The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-07-31
OMAHASTANDS FIRM
PERSIsTENTLY REFUSES TO GRANT
UNREASONABLE REQUEST
OF MILL CITY
NOTHING TANGIBLE IN IT
After Repeated Attempts MinneapO-
lis People Fail Utterly to Es-
tablish u Foundation for
Their Claims

The Omaha road, through its head Of
fiCialS and General Counsel Thomas Will
son, has refused point blank, to consider
in any way the demand Of Minneapolis
commercial bodies that it move it's ST.
Paul shops to that city and also it's
headquarters.
The refusal was given at a meeting Of
the Minneapolis Shippers association,
held in the Mill City yesterday. Vice
President Clark and Attorney Wilson,
who acted as spokesman for the road,
left little room for doubt as to their de-
termination on this one point.
AS an inducement to grant the conces-
sion, which Minneapolis commercial
bodies demand in return for the vaca-
ton of several streets which the Omaha
desires for terminal facilities, S. H. Hall.
representing the Minneapolis Land and
Investment company offered to donate
to the road forty acres of land at ST.
Louis park on which to erect the shops
in case their removal was decided upon.
Another proposition was made to deed
forty acres Of land and erect thereon
shops and homes for the employees in
return for the land and buildings now
owned in st. Paul
The offer, however, had a milk and
water color, being more of a bluff than
anything else, as the owners had little
u L.
Clark's prompt refusal which followed
set all fears at rest that the road would
accept
The road was represented by Vice
President James T. Clark, General Coun-
sci Thomas Wilson and Freight Agent II
M. Pierce, while the several commercial
bodies were represented by G. Fl.
Partridge. p. c. Best, e r. Smith, S. II.
Hall and T. F. Lindsay Aldermen Mer-
1ri11 .
also present.
The officials of the road came fully
prepared to resist the demands insisted
upon by the Minneapolis people and their
reply was embodied In a document read
by Attorney Wilson. 1t is said, to remove
bodily the roads st. Paul shops to Min
neapolis would mean a great loss in the
abandonment of property on which much
money had been spent in the way of i'm
provements. The interests of it's en-
ployes were also to be considered.
SMART UNDER DEFEAT.
Following the reading of the reply
lively discussion was INDUCED in and the
Omaha road and St. Paul came in for
some rather severe remarks. The Off
cials We're taken to task for dlscriminat-
ing in rates in favor of st. Paul, but this
was denied. President Clark said his
company was willing to make every reas-
enable concession possible in return for
the vacating of the desired streets, but
could not do what was practically impos-
sible.
AS to discriminating rates which it is
claimed Chicago and other points eniov
to the disadvantage of the Twin Cities,
Mr.. Clark said that his road would do
everything in its power to right any
wrong that existed in this respect.
Through it all, however, the spirit of
arrogance on the part of Mime
apolis prevailed and while explicit.
in as far as the refusal to move the
shops was concerned, the officials received
little assurance as to whether they would
be given the streets desired.
The matter is now up to" the city
council and the outcome is one difficult
Of solution. The council, it is understood,
is willing to make the concession in re-
turn for reasonable assurances of train
service and rates, but the business bodies
nettled at the refusal Of the road to va
cate st. Paul for Minneapolis benefit.
will, in all probability. bring sufficient
pressure to bear to have the roads re-
quests turned down