The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1898-03-02


Certainly the union depot. at the present
time, lis in very inconyenient place
think tina. the plan to locate the union
depot at Seventh and Kittson streets. or
In that reghborhood, is a NEST excellent
one. In late years Seventh street has com,
to be the natural crCss-town artery of the
a certain extent. l think the tendency to
build up one long street like Seventh s ret
Is a good one. In my judgment the loca-
ton of the union depot at the point mem
toned, would be Of great advantage 70 the
whole city. Passt myers arriving there ffom
trains would be on level with street cars
passing in front of them from which th9y
could be transferred to all parts Of The
city. Strangers would get much better
impression Of st; Paul: arriving at that
present union depot, at the foot CT Si5iey
street. We shall be very fortunate il we
can secure so good an entering point as
the proposition
Location Is Splendid.
Judge James w. Lusk, president of
the National German-American bank,
said
The plot at Seventh and Kfttson stree
Is splendid location and much more ac-
cesslbie to all parts of the city and with
greater street car accommodations than can
ever be furnished in connection with the
present site, at the foot of Sibley street.
think the location of a depot at this
place would be of immense benefit to st.
will. in the nature Of things, ALWAYS be an
off place. OF course the gentlemen who own
and operate the railroad properties are tie
proper ones to pass upon the matter So ner
or later, in my judg nent, they will be-
Obliged to abandon the present 81 e. and if
the property down there can be ilized for
freight purposes, which I have no doubt
1t can be, some central pc MT, which will be
more accessible to all par CT the city will
necessarily have to be selected for the o.
cation of a passenger depot, especially one
where street cars will be asv Of access; and
do not know OF any pla more appropriate
than the enc named. The tracks are already
there. The property can silly be obtained
There can he no better tr:.o to inaugurate
the enterprise than the present. Real estate
is cheap; SO are material and labor; and the
vantage to St. Paul, and, in my judgment
to the railroad companies themselves"
Would BE Satisfactory.
R. C. Hfne. attorney at law In the
New York Life building. said:
There is no question hut what the loca-
ton of the present depot is inconvenient and
the accommodations inadequate, looking to
the growing of the city. 1t is almost i'm
facilities, and any proposition plan that
would in its perfection result in the
venience of the citizens the travelling pub
lie ought to be advocated by the general
community. l have examined the plans
as published in The G OF last Sun
day and they seem to me entirely feasible
and practicable. and 1 think the carrying
of them out in the manner indicated would
result in great benefit to st. Paul. l think
the location named, Seventh and Kittson
Streets is as satisfactory as any that could
be pointed out. 1t is convenient to and
accessible from all parts of the city, and
capable of being utilized to great advan-
tage both in the interests Of the railroads
and the public. 1t is convenient to the re-
tail stores and also to the resident parts
Of town. 1t seems to me, also, that In view
Of the low prices of real estate and the
~ tI,~ rlrA IL. fc Io,t
time that is ever likely to occur for carry
ing forward an enterprise of this kind. 1t
is doubtful If more advantageous time
will ever come around again. Sooner or
later the present site Of the union depot
down at the foot of Sibley street, must be
abandoned. Already improved facilities are
jected improvement within ten years which
exceeded this in general Importance and
value to st. Paul
No Better Place in Sight.
President Frederick r. Welz, of the
Ryan Hotel company said:
81 have looked into this plan of new
union depot down on Seventh street, and
talked it over with others. In my judg-
ment, better place could not have been
picked out in the whole city for location.
1t is central, and If the railroads would
consent to make the change 1 think it
would be of great benefit to the entire city.
as well as to themselves. It Is question
of great Importance to the community. and
I am glad to see a movement in this di-
rection. The location of depot down there
would be Of great advantage to our retail
trade OF course it all rests with the rail-
road companies to say whether they will
do 1t or not, but it seems to me, as a
business proposition, that if they can profit
ably utilize the site of the present union
depot at the foot Of Sbley street for the
| growing requirements Of the wholesale dis
| trict, they could do nothing better. either
| for themselves or for the city, than to join
| together and select this site. and erect upon
| it a building that would be an ornament
| to st. Paul. 1 am certainly most heartily
| in favor of the plan, as well OF the To-
cation. In fact I do not know of any
| ground wei adapted for such USES
Scheme eff Great Merit.
President Gustave Willius, Of the
| Germania bank, said:
| to emanate from the railroad companies
because they are, the parties who have
ultimately to decide. For myself will say
cerned L regard it as one of great merit
and II carried out 1t will undoubtedly re-
suIt in benefit to the entire city con-
| found because there is no limit to the
extension in width. which is of great i'm
introduce all the tracks that their fu
| needs may require. l remember that per-
haps twelve or fifteen years ago, one or
more of the railroad companies developed
/
understood at the time. it was dropped be-
cause the property owners demanded ex-
travagant prices for their realty. This OBJ
! struction Is certainly now removed, because
| the companies can undoubtedly buy all the
| property they need for their purpose in
this connection at their own figures"
Change Is Desirable.
The following are the views Of George
M. Nelson, lawyer in the New Yorl
Life Insurance company building:
There can be no question but what the
| location of a union depot at some point
in the city which would be more accessible
to its trade center than the present depot
benefit to the city, and especially to It's re-
tail trade. and it would seem that the To-
cation indicated in The G l o b 9 Of last
Sunday would be a very convenient one
not only far as the business portion Of
the city Is concerned, but for the residence
portion as well. From the consideration
which has been given from time to time to
to the present depot, it would seem that al
most any plan to that end would be i'm
| practicable, and the ample facilities of the
car lines on Seventh street, and those which
would intersect that line, would unQues-
| tionably be a great inducement to people
who live out Of the city to come here to
trade, who are now, in many instances, de-
TERED from doing go. And again, the pro-
posed location would tend to build up a
portion Of the city with substantial build
| lngs without being In any way to the In
jury OF any othr portion. I am decidedly
In favor of the proposed PLAN
| LARSEN FOR ASSEMBLY.