St. Paul daily globe., 1895-10-01
CITY HOSPITAL AND THE NEW WARD BUILDING.

land in this vicinity. the leases to-
run until the year 1916, the usual
limit of leases of the city's land
granted for manufacturing purposes.
A few weeks ago the American Hoist
and Derrick company asked the
, council to pass third ordinance
granting a lease of a third piece of
land 100 feet in width and a block
in depth. This ordinance provides
for a lease of fifty years, and is 50,
worded as to include the former
pieces of land under. the fifty-year,
clause. In consideration dS all this,.
the American Hoist and Derrick
company agrees to make various ififA
provements, increase the number Of
j it's employees, and enlarge it's plant
by erecting on the last plot Of
ground a building that will cost not
less than $4,000, the same to i.be
completed before Jan. 1. 1897.
The board of aldermen recently
; passed this last ordinance, and the
! assembly referred it to the COM
mittee on streets. After some
what lengthy discussion yesterday,
! the committee on motion of Mr.. Van
Slyke, referred the ordinance to the
city attorney for an opinion as to
the right of the city to grant the
lease, as portion of the land is COW
i cred by the Mississfppis waters and
the United States government might
have something to say. 1t was also
the desire OF. the committee to ascer-
tain whether, in case the lease was
granted, the city or the company
acquiring the lease would be liable
for any damage resulting from floods
! or other accidents resulting from the
filling in of the submerged land.
The committee instructed the city.
engineer to prepare plans showing
the location of the land, the UNDER
standing being the plans and the
opinion of the corporation attorney
are to be submitted to the commit
tee prior to the regular meeting Of
the assembly next Thursday night.
The committee devoted some of it's
! time to discussing resolution look
ing towards the building of a new
bridge at Raymond, avenue, over the
Northern Pacific and Great North
Transfer company. The resolution
/ instructs the city engineer to pre-
pare plans and specifications, both
for an iron and a wooden bridge.
City Engineer Rundlett informed
the committee that the present wood
en- bridge at this point was in a very
dangerous condition. Recently he
had condemned it as unsafe, and
had it repaired, but a notice is post
ed at each end warming the public
not to attempt to transport across it
over 1000 pounds at a time Mr.
Rundlett went on to say that the,
people of St. Anthony Park wanted.
an iron bridge in its place sixty,
feet in width. Such a structure would,
cost 100000, and moreover it would
take at least six weeks to prepare
the plans and specifications for an
iron bridge. Furthermore, If 1t was
decided to build an iron bridge, a.
dispute would arise at once between
| the Northern Pacific road and the
| Transfer company on one hand and
| the city of st. Paul on the other as
| to what proportion of the cost the
! city should pay. There was no ques-
tion in Mr.. Rundlett's mind as to the
liability of the Northern Pacific to.
pay a portion Of the cost of the
bridge, under the ruling of the SUI
! preme court, as Raymond avenue
was opened at that point before the
Northern Pacific secured it's high
way there.
Mr.. Rundlett also informed the
committee that a wooden bridge
would cost only $4,000 and would last
! for ten years. AS for the plans and
specifications they could be prepared
in few days. Mr.. Rundlett urged
the Importance of immediate action
| in the matter, as the present wooden
bridge is in such condition. that
something should be done at once.
"An iron structure is out of the
question this year. added Mr.. Rund-
lett, "as there is only $4,000 in the
bridge fund; now, and the 100000
necessary, or whatever sum the