The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-10-17
'NOCHANG TOR Owl CARS PLEA Of DEPOT PEOPLE
1T HAS NOT YET BEEN DEFINITELY
ANSWERED. By SPECIAL COUN-
CHI. COafMITTEE
WAITING FOR LEGAL LIGHT
City FatheFS Are Not sufficiently
Cleari as to what Steps
They May Lawfully
~ Take,

The special subcommittee of the COM
mittee on STREETS of the assembly and
the board of aldermen met yesterday
afternoon With the representatives of the
various interests and again took up the
discussion Of tho proposition coming front
the Union Depot company to vacate the
levee along the river near the depot In
order that the company might build out
into the river for $50 feet and set the
Milwaukee freight houses there so that
the transfer facilities Of the depot might
be- increased -
AT the request of tho committee, Cor
peration Attorney Markham has been
considering the most expedfent way for
the council to take action on the matter,
II being practically admitted on ali hands
that the need Of the company is urgent
Attorney Hallam, for the MON Depot
company, requested that the result of
the deliberations of the corporation at
torney be withheld until he should have
Statements to the corporation attorney.
NO being aware that the opinion was to
De given Yesterday afternoon, until a late
hour in the day he had not been able
to present his case to the corporation at
torney.
Accordingly the. opinion was withheld
and will not be given until next Monday,
by the same committee.
President Scott, of the Union Depot
company, was present and urged that the
council express yes or mo- as soon
as possible. and keep ali alien ideas and
schemes out of the question fer the pres
ent
In part he said:
The extension Of facilities has been
before the Union Depot company for more
fnrrr. ,E4 i
discussion we have agreed on this plan.
The propositions remains the same as It
did when. we. first presented our request
to the council. We have considered our
needs and after measuring out just the
space that We can barely make head
way with, we shave asked for that strip
OF land That is all that the board Of
directors of the Union Depot company
have authorized me to ask for. Other
cities have 6plonated great deal more
than we ask fort Now the companies in,
terested. desireato keep the system OF
transferring att ST.. Paul and are willing
to put $Sc0, Q9e INTO the necessary improve
ments.
First We went to the Milwaukee read
and found that they Were not inclined
to give all that we asked for. The best
terms that weoeouid get from them were
that We Should. ntoye them free of cost
which we settled them. That is the only
direction in which we can expand and
we must expand. The MINNEAPOLIS &,
st Louis want to get into the union
depot We Showed them our facts and
figures and teld=tben it would only mean
more delay a1aff congestion than they are
subject to in their own yards and depot,
The PROPOSITIONS of Gen. Flower and
George HssH az2ard may be all right, bu
vTi1a h1,yr f,sia6
Very hard to get from this council ts an
9lsSsf9;.sta that proposition II 1t is yes"
" qua lgc2ti op.. give Us that ans Ner.
SO that LWe 81 e f1sfve something tangib;e
tc present to%fTe board Of directors, but
do; not hold the matter up in the air this
4pay.I beg Of YOU tossay something to
the Union Belot company.
Alderman Sctifnann said, I'm the
event of our giving up part Of the levee,
would you Do anything teWtct widening
Sibley istrea q 49,.
Mr.. Scott asked President Earring
of the AIilWsaulee about that hut he said
F they did Y u feel Ike donating t.3lt Dro,l-
erty. Fac contemplated tmr .venents
will cost the roads $40 600 to $50 40 each.
and, they do pof feel that they can s,fford
to do moi Got this time.
Some thing may be done about that in
the futufe.{ but / do not see the use of
bringing these foreign propositions into
the discussion. However, I do not mind
telling tyeuS that wired the Milwaukee
to be represented here today and that
they answered that they did not ask
anything at the, hands of the city. can
not say what the Milwaukee will do and
l have no authority to make any state
ments for theals but I believe that before
long 1t will be to their interest to widen
Sibiey street, as they are the principal
sufferers through the cengested condi-
ton of that street, near their freight
depot in the,bIsy times of the day. How
ever, / can@ make no promises for the
Milwaukee, 3s
Assemblynlans Benson said: s'Do Won
not believe that the national government
could be induced to build the Ieyee out
there in the idea that 1t was along the
line of river improvements that they are
putting in?if -
President Scett-stYVe could not walt
for that, and ySthe government does not
usually do everything in the most con-
yenient way where railroads are con-
cerned. If we We're to be delayed by the
national government in proportion as we
have been by the city council we would
all be gone before We could get anything
done that. way
William Pitt Murphy said: f'The cor
poration attorney has advised the com
mittee that the city has the power to
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simply whether the Union depot COM
pany VIII take that lease
President Scottseontinued: s'The Union
depot company has not asked for a lease
The Milwaukee company made 1t a dis
tinct point that they shall have the title
to any land we settled them on. and I
have no authority from the board of di-
rectors of the Union depot company to
make any.~ether request
Senator H. F. Stevens suggested that
the committee would be in position to act
when the corporation attorney gave his
opinion as to the course the council
might pursue, and that the committee
ought to adjourn until such time as the
opinion could be given.
Corporation Attorney Markham stated
that he was ready to give his opinion at
any time and could do so at once If de-
sired, and IL Attorney Hallam of the
Union depot company should offer the
authorities, which he wished to this
week. he would then be prepared TO give
an opinion.3d Il
Next Monday afternoon at 4 o'clock
was selected fog the next session of the
committee. sDe8nite action viii be posi-
bic at that time.