The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-13
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR VACA-
TTON
Of Walnut street, Between Irvine
Avenue and Summit Avenue

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to law.
ana to an order of the Board of Alder
men OF the City of st. Paul, a BODY of
the Common Council Of said City, that a
peLEon or Mary t. Hill and James J.
5lll FOR the vacation OF that portion OF
Walnut street, from the northWesterlv
nne or Irvine avenue extended across
Walnut street to the southea sterlv line
OF summit avenue, as shown by a plat
annexed. has been filed I'm the office of
the City Clerk of the City of St Paul
mimi, In and by which said petition the
reasons assigned for such petition and
request are as follows, to-wit:
mat the petitioners have placed valu-
able and extensive improvements upon
Ite premises upon the northeasterly side
o. walnut street. with a frontage on
eummlt avenue. and II is desired to i'm
prove the premises on the southwestern
side of Walnut street
mat although the portion Of Walnut
street above described Is dedicated upOn
the map to public use. It never has been
IN tact used by the general public as
street or otherwise, and il has never Neon
opened or maintained as such excenr
tnat a stairway for the accommodation
OF root passengers has been for some
years maintained by the city upon the
southerly side thereof; that the charac-
ter Of the ground is so precpitous that
1t can never be conveniently used for a
pubic highway, and that 1t is and will
always De unsuitable and useless for any
pupnc purpose; that for the purpose Of
utilizing the property of the petitioners
upon the southwest in any way II will
probably be necessary to build a large
ana hlgh retaining wall on the north
easterly side of said property which will
add to the undesirabiIity Of said portion
or said street for any possible public
uses; that said stairway 20 maintained
has been very little used and only by a
very limited number of people, and that
no public inconvenience viii be caused
by tie vacation of said street
Ihat In case Of the vacation Of said
street as herein prayed for, the petition
ers are willing to erect at their own ex-
pense suitable stairway ten feet in
width for the accommodation Of foot
passengers along the northeastern line
OF the present street, between Summit
avenue and Irvine avenue, in said City
or st. Paul. That as it now exists and
probably always will exist, unless vacat-
ed, the space indicated as a street ON
the map aforesaid at it's junction with
Summit avenue forms an unsightly gap
upon the line OF said Summit avenue
and that to allow It to be suitably I'm.
proved would be a great Improvement TO
Summit avenue and to the appearance
thereof.
Pursuant to law, and to the said order
OF the Board Of Aldermen above referred
to, and adopted June lS 1901, the said
petition Will be heard and considered bv
the Committee on Streets Of the Board
of Aldermen of the Common Council of
th~ City of ST. Paul on the first dav oP
August, 1901, In the Council Chamber in
the Court House and City Hall. CITY OF
st. Pau, County OF Ramsey. Minnesota
at O'Clock p. m, on said day at which
time and place the said Committee on
Streets Will Investigate and consider the
matter or such vacation and hear the
testimony and evidence on the mart ~
the parties interested
Dated June q, 1901.
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk
June 22-29 July 6 and IL