The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-04-17
BUSINESS MEN ARE MOVING
WANT THE LOCATION OF THE
UNION DEPOT CHANGED
A Petition Addressed to the Chamber
of Commerce Soliciting It's In
Huence Has Been in Circulation
Since March 81, and Has Been
ton Will Be Circulated.

ton Will Be Circulated.
Since March 81, a petition has been In
I circulation among the retail merchants
J of st. Paul. addressed to the chamber
of commerce, and soliciting their in
fluence to secure a change of location
of the union passenger depot IN TINS
city.
The petition is printed below, together
with the names of those who have thus
far signed it. A general petition is also
in circulation, to which several hundred
names are likely to be appended. The
petitions and signatures follow:
To the President and Board of Directors Of
the Chamber of Commerce of the City of st.
Paul
: Gentlemen: We, the undersigned retail
merchants of the city of st. Paul. do hereby
respectfully solicit the aid and cooperation
Of your honorable body for the furtherance
of the Improvement hereinafter indicated:
We would respectfully represent that, from
information derived through the public press,
we learn that the directors of the Union
Depot company are contemplating the en-
largement and alteration of the present depot
building at the foot of Sibley street and re-
pairs thereof, at considerable expense.
In the opinion of the undersigned mer-
chants of st. Paul, such enlargement and re-
pairs, associated with the depot building on
the existing site. viii add nothing TO tne
welfare of the city, but will only defer ire
inevitable location of union passenger depot
for all. or nearly ALL the railroad enter
ing this city, in a more central place than
that now occupied, TO the great advantage
especially of those identified with the retail
trade of ST. Paul.
We would respectfully ask that the infu-
erce of your honorable body should be ex-
tended with view to urging the directors
of the Union Depot company to abandon tnelr
present purpose OF improving the exlstln2
depot because of it's unsuitable and incon-
venient location to the general community;
and that they be urged to locate such union
passenger depot at some point more closely
connected by street communication with
Gle retail district of the city, and with larger
adaptation to such increased street car facIl-
ties than can possibly ever be afforded by
the continuance of the location OF the depot
on its present site.
In this connection we would respectfully
suggest that the site of the present union
depot can, without detriment to the inter-
ests of the several railroad companies De
utilized for freight purposes exclusively, to
their own advantage as well as to the en-
larged convenience Of the wholesale mer-
chants OF this city.
AS a result of the growth Of the city Of
St. Paul, the business portion, or SO much OF
Il as is known essentially and distinctlVely
as the shopping or retail district, mas Deconae
central between Fifth and Seventh streets.
and consequently not only remote from the
present depot, but inaccessible to out,ol-towh
shoppers by reason Of the fact that the pres
ent depot is located at the foot Of a hill.
on the edge of the city; and that, on &C
count of such location, street car communica-
ton does not appear available or practlcaDle.
Because of the absence Of such car commune
cation and facilities the retail dealers have
suffered much loss Of trade and MINNEAPOLIS
has derived much advantage from this loss
of trade to st. Paul because Of the easy
communication between the railroad depots
and the retail district there.
Without expressing any preference as to the
desirability Of one locality over another SO
long as 1t is within easy reach of the retail
district we would respectfully call attention
to the desirabiltty of available ground In the
vicinity CT East Seventh street and klttson
street. either to the northward or soatn% W q;
and point to the fact that such locality Is not
only central with reference to all sections OF
the city but that 1t is already easily acces-
slble by street car lines, and that 1t Is a
location which is In all respects acceptable
to the retail merchants in st. Paul.
Smith & Farwell Co.. furniture, corner
Sixth and Minnesota streets.
St Paul Hardware Co., corner seventh and
Minnesota streets.
Seventh street.
browning. King & Co., clothiers, corner
Seventh and Robert streets.
The Plymouth Clothing Co., corner Seventh
and Robert streets.
W. H. Elsinger & Co., general dealers, 80
East Seventh street.
NJ. Mealey. dry goods, corner Seventh and
Wabasha streets.
Habghorst & Co., dry goods, corner Sew
enth and Wacouta streets.
Herr Bros. clothiers, corner Seventh and
Rcsabel streets.
The Andrew Schoch Grocery Co., corner
Sixth and Broadway streets.
The Hub Clothing Co., Seventh and Jack
son streets.
L. G. Hoffman & Co., clothiers, corner Sew
enth and Robert streets.
MicEaud Bros, grocers. corner Seventh and
Wabasha streets.
Ryan hotel Sixth and Robert.
Ernst Albrecht C Sons, furriers, 20 East
Seventh street.
The American House Furnishing Co.
YerXa Bros, & Co., grocers, corner Sew
enth and Cedar streets.
Emil Geist jeweler, 66 East Seventh street.
P. L. Schultz, millinery, 5759 East Seventh
street.
Pease Bros. tailors IS East Sixth street
Schroeder Dickinson, upholsterers, Is East
Sixth street.
NJ ]. O'Neil. plumbers 90 East Sixth street
Herman Deebach. Ryan barber shop.
Max H. Hartmann, furs. 81 East Seventh
street.
Prendergast Bros, plumbers, 20 East Sixth
street.
p Standard Shoe company. 42S Wabasha street
George Benz & Sons, corner Sixth and Min
nesota streets.
Henry E. Wadelstaedt & Co., stationers, 81
East Sixth street.
Bird Cycle company, 1-73 West Seventh
street
O. H. Arosin, jeweler, 1877 East Seventh
A H. Simon, jeweler, 15s East Seventh
street.
Goodyear Rubber company, 9s-1O2 East
Stevens Robertson. artists supplies s.
Eas: Sixth street.
E. Brown. jeweler. ITO East Sixth street.
J. B. Smith & Co., confectionery 108 East
Sikh street.
Bullard Bros. jewelers.. corner Sixth and
Wabasha streets.
Minnesota Tailoring company, tailors. cor
ner Sixth and St. Peter streets.
up. W. Raudenbush Co., pianos, IA West
Sixth street.
Conover Music company, Sixth, St. Peter
and Market streets.
Conover hall. Sixth st. Peter and Market
streets.
St Paul Book and Stationery compapv. cor.
ner Fifth and st. Peter streets.
d. O'Halloran, church goods. 1856 st. Peter
street.
Mrs. B. A. Schultz. millner, 412-414 Wa
beshS street.
Clarendon drug store
r. c. Munger Music company, All Wabashs
street
]. L. Lowering, Shoes $50 Wabasha street
Charies A. Aibrecht, furrier, 1884 Wabasha
St. Paul Trunk company, $50 wabashs
street
} Mark Bros. tobacconists. sSs Wabash,
street.
The Great Atlantic and Pacific Tea COM
papy 41S Wabasha street.
w. L. Douglas Shoe company, Wabasha ant
- Seventh streets
L. Eisenmenger Meat company, ASS waba
shG street.
The Peoples Provision company. 447 Waba
sh2 street.
Nicoll. the tailor, Robert and Seventh
j. {. Schnell cutler, 40S Jackson street
Jacob Mathies. merchant tailor 389 jackson
Schnell Krank, cutters. 4CS Jackso,
street.
Schliek Co., boots and shoes, 81 Eas
j; F. Tostevin Son, marble works, 45
Rober. street