The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1902-04-01
NOTICE OF HEARING PETITION
To Vacate Eva Street Between East
Fillmore Avenue and the Levce
or Water Street

Notice is hereby given, pursuant to
law and the order Of the Assembly of
the City of st. Paul, body of the Com
mon Council Of said city, that the petit
ton of the Burlington, Cedar Rapids &
Northern Railway Company of Iowa and
of Thomas II. 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 the
City Clerk, of said City Of st. Paul. Said
Eva 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 az and
block five 90 Of MarshalPs Addition to
West st. Paul.
The reasons for the vacation of said
Eva street are that this portion Of said
street has never been used to any great
extent for public travel, and would not
be, even II said street were graded or
otherwise improved, and said street ex-
tends only few feet in a n0rtherly di-
rection beyond said levee or Water
street, and the public will not, 1t IS claim
ed by said petitioners, be seriously IN
convenienced by the vacation Of said por-
ton Of said street. Another and further
reason for vacating said portion Of Eva
street is that said petitioners have ac-
Quired title to all the property abutting
upon that portion of the street proposed
to be vacated and said railway company
has purcha Sed 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 it's 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 portions OF
said blocks four (D and five %, in said
Marshalls- Addition to West st. Paul,
and said freight house will be Of such
dimensions, because Of it's length, that
same wholly within the limits Of any one
Of the blocks which said Railway Com
Tany has acquired for its said terminal
facilities; and said company conten-
plates otherwise improving said premises
and adapting the same to the needs and
requirements Of its business by the con-
struction Of tracks, switches and ap-
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 will be heard and considered
sembly, on Monday, the 18th day OF May,
1902, at the Council Chamber, IN the Court
House and City Hall, OF said City Of st.
Paul, Minnesota, at A o'clock p. m, at
which time said committee will hear all
the evidence and testimony relating to
such proposed vacation, which may DO
offered by the parties interested therein.
Dated ST. Paul, Minnesota, March q,
1902.
MATT JENSEN,
City Clerk.
March 25-April IS and Is.