Stockholders Are Out in
the Cold.
Financial Troubles Force John
Matbeis to Make an As
Signment.
4 Gay Time Promised the
Visiting Editors Next
Week.

Archbishop Ireland has made a
change of base in the matter of the col
lege, the fund for which was donated
by James J. Hill. The location Sc
lected-on the river bank, near Des-
noyer Park-was given in the GLOBE
at the time. But Archbishop Ireland
has made a change of base, and the site
now selected is on some land ow ned by
the prelate, nearly a mile further down
the river. And instead of one college,
as originally decided. there will be five
buildings, one each for the several &C.
clesiastical branches to be taught.
Architect Brodie is now stalking out the
land, and several heavy owners in the
Union Land company and DesnOyer
Park addition are left to mourn. The
story is an interesting one, and is, to
use the language of the street. horse
on the Union Land company.
When Archbishop ireland decided to
locate thecOllege on his land adjoining
DesnOyer Park, he went to the Union
Land company and suggested that in
asmuch as the college location would
greatly enhance values Whereabouts, it
would be the proper thing for the land
company to give several lots in the way
of bonus. Members of the company
hemmed and hawed over it. If the
college was already located, they did
not favor giving away land for nothing
But they did not put it that way to the
Catholic prelate. He had a conference
with President Hagar, of the land COM
pany, who said he would submit it to
I nd no of Of
pany. Some time later they met again,
and President Hagar said it was the
opinion Of Judge Young. that as the
site was already selected, the company
could not legally donate land as bonus.
Archbishop Ireland was a little warm in
the collar.
''There has been no actual selection"
he exclaimed, ''if you draw so fine a
point as that. There has been no absO-
Lutte decision, and the question is, viii
your company give those lots to have
the college located THEREOF
But the land company decided it could
give no land. In the meantime MEM
bers OF the company were buSily select
ing their lots in the cOmpany'S territory.
Ordinarily the best lots were those up
near the Milwaukee short line, and
those would have been naturally Sc
lected first; but the Hill college put
new face on the matter, and ID. r.
NOyes and several other large holders
turned from the railroad lots and made
selections down next to the college 10
cation. Some of these fortunate select
orS rubbed their hands with glee over
their good luck, when suddenly came
the announcement-nOw first made
public-that Archbishop Ireland had
changed his plans and would locate the
colleges a mile away and entirely out
OF the reach and influence Of the Union
Land cor pany's lands. Architect Bro
die has received instructions and has
changed the plans to call for five sep
arate buildings for college Purposes,
and ground Will be broken in very
short time.
ITS horse on US, said one of the
company. yesterday, land we deserved
it. While it is probable that the COM
pany, as such, could not have donated
the lots desired by the archbishop, it
could have been done by the individual
holders and would have been a great
stroke. As it is, the colleges have been
moved and we are in the cold. And the
greatest joke is on those members who
opposed the donation on the ground
that the college would be of no benefit
to us, and yet rushed off and selected
lots on that side of our tract. 1t was a
keen retort by the archbishop, and
served us all right"