The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-08-10
ANDREW SCHocH is WILLING TO
ABSORB THE GEDNEY PICK
LING PLANT
AGREES TO PAY $1,000 A
YEAR FOR USE OF GROUND
Or. Ohage Announces Offer at Confer
ence Between Himself and West Side
OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES Insists on
Removal of Gedney Spur-SettIement
Seems to Be in Sight.

The Andrew Schoch Grocery COM
pany has informed Health Commits
sioner Ohage that it is willing to take
up the Gedney Picking company's
West side levee lease, pay the owners
fan sum of money for the plant and
factory, pay the city an annual rental
of $1,000 year instead of 81, the sum
now received, and renounce all rights
to the spur track now in the rear of
the factory.
This announcement DR.. Ohage yes
terday made to DR.. ]. G. Mcnamara
and e. H. Wood, representing the West
Side Improvement association, both of
whom the doctor had invited to a
conference relative to an amicable set
tlement of the problem of the public
bath approaches referred to at the
meeting of the assembly Thursday
evening. DR.. Ohage further announced
that Mr.. Schoch had informed him that
if a satisfactory absorption of the
lease were secured, all Mr.. Gedney's
present employees would be retained,
and instead of fifteen persons, an
agreement would be made with the
city to employ twenty-five or more.
The factory, he said would, under the
Schoch control, be a st. Paul institu-
ton rather than branch of Mime
apolis firm, as it is now termed and
advertised by the company.
The conference between DR.. Ohage
and the West Side representatives was
quite lengthy and the situation
throughout was gone over in detail. 1t
was in every way dispassionate. DR..
Ohage said he simply desired a safe
approach to the island, and with the
spur track there he did not think it
could be obtained. This he desired
removed, the erection of a suitable
fence parallel with the main tracks of
the Omaha and fagman stationed
constantly at the bridge entrance which
the main tracks cross.
Willing to Drop Condemnation.
AS to the condemnation of the block
containing the four factories, DR.. Ohage
announced his willingness to drop the
matter, provided the owners aided him
in having the spur track taken out.
The removal of this spur track, how
ever, he would insist on; also the an
nulment of the Gedney lease. If this
was done he would Immediately pro-
coed to improve the tract Of ground
lying between the factories and the
main tracks, provide steps and give
decent approach to the island. The
cost to the city he considered would
be trif1ing.
Through it all, the West side repre-
sentatives listened attic ntively and
seemed much impressed. Both in
formed the doctor that while they had
the best interests of the West side at
heart they were also deeply interested
in the island, and they were willing
to agree to anything that would bring
about an adjustment Both promised
to visit the other factory owners and
see if they could not secure their con-
sent towards obtaing the removal of
the spur track. The Omaha road, it
is understood, is willing to pull it up,
provided the factory owners are will
ing. They now have directly across
the street from their places of bus
mess freight depot and a number of
tracks.
Bridge Would Be Costly.
During the discussion, a bridge from
the Wabasha street structure to the
island was proposed by the West side
representatives, and Bridge Engineer
Edmonstone was called in to tell what
he knew of it's feasibility.
He said it could be built, but the
cost would be heavy, probably about
$4,000. He thought the grade would