The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-08-23
hint At LITIGATION
SPECIAL JOINT COMMITTEE REC
ONMENDS A MARKET SITE TO
THE COUNCIL
CHOSE THE MOST EXPENSIVE

Aid. BIOmquist Serves Notice on
the Committee That He VIII
Make Minority Report Favor
ing the COnstans Site-BIock Sc
Iected Bounded by Fourth. Fifth.
Franklin and Exchange Streets.
| The special point council committee. ap-
! pointed to select a market site, decided
| yesterday to recommend to the council
| for a market the block bounded by
Fourth, Fifth, Franklin and Exchange
| streets. Five Of the six members Of the
committee were present and all but one
OF the five favored the selection. Alder
men Bell and Reeves and Assemblymen
Benson and Craig voted for tho motion
and Aid. Blomquist against it, The First
| ward alderman, when asked if he would
not change his vote and make the re-
port unanimous, said:
Will not change my vote, and I notify
the committee that will make minority
| report favoring the selection of the Con-
STAINS Site.
The block selected by the city contains
$4,000 square feet, exclusive of the Christ
church property at Fourth and Franklin
streets. The church property is 12O feet
On Fourth street and $50 feet deep. Aid.
Reeves, who has given the matter atten-
tlon and has made an investigation as to
the value of the property, claims that
all the land can be secured at $3.50 Der
front foot, including the improvements
AS there is a frontage Of 600 feet on
Fourth and Fifth
church property, this will bring the cost
Oh the site to $4,000. The removal of the
buildings, the grading of the property
ana the erection of sheds is estimated at
about $4,000 more. The committee will
meet tomorrow afternoon at o'clock tn
Sign the report which Aid. Bell. as chair
man, is to draw up and after the report
mas been filed in the city clerks office
ana remained there ten days 1t will be
submitted to the council Should the
council approve the report and locate the
market on the site selected, then three
appraisers are to be appointed and the
land valued and condemned as in other
proceedings for the condemnation of
lands. The owners of the property to be
taken have the right of appeal and Aid
BIomqulst says that there is surely to
be extended litigation over the location
der Chairman Bell said that Assembly
man Dix could not be present, but was
in favor of the selection of a site and ia
VGred the block bounded by Fifth, Fourth,
Exchange and Franklin streets. c. w
Horn dilated on the benefits which the
city would derive from the selection Of
the Constans property at Tenth Jackson
and Temperance streets. The property,
he said, was owned by one person. There
would be no litigation and the cost Of the
tract was bat $47,5OO. The location was
central the space would accommodate
300 teams, and within ten days the mar
ket could be operated.
Reuben Warner, chairman of the Yestry
of Christ church, said so far as he knew
there would be no objection to the use
of the block for market site. He had
heard nothing about the proposition to
move the church to the hill district. In
order to do this it would require a vote
Of the entire congregation. The vestry
might put value on the property, but
would have no right to dispose of it with
out the consent of the congregation. The
property was worth $3.50 per front foot
without the improvements The church
cost $4,000, the guild house $1,000 and
the rectory $1,000.
George Benz spoke in the interests Of
the market being located on the south
side of Third street between Franklin
and Exchange streets and the building of
a bridge or platform between Third and
Eagle streets. Mr.. Benson moved that
the committee report in favor of the To-
cation Of the market site on lots 1 to 10
inclusive in block 10, Rice & Irvine's ad-
dition, and the motion was carried by a
vote as stated above. The action of the
committee provides that the church prop
erty is not to be taken in the site.