St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-07-18
.ary We nut in a new front

unnecessary. We put in new front
which cost 81, 100, and there was abso-
Iutely no reason for the expense except
to improve the appearance of the prop
erty, and appearance never helped any
one in our business that L know of. L
believe that Third street will soon re-
sumo it's former appearance and that
the retail stores will again be full. The
bulk of travel is on Third street and
1T is the natural artery which leads to
the retail stores. Let the property
owners hold meeting and agree to
improve their property, then let the
work go on and let the street railway
company extend its line down Third to
Sibley and you will see a trade revival
that will do your heart good
Prendergast Brothers are about to
leave Third street, much against their
will. Following the procession that
has begun, they will seek a location on
Sixth street-in fact, have already Sc
cured one. They regret to leave the
street and would be amongst the first
to return if it showed any signs of re-
Stunning its former greatness They re-
gard the idea of extending the railway
line as very good one and are dis
posed to urge it, although at present
they can reap no benefit as they are
about to so elsewhere.
GOOD THING FOR THE CITY.
Hon. P. H. Kelly was emphatic in
expressing the opinion that an extern
sion of the loop, as indicated above,
would be one of the best things that
could happen. TT would not be so
much for the benefit of Third street
Itself as for the benefit of the city
and the people at large, in my opinion
If a person alights at the MINNEAPOLIS
depot there are street car lines passing
the door; if the traveller stops in St
Paul and cannot afford a carriage he
or she must walk to the corner of
Fifth and Robert, in nine cases out of
ten, because, as a. rule, the cable is
not used by any very large proportion
of incoming travellers, or, of outgoing
ones, for that matter. A car line on
Third street would have so many
points in its favor that 1 am surprised
the loop has not been extended to Sib-
ley by this route before 1t would help
Third street, and the southern end of
Wabasha, without in the least injuring
any other street; and, besides, would
be the means of putting life and vim
into that part of our city, which the
travelling public first sees and last re-
members. The effect of it's present
condition is more. far-reaching than
our people imagine, and can only be
changed to st. PaulS advantage by
bringing the street car loop down
Third to Sibley and thence to Fifth
and Robert. To my mind, this is a
matter that merchants and citizens in
all parts of the city should be interest
ed in, and L hope it will be agitated so
thoroughly that when Fifth street is
torn up to be paved the loop will be
permanently extended to Third
Thomas Fitzpatrick regards the idea
OF extension as a wise one, and thinks
it will materially help the street. The
great cry from the remaining ner-
chants, however, is to the property
owners to improve their buildings.
They claim that the owners can get as
many tenants as they want if they
will put the buildings in proper state
for occupancy. At any rate, the rail-
way system will be a vast convenience
in many respects, if extended down
Third, even if Third street does not
succeed in inducing its old residents to
return