The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-12-15
A CASE OF EVICTION
NEW STORY AS TO THE NEW
BRIGHTON STOCKYARDs RE-
MOVAL SCHEME.
THE VIOLATION OF A LEASE
HAD PUT THE MINNESOTA COM
PANY IN DANGER OF EJECT
MENT.
WE'RE NOT KILLING, THE STOCK
Tenant Who VIII Run the
Houses.

South st. Paul people were stirred up
yesterday when they read in the
G o e the clipping from the Mime
sofa Transfer Reporter in regard to
the New Brighton scheme. The state
ments of South St Paul citizens inter-
viewed by the G 0 b yesterday would
| indicate that the Transfer Reporter can
blow hot and cold with one breath.
For the enlightenment Of the general
public, it is stated that, while there are
two packing houses at South ST. Paul
both owned by the Union Stockyards
company, and these are operated under
different titles, yet the lessees are
practically the same, the Minnesota
Packing and Provision company, which
is talking Of moving to New Brighton.
1t is further stated by these citizens
that the removal instead of being an
injury to that city may be a practical
benefit. AS a matter of fact, the
G O e is informed that the Minnesota
Packing and Provision company has
not killed a hog in one of its houses
since July, and as there is a clause
in its lease requiring that hogs shall
be killed there every day, the Union
Stockyards company had prepared to
give the tenants notice to get out. The
burning of the fertilizer plant how
ever, temporarily invalidated that
clause of the lease, and the stockyards
| company was helpless pending the
restoration of the burned building
However, if the packing company does
not resume killing on or before Jan. 1,
the notice of ejectment will be served
to take effect then, when the property
will be leased to Chicago parties who
desire a Northwestern packing house
AS to the property, the Union Stock
yards company not only owns the
buildings but all the machinery, and
these will remain in South st. Paul in
any event, as President Stickney, of
the Great Western, is also head of
the stockyards company and thorough
ly loyal to South St. Paul.
/ Even the Reporter scores the tenant
| company because consignment of
| 1000 hogs recently received at South
| st. Paul. only 1000 were killed there,
the rest being shipped to Chicago. 1t
| charged that nine-tenthS of the hogs
raised in the state are shipped to Chi
| cago because of the inability of the
| South ST. Paul people to kill them, and
! at the same time boasts Of what a
| great benefit to New Brighton and the
| Northwest will be the acquisition OF
| the same concern in a new location a
few miles away from where it is at
/ present.
| That any establishment able to take
care of the output of the Northwest
! could be established at New Brighton,
| except at fabulous cost, is ridiculed by
! South st. Paul stock men. The ex-
pense of the proper sewerage and sys-
| tenn and water supply alone would be
| enormous, as it is miles distant from
even where the new reservoir
of the. sMinneapQ1is waterworks
system ISL located in an
| other county, and is still further
/ from any stream OF sufficient magnl-
| tude to carry off eSthe refuse matter.
They claim it is significant, too. that
while the Minnesota Packing and Pro-
vision company has not been actively
using its killing capacity for several
months the amount of stock handled
at the stockyards has increased and
! the freight bill last month was the
greatest in the history Of the place.