The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1900-08-11
MINORITY ON THE MARKET
KNAUFT AND NELSON WILL SUB
AfTT FORMAL ENDORSEMENT
OF BROADWAY SITE
OPPOSE constants LOCATION
Fight Is Promised When the Mat
ter Comes Up Again In
the City COun-
oil.

The special joint council committee APP
pointed to select a market site filed a
report recommending two sites with the
city clerk yesterday. The report recon-
mends the Constans site and the site
known as block 10, embracing the prop
erty bounded by Tenth, Jackson, Robert
and Ninth streets The report Is signed
by six members of the committee. but
Aid. Knauft and Assemblyman Nelson
prepared minority report last night ia
voring the Broadway site. which they
will file with the city clerk today.
The assessed valuation of the Constans
site is $4,000. with $500 valuation for
improvements. 1t contains III, 230 square
feet The area of block 10. which is
bounded by Ninth, Tenth. Jackson and
Robert streets, is 11SOOO square feet, and
the assessed valuation of the realty is
SCI, 565 and improvements So, $780, The city
engineer estimates that 5000 cubic feet
of earth and stone must be removed to
place this site on level with the streets,
which would cost $1,000.
The reports after remaining on file in
the city clerks Office for ten days, and
laid before both branches of the council
A two-thirds vote of both bodies Is neces-
sary to select site.
The minority report by Aid. Knauft and
Assemblyman Nelson is as follows:
The undersigned of your comnlttee,
appointed by your honorable body, in ao-
of the General Laws of lSS9-for the pur-
pose of making an eXamina ton of pro-
posed sites for a public market, and to
propose to your body a location and des-
together with plat thereof, respectfully
submit this as minority report having
signed the report of the committee as a
matter of law and not as an expression
of our preference.
We respectfully report and recommend
for consideration the following described
land. to-wit.: All of blocks Il and IS.
Kittsops addition to st. Paul being sit
uated between Broadway and Olive streets
and East Eighth and Ninth streets. This
property Is entirely level recurring no
(now dividing the two blocks would be
utilized with the property in question.
would contain 102,520 square feet of
ground-the assessed value of land is $685.
to SIC. 49O-and from information from
owners we are satisfied that this land
could be acquired bv the city for less than
the assessed value, or for about $50, 600.
This site Is within one block of the
Seventh street car lines and fronting on
Broadway; is passed by the Mississippi
and West ST. Paul and the Lafayette and
Rondo car lines, making it easy of access,
and is located two and one-half blocks
from railroad side-trackage and within
five or six blocks from most Of the rail-
road freight houses.
There IS but one building e. small one
story brick row that would have to
be purchased with the land-the owners
of the several dwellings agreeing to re-
move same if property is acquired. We
therefore submit that the city could here
public market that would be absolutely
level Gnstead OF all on slope), and with
out having to eXpend large sums for inn
provements that would have to be de-
stroyed to make land of use for this pur-
Charles ]. Nelson,
Benjamin F. Krauft,
OF Said Committee