The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-04

directors of the Union Depot company
officially. In a manly fashion, Mr..
Plough said yesterday:
Il do not approve of being quoted as
approving of this proposed site as one
admirably adapted to the uses Of
central union depot. 1 think it would
be splendid thing for st. Paul, and
that its location would be Of great
benefit to the retail community. 1t is
unquestionably true that the present
site at the foot of Sibley street is con-
gested spot, and becoming more 50,
year by year. as the city continues to
enlarge and the traffic requirements
multiply.
when the depot was located there
the city was very small. Its rapid
| growth has taxed the railways to pro-
vide proper accommodations. But they
are located there now, and 1t would en-
tail heavy expense to make transfer.
The new location would be we'll enough
for the Great Northern. the Northern
Pacific and the Omaha, but you can
readily see at a glance at the map that
the ST. Paul & Duluth, for instance.
would have to run down and back into
the new depot at great inconvenience
and delay; while any change Of its line
would involve a heavy expenditure OF
money. The same is true Of the Mil
This place at Seventh and Kittson
streets would be accessible by street
car lines to all parts of the city That
Is a very necessary thing in connection
with the retail trade. Certainly, the
present union depot property could be
utilized advantageously for exclusively
freight purposes, and there is no doubt
that the transfer Of the passenger bus
mess to the locality mentioned would
be of much benefit.
'The contamination Of such a plan,
however, must necessarily depend upon
the concessions which certain roads are
willing to make to other roads in the
matter Of trackage and right Of way.
The subject has never been brought to
the attention Of the board Of directors
of the Union Depot company or consid-
cred by them and I am not prepared
to say whether the proposition is likely
to be favorably considered by them or
not"
Grand Thing for st. Paul.
Albert Lindeke. of Lindeke, Warner
e. Schumacher. wholesale dry goods
dealers. is probably as capable as any
one in that district of speaking with
reference to it's general interests and
its fancies and dislikes. Mr.. Lindeke
said yesterday with much earnestness:
The location Of union passenger depot
at East Seventh and Kittson streets would
be a grand thing for st. Paul-the grandest
dertaken during the past twenty years. I
have always regarded the present union
depot located in a pocket. There is no
longer any space there for the extension Of
facilities corresponding with the growth Of
the city and increasing demands Of traffic
accommodation. BY locating a union pas
o be, the whole question Of down
town loop would be solved. The facil-
ties so much required in ST. Paul by the
travelling public. and SO necessary in CON
nection with the retail trade, would be
provided; for the depot located there could
be reached BY street cars from all parts of
the city. And furthermore, there would be
no interference with the iobbing center by
reason Of the laying of additional tracks.
fere very materially with the business Of
the jobbers II two tracks should be lad
down on Sibley street, for instance. 1t
who are not interested in the real real estate
which they occupy. They would go else
where. The retailers would all welcome
to them. It seems to me that by extend
ing proper concessions to one another all
roads now entering the present union depot
could reach this proposed site without great
difficulty expense. The location is GER
tainly a splendid one: indeed, 1t seems like
natural ideal place. should certainly
be much pleased to see this plan carried
out.
S. S. Crooks, OF Sharood & Crooks,
shoe manufacturers, Broadway and
Fifth streets, said:
The retail trade of st. Paul will never
be what 1t ought to be until our depot and
street cal, facilities are such that passen-
gers can be easily and quickly transferred
to the retail district and back again. There
is no city in the country, so far as know,
that has poor depot and street car facil-
tnr Mod will ttn dnnnf Doytv
Boston today combines all its railroad out
lets and inlets in two depots. so that they
can take care Of all the outside trade
which makes the retail business of Boston
second to none in the country They reach
the outlying population not only by the
steam car but by the electric car routes.
The fact is, that thousands and thousands
would come into St Paul just for the pleas
ure of coming II the depot facilities and
the street car facilities when they reach
here. were what they ought to be- Our
retail trade depends upon these aids, and
some arrangement must soon be made by
which the people who want to come here
and do their shopping may be enabled to
travel between the retail stores and the
depot on street cars. il st. Paul is to con-
troll any out-of-town patronage Of this sort
as against Minneapolis: Now take the
that road, bringing passengers in from the
country south and east of here. could land
them. say. at Seventh and Kittson streets
with the street cars right in front of them
and waiting to take them anywhere they
wanted to go I estimate that st. Paul
would get one-third more Of the patron
age Of these sections than she now receives
1 am certainly In favor Of this general
proposition for change of location. It
would settle this whole question of a
street car loop through this section
An Excellent Suggestion.
George Freeman. president Of the
Gotham Shoe company said:
While have been away from home and
have not had time to study the matter at