St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-08
SELECT FROM SEVEN.
Just. That Many Eligible Sites
for the New Harvester
Works.
The Current Week Will See
the Selection and End the
Trouble.
Plenty Of Cash and Argu-
mentS Behind Each Of the
Locations.
Some Of the Eloquence That
Is Current in the Boom
ing Camps.


have reached definite conclusion, and
many hard-worked committee will
find pleasant relaxation from the siren
uouS efforts they have put forth to bring
the coveted prize to their pet location.
| No mercantile proposition has ever SO
thoroughly stirred up the latent ener-
gies and brought out the real resources
| of every portion Of the city as the pres
ent one. The merry manufacturing
| militant has been waged in every ward
| and by all classes of citizens. with the
=! exception of the Midway district,
which was barred by limitation,
Only one can secure the site, but the
| agitation that has been aroused will in
the future bear fruit to every end of the
city which has entered the race, as at
no other time in its history have the
| people at large taken such general in
tereSt, or become SO thoroughly ac-
Quainted with the real worth OF their
| different localities. There has been up
! to the present time, as far as can be
seen on the surface, but very little of
the speculative nature entered into the
fight il seeming to be the general aim
to secure the site most available, and
one that would be of the greatest bene-
fiji to the city. The Eastern end of the
directorate will all be in the city by to-
day or tomorrow, and their views may
possibly somewhat alter the status of
the case. Certain it is that, if they do
hot seek the secluSion of their rooms,
they will be considerably worried to
give audience to the numerous commit
tees and delegates that have been APP
pointed TO see them and secure their in
fiuence.
Many, Many sites.
The number Of sites that have been
talked of and the number that will be
submitted to the board Of directors Oh
Wednesday next viii give them several
days work in going over the PROPOSE
lions and viewing the various locations.
Maps, diagrams and propositions of a
cash bonus will be laid before them in
such mass as to create confusion and
probably require the services of all eX-
pert to unravei the tangle. AS it looks
now there will be about seven or eight
proposals brought forward, consisting of
the SteeS tract, the Mississippi tract,
the'Rice street tract, the West st. Paul
tract, the University tract, the }. j.
Hill tract, the Crosby farm and the
East side, or Beaver lake tract, al
though the general opinion among real
estate dealers and people financially in
ISiSOlNu lllC SOuCCiii OCCllN W Dc tIldU
the choice will undoubtedly simmer
down to the two latter-the Crosby
farm or Beaver lake. These two loca-
tons are at the two opposite sides of
the city, Beaver lake being shown on
the mile-circle map of the city as To-
Gated right on the fifth mile circle,
while the Crosby farm is shown between
the third and fourth. This, it will be
understood, means from the court house
as central point. By some it has been
stated that the Beaver lake site really
means Hazel Park, but, as all East
sIderS are very reLicent On this point, it
is impossible TO verify the story. Hazel
Park is located on the fourth mile circle.
Merits of the Propositions.
OF course, no one but those directly
interested or those who have been
chosen on committees know the full de-
tails of the different bids to be made by
either associations, unions or individu-
ais. But in the efforts of securing sub
scriptions and setting forth the advan-
tageS OF the various sites. considerable
information has leaked out. Absent
property owners have been cabled and
telegraphed to, and their replies have
been exultantiy shown to aid their
cause and bring wayering members into
line. When one particularly enthusi-
astic adherent of some location would
meet another of the same stripe for
some other spot, the resulting CONVEX
satiOn would Invariably lead to the
disclosure of some very stiff point
erS In regard to what was beng
done. Secret meetings by unions and
executive sessions by committees have
been held III every ward in the city, and
the camp fires of the officials of these
associations are blazing brightly on the
hlllSldeS surrounding the battle ground,
as represented by the stockholders who
will select the deciding board on Tues
day. Inc eyes of every member of this
board will closely scan the ammunition
OF every camp, and the one whose guns
are loaded the heaviest will be chosen
to lay siege to all others and force them
to capltulate.
The Beaver Lake Site.
This site, as above mentioned, is To-
Gated on the five-mile circle of the CITY
map, and, as has heretofore been shown
by interviews in the GLOBE. aroused
considerable opposition owing to its
distance from the heart Of the city and
its inaccessibility by any mode OF quick
transit. BuJmany of the East side peo-
pie claim that they are being misrepre-
Sented in regard to the location and
that it IS really nearer the city, although
they Will not state the exact location of
their proposition. AT the meeting held
Saturday evening in Lueker's hall
blank checks were circulated among
the audience, many of which were filled
out, as means of increasing the bonus
which has already, been collected. In
this way they expect to raise large
enough sum in cash to secure the works,
but 1t was stated by real estate dealer
who is we'll posted that there was con-
siderable difficulty being experienced
IN the securing of large enough tract of
land. as twas owned by so many different
parties that it was impossible to round
up sufficient amount in compact form.
In some cases wives have refused to
sign deeds, in others there were compli-
cations with heirs. while some of the
owners have not been found at all.
Holders OF adjacent tracts, who have be-
come aware of what was going on. have
also held their property so high as to
preclude all chance of cheap and i'm
mediate purchase. On the other hard,
another real estate dealer states posi-
lively that the works Will be located
here, owing to the fact that MANY
agents in the city have, for the last ten
days, been buying dirt all around there,
refusing to divulge the names of those
whom they are acting for, but it is pre-
Suuleu lHey are pldcluS Eastern capital.
The Crosby Farm Tract.
This tract has been earnestly and
vigorously pushed by the Fifth ward,
that being the territory in which If is
located. One of the first claims they
make for it is the immense size of the
tract, consisting of over $50 acres,
which can all be easily secured, as it is
practically owned by one party-being
the wife and children of James Crosby.
Ia the second place, they claim that for
Its size 1t is the nearest to the city of any
site offered. IS easy of access, having
the West Seventh line of street railway
running right alongside and nearly two
miles beyond to the fort, while it would
be matter of only few weeks to build
connecting line along Pleasant avenue
to the Randolph, Grand avenue and
Manchester lines. 1t would bring the