The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-08-24

gest1on to Appoint n Comm,..
to- Wait Upon Mr.. Hill I'm
I" the building of New shons In
st. Paul.
Inc question Of settling the difference
ensuing between the city and the c.roo+
Northern Railroad cornnany od
ene location of the proposed new
shops ON the land bounded nv Do,a
arundel, Minnehaha and Atw.to.
s'reets was discussed last evening o.
Inc council chamber and a. con,ro,,to.
Will De appointed to confer with NJ.
Hill. MI
All the members Of the board 90 >,
oeihnen ana assembly were present
Iio 'hree-score Of the representative
Dosiiiess men Of the city were in az
.ehoance, including delegations from
.he commercial club, chamber of com
iierce, Jobbers' union and Manufoo
turers' union.
e committee Of fifteen represent
ing the various commercial bodies who
nave peen giving the matter attant,or,
,iiu 4,a. secured the signatures to the me-
'''on presented to the council was
iie@ro from through W. B. Dean. chair.
t'i"H oI the committee. Among tbosa
present were: '-ioSe
W. B. Dean, W. H. Lghtner Mose. II,
SOM George R. Finch. ]. NJ Hawtborna
coward y. Schurmeier, A. s. Tallmadge
yuhn b. sanborn, N. P. Langford, c. !.
mheilams, b. H, Judson, E. s. Durment
ratrick Butler, ]. J. McCardy. Mavor Kio.
ief' f. b. Doran, E. W. Peet. A n lin
oeke' j. W. Weed. ]. W. Bishop. John Can1-
neid e. P. Stine, W. P. Murray r
ioung. Kenneth Clark, F. H. Driscoll. Crsw.
~ rofu Livingston, Frank Waterous. Geores
o oenz, 7; L. schurmeier, John Espy Paul
p.oh uIni, y. II. McGinnis, D. R. Noyes and
Richards Gordon. --
Assemblyman Albrecht after beine
CHOSEN as chairman Of the meeting
asked for suggestions as to the matter
to be discussed.
w. q. Dean, chairman of the citizens,
committee of fifteen, expressed the
views of the committee in the following
strain:
Inc large attendance of citizens
showed that a deep interest was felt
In the importance Of the matter to ba
discussed and settled.
Inc people he represented were bust
ness men, and none of them had env
interest in the Great Northern road
Ihey were interested solely in the best
interests of the city, and desired to for
ward the affairs Of st. Paul.
The petition, signed by 500 citizens
was read, and Mr.. Dean, continuinp
S9 III If
and taxpayers from all sections of tho
city.
st. Paul had come again to the part
ing OF the ways. In the past the civ
had taken the wrong road. The Mil
Waukee road some years ago attenDted
to build shops on the flats above
Chestnut street. The owners of lots N,
the upper flats thought the railroad
company should pay from $4,000 To
S15,GO0 lot. The result was that Min
neapolis offered the company eighty
acres of land for nothing, and the road
Guilt its shops in that city.
Inc Walter A. Wood company soma
years afterward wanted to locate q
plant In the lower part of the Third
ward. Again the owners of property
asked too much for their land. and the
plant went to Minneapolis In 1889 Mr.
Hill asked for the vacation of a mart
Of Park avenue, in order to build ad
ditional shops.
The company waited six months and
then erected shops at ST. Cloud. After
the shops had been started the council
proceeded with much haste to vacate
Park avenue, as asked for, but it was
too late
The point was made at the time that
the rights of the citizens should be pro-
tected, but it was not a question now
as to the loss sustained by the citizens
and city in the desire to have property
rights protected. What the citizens
committee asked now was that the
council take such action as would adj
vance the property of the city and
grant such concessions as were just
and right to the Great Northern road.
The company proposed to erect shops
which would employ 1900 men and as
its lines were extended the number
would be increased. The city would
gladly give bonus of $500, 900 for any
business which would give employment
to the same number of men, and yet
there appeared to be a disposition to
haggle over the repair of several
bridges. The surrounding country
would be built up. 1t was not the pur-
pose to build the shops at South ST.
Paul, midway on East ST. Paul. but
in the heart of the city.
New plants and industries were need
ed in st. Paul. All that was left was
the railroads and the jobbing houses.
and an effort was being made to
squeeze the jobbers.
The city was in bad way financial
ly. Lots We're unoccupled and the
owners taxed heavily for the unim-
proved realty.
The question comes up what does the
Great Northern want? 1t wants moth
ing. The road has been a contributor
instead Of a receiver from the city.
The sum of $1,000 was paid by the COM
pany into the city treasury for the
vacation Of Park avenue.
The company wanted the land owned
by it bounded by Dale. Arundel and
Minneha1a streets, neither injured by
the opening of streets or bridging
across 1t. The sum of 100000 would
be needed to put the land In condition
to build on.
This was a reasonable request and
should be agreed to. The city was
Dragging over the repairs to the west
minister street bridge.
In 1880 the city made contract with
the railroad company to the effect that,