The Worthington advance. [volume] (Worthington, Minn.) 1874-1908, 1900-08-17
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Twelfth Sire ct Crossing will Be
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Inc village council met IN regular
session Friday evening with all
members present. Minutes Of
last meeting read and approved.
Bills allowed. =. w. w. Dow, by re-.
quest, was appointed special police
in the. village, without compensation.
The state board of charities will
be consulted in regard to plans for q
new Jail which the village contem'
plates building on the lot whore the
old tank stood. .<%<*- ~ -
1tiaexpected that Mr.. Lane will
commence work on the water works
next week. Bids for coal will be ask
cd for. The question Of disposing
of railroad stock laid over for further
investigation aud consideration. Ex-
tending the street electric light ser
vice to the viaduct crossing discus
sed and ordered investigated AZ to
feasibility. Itwould be good plan
to put an arc light at this crossing
and in such way as to throw some
on the south side of the Omaha, or
even if necessary to get good light
on the south sibe, put light there.
The opening of 18th street crossing
was discussed, at length, and was de-
cided to ask the Railroad :. Company
to open it, and permit them to close
18th. It was also stated, that the c..
would remove some of the piling from
the coal shed crossing, making the
road way wider. It was not deemed
advisable, by some, to- vacate 18th
street permantly, because the time
might come when it might be needed
the same as ha7 occurred, insthe case
of 18th street which was only tempor-
arily closed by the village. It is
thought that the temporary aban'
dondment Of 18th will not be accept.
able to the Company, as they do not
wish to be moved about frequently,
especially, where they have..made per-
manent improvements.
In all probability they will always
maintain the present capacity of
their yards and location, and if my
change, they will be enlarged. They
are like individuals;they will not want
to make extensive improvements with
| a liability Of being obliged to tear
them up at some future time, and, i
the crossing is dangerous now it al
ways will be. A crossing at 18th and
coal shed properly maintained will be
sufficient to accommodate. that por-
tion of the town, no matter to what
proportions it may grow, therefore it
docs not appear, to but few, that the
citizens rights will be inf,inged upon
if 18th street is pei manently vacated
The co npany have made extensive
improvements here that have been OF
inestimable value to the town, they
are OF value and advantage to the
company also, but might have been
put somewhere else, besides this, it
indicates that they have selected
Worth'ngtou as the tow for such
terminal facilities as are necessary to
dispatch and economy in their busi-
ness. Their Doom line is 10 be ex-
tended and by the location of this
place more traffic will necessarily be
handled here
The Mitchell line may also be ex-
tended and this will necessitate in
creased facilities here. In the meet
ing it was said, and the statement is
borne out by large number of the
citizens, that the company had done
a good deal for Worthingtou and it
should be appreciated. and any rea-
sonable and consistent concessions
made. If 18th street is opened il
will afford better street for putting
iu sidewalk across the track to that
portion of the village on the south
side of the track, which will be an.
other advantage to residents there
We believe the council would be
Justified in closing 18th street per
manently if reqre t d to do so.
Held to Grand jury.