The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-06-29
NOTICE OF HEARING FOR vACA-
TToN
OF Walnut street Between Irvine
Avenue and Summit Avenue

OF Walnut street. Retveen 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
petition Of Mary T. Hill and James
Hill for the vacation of that portion of
Walnut street, from the northwesteriy
me OF Irvine avenue extended across
w alnut street to the southeastern line
or Summit avenue, as shown by a plat
annexed, has been filed in 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-
aole and extensive improvements upon
the premises upon the northeaSterly side
OF walnut street, with frontage on
Summit avenue. and it is desired to i'm
prove the premises on the southwestern
Slce of Walnut street
That, although the portion of Walnut
street above described is dedicated upon
the map to public use, it never has been
IN fact used by the general public as
street or otherwise, and it has never been
opened or maintained as such, except
that stairway for the accommodation
OF 1901 passengers has been for some
years maintained by the city upon the
Southerly side thereof; that the charac-
ter of the ground is so Drecipitous that
1t can never be conveniently used for a
pubic highway, and that 1t is and will
useless
puDlc purpose; that for the purpose of
utlhzlng the property of the petitioners
upon the southwest in any way it will
probably be necessary to build a large
ana nigh retaining wall on the north
e2sterly side of said property, which will
add to the undesirability of said portion
OF salQ street for any possible public
uses; that said stairway so maintained
mas peen very little used and only by a
very limited number of people, and that
no publc inconvenience will be caused
py the vacation Of said street.
mat 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
Wloth Tor the accommodation of foot
passengers along the northeastern line
of the present street. between Summit
avenue and Irvine avenue, in said CITY
of St. Paul. That as it now exists and
propably 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 gan
upon the line of said Summit avenue
ana IIol-1 tnat 70 allow 1t to be suitably i'm
proved would be 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 49, 1901 the said
petition viii be heard and considered by
the Committee on Streets of the Board
OF Aldermen of the Common Council of
ta~ C1tY OF st. Paul on the first day OF
August, 1901, in the Council Chamber In
the Court House and City Hail. 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
Streets will Investigate and consider the
matter of such vacation and hear the
testimony and evidence on the part of
the parties interested.
Dated June q, 1901.
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk.
June 22-29, July and Is.