St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-10-13
Causing a Great Turmoil In
the Assembly Committee
% On Streets.
Business Mems Union Present
Arguments for the Or
dinance.
The Milwaukee Road Fightin g,
the Transfer to a Warm
Finish.
AS a Result the City Attorney
Instructed to Draw the
Papers.

uC dSSculUly committee Oh StTtclS
devoted two hours yesterday to discuss
ing the board of aldermen ordinance
granting right of way fifty feet wide
along the upper levy to the Fifth Ward
hallway and Transfer company. The
long list of objections which were filed
by the Milwaukee road have heretofore
been published. These precipitated the
discussion. A committee of the bust
ness mems union. with M. d. Mum as
attorney, was present to urge the max
ing of a favorable report upon
the ordinance. Among the members
of the union present were +. A. Smith,
William Dawson, G. w. Hackett, A. Ii.
Lindeke, Albert Scheffer, j. W, Cooper,
Gebhard Bohn. They were unit in
the belief that the best interests of the
city would be SubServed by passing the
ordinance. Mr.. Dawson in his remarks
said that the building of this Fifth ward
transfer undoubtedly meant that new
railroad would enter st. Paul before
long. No further light was thrown upon
the new railroad project. A pro-
file of the territory was laid be-
fore the committee. Mr.. Mum
stated that the city owned a strip 200
feet wide next to the river extending
from Duke street to Chestnut. James
street is graded through this strip. On
the south side of James street is strip
ninety feet wide, and on the north side of
the street is strip sixty feet wide. The
track OF the transfer is to be laid on the
south side of the street, the strip fifty
feet wide being taken next to the street,
thus leaving forty between that and the
river.
The Steamboat Landing
Mr.. Doran said that according to the
profile the grade for the tracks between
Chestnut street and ST. Peter must be
built out into the river, and thus cut off
the steamboat landing. He thought the
tracks should be laid OH the north side
of the Milwaukee and other railway
tracks between these points.
Mr.. Mum replied that the company
would have preferred to lay their tracks
there, but this would cut off access from
the south side to the lots AUDITING on
this stretch. 1t would be less expensive
to do this than to build up grade in
the river, but the space could not be
had. So far as the steamboat landing
privilege was concerned, he said that
about once month in the summer time
some steamboat from the st. CroiX
landed some place along there and I'M
loaded lot of slabs.
MIR. Doran insisted that one objection
raised by the Milwaukee people was
we'll taken, and that was that the strip
fifty feet wide asked should not be
granted exclusively to the transfer com
pany; but ANY other company should
be given equal rights on the property at
any time by the payment OF an equal
share OF the cost of the property to its
then owners, and agreeing to pay their
proper share of all future expenses.
This. it was shown by the Milwaukee
objections, was the condition on which
the right OF way of the union depot
company was granted across Sibley and
jackson streets. AL
Not a Parallel
Mr.. Mum showed that the suggestion
of tire Milwaukee that the union depot
company was not permitted an exclu-
Sive franchise across Sibley and Jack
son was not parallel to this case. Sib-
ley and jackson are cross streets, but
the fitty-foot strip in the case in cues
ton was the one asked on which to lay
the tracks of the transfer company.
Unless the company was granted the
fifty feet for its exclusive use the bonds
could not be sold in any market.
AT length Gebhardt Bohn arose and
said that the official of the Milwaukee
road who filed the objections had, dur
ing the present afternoons meeting of
the business mems union, appeared and
withdrawn them.
Notwithstanding this statement, Mr..
Doran was unwilling to vote in favor of
the ordinance. He said he had no OBJ
lection to granting the franchise: in
fact, he was i'll favor of it; but he did
object to granting it without proper
restrictions being thrown about it and
without its being located in the right
place. }. W. Cooper, G. W. Hackett. r.
A. Smith and William Dawson all urged
the committee to make a favorable re-
port.
Mr.. Reardon said he was heartily in
favor of granting the franchise, but he
thought the ordinance should be passed
upon by the city attorney. At length
it was agreed that the ordinance should
go to the city attorney. with the instruc-
ton to him that he report to the meet
ing of the assembly this evening.
Miscellaneous.
The board of aldermen ordinance
granting the privilege to the Omaha
road to construct its new freight house
under the bluff. along the end of Min
neSota street, was recommended to pass,
Mr.. ReardOn alone voting no. The ION
feet below the street grade. hence it
would not interfere with the construc-
ton of a bridge across the river at that
point.
The board of aldermen resolutions
for drop gates across the Northern Pa
cific railway tracks at their crossing at
Lexington and Como avenues were laid
over.
The communication of July from
the health department, with reference
to putting in sewers to drain cesspools
on Jessie. De Soto ond York streets was
indefinitely postponed. Mr.. Reardon
said it was not right to tax the prop
erty owners for sewers to drain every
little pond of wafer. 1t would be much
cheaper to fill the sink holes.
J. c. Stout, who claims he is assessed
too high for the extension of Linwood
Place, invited the committee to 20 with
him in carriages and view the property.
The invitation was accepted, and the
com mittee will go this forenoon.
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