The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-08
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
To yacate Eva street Between East
Fillmore Avenue and the Levce
or Water Street

Notice is hereby given, pursuant I,
law and the order Of the Assembly of
the City of st. Paul. body Of the Com
mon Council of said CITY that the nett
ton of the Burlington. Cedar Rapids *
Northern Railway Company Of Iowa and
Of Thomas III. Brown, for the vacation
Of Eva street, between East Fillmore av
enue and the Levee or Water street has
been filed of record in the Office Of tha
City Clerk. of said City of St Paul Said
Iva street was originally designated
upon the plat in the office of the Regis
ter OF Deeds of Ramsey County, Mime
sofa, as Goodhue street and the portion
of said Eva street proposed to be vacated
is situated between block four a and
bIock nVe t5) of MarshalPs Addition to
West ST Paul.
The reasons for the vacation of said
Iva street are that this portion OF said
street has never been used 10 auv eraar
extent for public travel, ard would not
be, even if said street were graded or
otherwise improved, and said street ex-
tends only a few feet in a northerly d.
rection beyond said leVee or Water
street. and the public will not. II IS claim
ed by said petitioners, be seriously IN
convenienced by the vacation Of said por-
ton of said street. Another and further
reason Tor VaCatirg said portion of Eva
street is that said petitioners have &C
auired title TO all the property abuttin-
upon that portion of the street proposed
to be vacated and said railway company
has purchased large tracts Of land in
the vicinity. for the express purpose of
constructing thereon suitable and proper
freight terminals and other facilities for
the operation of its railway and said
terminals were located with a view
among other purposes, Of serving a large
and increasing number of factories and
other business enterprises which require
the use of convenient railway facilities
and said Railway Company, among other
improvements, proposes to construct a
terminal freight house upon port ms az
said blocks four (D and five (5) in said
MarshalPs Addition to West St Paul
and said freight house Will be OF such
dimensions, because of its length that
it VIII be impossible to construct the
same wholly within the limits of any one
Of the blocks which said Railway Con-
rany has acquired for its said terminal
facilities; and said company cOntem-
plates otherwise improving said premises
and adapting the same 10 the needs and
struction of tracks. switches and aD-
proaches, and without the vacation OF
said Eva street said improvements can
not he properly and conveniently made
Pursuant to law and to an order Of the
said Assembly of said City OF St Paul,
herein referred to. adopted March 20, 1902
said petition VIII be heard and considered
by the Committee on Streets Of said As
sembly, on Monday, the 18th day of MAY
| l902. al the Council Chamber - the Court
| House and City Hall. Of said City of St
! Paul. Minnesota, at 4 o'clock p m. at
/ which time said committee will hear am
1 the evidence and testimony relating to-
/ such proposed vacation. which may be
| offered by the parties Interested therein
Dated st. Paul. Minnesota, March 81
| 1902.
MATT JENSEN.
City Clerk.
| March 25-April rs and Is