The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-07
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR VACA:
TON
OF Alley in Block so of Kfttson,s
Addition

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law and
the resolution of the Board of Aldermen of
me Clty OF ST. Paul, body of the Common
Council of said City, that petition for the
vacation of the alley running easterly and
westerly between Pine street and Broadway
street, through block sixty (6O) Of Kittson' s
ADDITION to the City of St. Paul has been
nied in this office. and that said petition will
be heard and considered by the Committee
on Streets, committee appointed by the
said Board of Aldermen on the 18th dav of
August, 1885, in the committee room ad-
Joining the Council Chamber in the Court
House in the City of st. Paul County of
Ramsey and State of Minnesota, at O'Clock
p. m. OF said day. at which time and place
said committee will investigate and consider
the matter Of said vacation and hear the
testimony and evidence on the part Of the
parties interested.
copy Of the resolution directing this pub
lication and copy of said petition are at
tached hereto and published herewith, ex-
cepting only the plat which ACCOMPANIED
said petition, which is not set forth in this
notice.
MATT JENSEN, City Clerk.
+ Dated June 18th, A. D. 1896.
|, Resolved, By the Board of Aldermen Of the
City Of st. Paul, to which body of the
Common Council the attached petition for
the vacation of the alley running easterly
and westerly through block sixty Co., of
Kittson's addition to the City of st. Paul,
Minnesota, presented by the petitioners
that 1t is deemed expedient that the matter
set forth in said petition shall be proceeded
with. And it is ordered that the said petition
be filed of record with the City Clerk, who
shall give notice by publication in the Of
fetal paper Of the city for four weeks, at
least once week, to the effect that such
petition has been filed as aforesaid and stat
ing in brief its object, and that said petit
ton will be heard and considered by the
Committee on Streets of the said body of
the Common Council on day and at a
place to be specified in said notice. not less
than ten days from the expiration of the
publication of said notice.
Don TfIn
To the Honorable the Common Council of the
City of st. Paul:
Gentlemen, We, the undersigned, are the
owners of all the property in block number
sixty (60) of Kittson's addition to the City of
st. Paul, in the County of Ramsey and State
of Minnesota. AS such owners we hereby
respectfully petition the Common Council
| to order the vacation and discontinuance of
that certain alley extending easterly and
westerly through said block from Pine street
to Broadway street in said City of st. Paul.
The reasons for such vacation are as fol-
lows: The said alley stops at said Broadway
street. extending further west than the
wholly Occupied and has been occupied since
| the year 1880 by railroad tracks, depots,
| offices, platforms and other buildings
| and structures, and the same has
| been used by the public. and las by the
common consent of the property owners of
said. block been used in the manner specified.
| And the further reason for asking the vaca-
ton at this time is that the st. Paul &c
| Northern Pacific Railway company is about to
construct large and very expensive addition
| to the present Office building located upon
said block, which additional structure it Is
necessary to build over and across said alley
! in order that the same may be used in con-
nection with the present Office building and
/ the present track facilities located upon said
| block and blocks adjoining thereto.
This petition is accompanied by plat of
1 said block and alley showing the location Of
said Office building now constructed, the To-
| cation of said alley and the location Of some
| of the railroad tracks upon said block, and is
made in accordance with the requirements of
| law for the purpose Of obtaining the vacation
| as above prayed.
Respectfully yours,
ST: PAUL & NORTHERN PACIFIC RAIL-
| BY John H. Randall, Comptroller.
NORTHERN tn PACIFIC RAILROAD COM
BY J. W. Kendrick General Manager.
EDWIN H. M'HENRY,
FRANK G. BIGELOW, per e. H. McH,
Receivers of the Northern Pacific Railroad
STATE OF MINNESOTA.
County Of Ramsey SIS.
| John H. Randall, being first duly sworn,
doth say: That he is the comptroller of the
St. Paul & Northern Pacific Railway Com
pany. a corporation organized under the
laws Of tie state of Minnesota; that he has
| read the foregoing petition, and the he
signed the same in behalf of the st. Paul
& Northern Pacific Railway Company; that
he is one Of the officers of that company and
that said petition is true.
JOHN RANDALL
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
10th day of June, A. D., 1896.
QNotarial Seal)
LEON r. CIIAMBERLAIN,
Notary Public. Ramsey County, Minnesota.
STATE OF MINNESOTA
County of Ramsey, SIS.
Edwin H. McHenry, being first duly sworn,
doth say: That he is one Of the receivers Of
the Northern Pacific Railroad Company and
one Of the signers OF the foregoing petition
that said petition IL true.
EDWIN II. M'HENRY
Subscribed and sworn to before me this
18th day of June, A D. 1896.
(Notarial Seal.)
LEON T. CHAMBERLAIN,
Notary Public, Ramsey County, Minnesota
June e. 30; July Z. II