The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-02-03
THE UNION DEPOT YARDS PRESENT AND PROSPECTIVE

and said that it was because of the ac-
commodations given to the railroads by
the city.
And you people see how other cities
are getting the best of you," said Mr.
Hall, land then refuse to do anything
for st. Paul. Now you have got a chance
to improve the city and the stock yards
here, and do not know what to do. You
ought to be ashamed Of yourselves"
He said further:
1--WE can't afford to omit a single OPP
portunity of this kind for the future of
St. Paul. I have seen this city out
grown, and an insignificant little up
river town grow until it leads us by 49,
coo or $4,000. We are second in the race!
(Cries of No! NOD We are second and
wen be third if this parsimony keeps
up. We sent the Milwaukee to Mime
apolis by reason of our foolishness; for
years the Hastings & Dakota never ran
into st. Paul, now 1t runs empty cars
on it's way from here as far as Mime
apolis, then it fills its cars. Coming back
it empties them at Minneapolis. We are
being out-classed.
MUST NOT IMPEDE PROGRESS.
when I came here we had ten miles
OF railroad. Now we have about 5000
Every acre granted to the railroads, has
repaid us a thousand fold. It is good
politics to damn the railroads and look
askance at every project to develop
them We got the Duluth road five
years earlier than we would have had it,
but for the citys issuing bonds. Has
it not repaid the city? That $500. 600
loan that was damned so roundly was
the foundation of our railroad system.
Don't stand in the light now. We can't
afford to impede progress. ST. Paul is on
hnf lTNTryT n I
allow another city to grow past it and
exceed it by $4,000 is on the down grade.
We must catch UP. We have got to fight
and fight like hi. The city council
can't afford to stand in the way OF
progress
EMERSON HADLEY SPEAKS.
Attorney Emerson HadIey. of the
Northern Pacific, said that the Union
Depot company was not asking for any
thing that 1t could not ask for with
good conscience. He had a map before
him and he pointed out the tracks owned
by the Milwaukee road and the levee
owned by the road, subject to the Ievee
rights of the city. He showed what was
proposed to be done, namely the extend
ing of the levee out into the river. the
moving of the Milwaukee freight houses
further out and the putting in of six adj
ditonal tracks. The pan was accord
ing to what has already been mentioned
IN the papers He said that the CITY
was not giving away anything that it
had great use for. The levee had never
been used below Sibley street and would
not be used
Besides this, after the completion of
the depot shed, the improvements would
amount to something like $4O0, 600 That
ought to be something to the city. he
thought And then the citizens of ST
Paul ought to think of the prestige fhA
city would gain as a railroad center and
the benefits that would be derived there
from. He said further:
with regard to the objection made to
the vacating of the leyee and the claim
that a lease should be given instead
Ilat Is the very first proposition that
the Union Depot company considered:
They came to me as their attorney and
asked my advice as to whether they could
get lease from the city, and if they
could, whether they would get a title
under which they would be warranted in
spending large amount Of money in i'm
provements. I give IL as my opinion
that the city has no authority to lease
the levee for depot purposes and that the
only way they could acquire the light
in the levee that would give them
title upon which they would he war
ranted in spending the amount of money
necessary to make the required i'm
proVements would be getting the city to
vacate the levee and then acquiring the
title from the Milwaukee company.
''I wish to answer another objection
which was to the effect that the Milwau-
kee was getting very large considera-
ton for what it gives. I wish to cell
the attention of the gentlemen present
to the fact that he Milwaukee company
is giving to the Union Depot company
quite large tract of land to the east
of Broadway which is necessary for the
union depot in-order to make the proper
extention, and this property belongs all
solutely to the Milwaukee company ami
the city has no interest in it whatever.
The Milwaukee company Is also giving
up the right that it has 10 maintain two
tracks across the levee. to meet imme
diately south of the Northern depot
property, and also its rights in practi-