The Saint Paul globe., 1899-03-31

GLOBE, FRIDAY. N
ten acceptance thereof In the ONCE Of
the city clerk Of said city. ~
SECTION XIII.
= This ordinance shall take effect and bo
~ Iorce from and after its passage, pub
1catlon and acceptauce a. herein pro-
vided.
ALDERMEN AGREE TO IT.
The assembly then adjourned tznmedi-
ateiy' after wAios. the board Of alder
men was called to order by President
Dohanower. and after the ordinance had
Deen read 1t was passed under suspen-
sion OK the rulSa without a dissenting
vote.
The report Of the subcommittss ana the
letter from President J. j, Hill. OF the
REPORT IN DETAIL.
ITO the Honorabls1 Common Council Of
the City Of ss.s Paul:
1he respecttXe, committees on streets.
sewers ana bridges Of tho assembly ana
Doard OF aldermen, to whom was referred
LOT JOINT consideration the matter Of the
proposed adjustment Of differences exist
!nS between thefa city and the Great
Nortnern and st. Paul. Minneapolis &
MANITOBA Railway companies, respectful
~ report In favor Of the passage Of the
accompanying draft, of an ordinances de-
signed to accomplish that end Your COM
mittees base this Recommendation largely
upon the following. among other consid-
erations: f+.s
IN the estimation OF your committees
tne construction of a bridge across the
mississippi river at the foot of Broadway
street is necessity not of the present
Day but only of a possibly remote fu-
ture,. The insufficient funds :. available
therefor have. with the sanction Of the
state legislature. been appropriated to-
WARDS the lar more urgent necessity of
reconstructtng the Wabasha street bridge
And the heavy local. assessments agaisnt
property fronting on Broadway street and
state street. which would be entailed by
the construction of the approaches Of
such bridge and the adequate damages on
account OF injury ito abuttfng property
would be too burdensome to be war
ranted by existing financial conditions and
prevalent real estate values.
The. c1ty'S. right to- maintain suitable
water and sewer mains has been carefully
guarded in relation to the property In
volved. And the termination, in the man
ner proposed. of the long-pending and
costly Broadway bridge litigation will in
sure to the city the immediate improve
ment of the site In question by the erec-
ton thereon of permanent and substan-
tial structures designed to accommodate
the constantly increasing volume OF -traf
f1c of these railway. companies, which
otherwise would of necessity be diverted
to other localities. At~*f ="
tn Safd r. TO a
Manitoba RailWaysacompany, It's sue
cessors and assigns,s5the city has repeat
edly recognized in subsequent resolutions
and ordinances the existence Of the con-
tract Of Aug. %, 1885, the terms of which
are fully set forth In said proposed ordi-
nance herewith submitted. The formal
recognition of this, contract by the city, at
the present time, however, is limited by
the provisions of said proposed ordinance
to this particular railway company, it's
successors and assigns. In pursuing this
course your committees have not deemed
it necessary ornexped1ent to pass upon
the sufflciency or insufficiency Of the evil
dence offered to substantiate the legal
binding force upon the city Of the terms
of this agreement. The affirmance Of said
agreement, in the manner proposed. is
deemed by your committees to be amply
juStifiable as measure of sound public
cal advantages for the city.
1.-THE amicable termination Of the. West
minister street bridge litigation. in the
manner proposed, necessarily follows
from the affirmanee Of said contract OF
Aug. 23,r 1880, as respects the Great North
ern and st. Paul, Minneapolis g. Mani
toba- Railway companies. The peculiar
Typographical conditions, together with
the other special facts and circumstances
peculiar to this case, oenot warrant the
further prosecution Of said litigation as
against the other defendant. - s,.:S
r-.srs1 H3,ia biUolF.i.i7 So 4st<- ''='t ?
.',The disavowalaon sthe part of the city
of the existence of any streets within the
territory described In section four of the
proposed ordinance, is made for the pur-.
pose of resolvfng7any possible doubt as
to the railway companies title thereto,
and with the exception of that small sea-
ton of Broadway street alluded to- has
been long used and occupied for railway:
purposes. < s1 H-5 esE
'eThe stipulation that no streets or al
Ieys shall be opened through the site of
the proposed new railway shops, is an
indispensable condition to the construc-
ton. of such shops, and is in furtherance
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'sIn return for these concessions on the
part of the city, the railway companies.
at their own expense, will place the Jack
son and Dale street bridges in condition
entirely satisfactory and acceptable to
the city The present wooden bridge on
Smelling avenue Is to be entirely replaced
by the railway companies with Perma-
nent steel structure, Of suitable design
and dimensions. The present unaccepta-
BILE Rice street bridge is to be replaced
i'll like manner by new structure. at
any time upon reasonable notice from
the city, and entirely at the expense OF
the railway companies. Suitable rights
maintain bridge at Raymond avenue
over the right of way of said railway
companies. sglv
Lastly, as indicated in the accompany
ing letter Of Mr. James ]. Hill. the COM
panies will not remove their railway
shops from this city, but, on the con-
trary, propose promptly to erect new and
more spacious and costly railway shops
upon the site described in the proposed
ordinance, thereby insuring to the city,
for an indefinite period, the manifold
advantages resulting therefrom."
PRESIDENT HILLS LETTER
Feb. q, 1854. Albrecht, Esq, Chair
man Committee, Common Council. st.
Paul, Minn.-Dear Sir, In an interview
with you and others of your committee.
I explained how 1t became necessary for
the Great Northern Railway company,
on account of the extension of its lines,
tions to equipment, to construct new
shops with a capacity much larger than
that of the shops now located in st. Paul.
I also stated that it was the desire of
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