The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-22
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR yaCA-
TI0N
OF Walnut Street, between Irvine
Avenue and Summit Avenue

Stfeet, between Irvine
Avenue and summit Avenue.
Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law
SiIo 70 an order Of the Board Of Alder
men or the City Of ST Paul a bodyJ ~
the Common Council of said CITY tbs+ a
t 3GiilI on OF Mary I. Hill and James J
m m lot Inc vacation OF that portion Of
w dInut street from the mort b,,,ee,t e7I,,
nne OF Irvine avenue extended arros,
walnut street to the sOuthGssterlv linz
VI summit avenue, as shown by a Dlat
tbn 5Htt Eas been filed in the office OF
~ lily clerk of the City Of St Paul
ru1nlI., IN and by which said petition the
reasons assigned for such petition and
request are as follows tO-wit:
l nat the petitioners have pIeced VAIN
ape and extensive improvements uDop
ne premises upon the northeastern side
g. walnut street. with frontage on
summit avenue, and it is desired ia IN,
prove the premises on the sout1v,ss+e -
side of Walnut streeL. iy
mat, although the portion Of Wa1nut
~ 60 apoVe described Is dedicated upon
the map to public use, it never has hen
~ 4aCI USED by the general public as
81 0l 6eo or otherwise, and 1t has never been
opened or maintained as such. excenr
tnat a stairway for the Accommodate
OF loot passengers has been for some
years maintained by the CITY uDOn me
souIherly side thereof; that the charac-
ter or the ground is so Drecirit,t1e a.,
II can never be conveniently used Foy -
pubic highway, and that it Is ana viii
Always De unsuitable and useless FOR am
iEt;IiG ~ pOSc' IudL Tor the purpose of
uliHAInS the property Of the petitioners
upon the southwest in any way n will
prODapIY De necessary to build q laroe
anu hIgh retaining wall on the north
eddSIeIIy slde OF said property, which viii
aod to the undestrability Of said portion
OF SAID street for any possible nuhIIo
uses; that said stairway so maintained
mas oeen very little used and only bv a
very limited number OF peoDIe and tba+
no public inconvenience will be caused
py the vacation Of said street.
nat IN case OF the vacation Of said
street as herein prayed for. the petition
eIS are wiling to erect at their own ex-
penSe suitable stairway ten feet in
width FOR the accommodation of fOOr
passengers along the northeasterIv line
Oh the present street. between Summit
avenue ana Irvine avenue in said City
or st. Paul That as 1t now exists ana
PROBABLY always will exist unless vacar-
ca the space indicated as a street on
Sne map aforesaid at its junction with
summit avenue forms an unsghtly gan
upon the line Of said Summit avenue
ana that to allow 1t to be suitably i'm
proved would be a great Improvement to
thereof 40
Pursuant to law, and to the said order
Oh the Board Of Aldermen above referred
TO and adopted June 18. 1901 the said
petition viii be heard and considered bv
the Committee on Streets of the ROer1
or Aldermen Of the Common Council ~
The City Of st. Paul on the first dav Of
august, 1901, In the Council Chamber I'm
Inc Court House and City Hall CITY OF
St Paul, County OF Ramsey Minnesota.
at 4 o clock p. m, on said day, at which
time and place the said Committee on
otTeets Will Investigate and consider the
matter or such vacation and hear the
testimony and evidence on the part ~
the parties interested
Dated June q, 1901.
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk
June 22-29, July 6 and l3