The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-07-31
Would Rui4d FREIGHT House.

Some time ago the Northern Pacific
requested the council to vacate Locust,
Willius, NELL land Kittson streets, be-
tween Fourth and Fifth streets, and
that portion of Fifth street east of
Kittson, that the road might increase
it's terminal facilities and erect a
freight house 1,000x40 feet on the north
side of Fourth street. from John to
KittSons street. s-4a1-s4s
Property owners in that section Of
the city objected to the vacation of
Kittson street. between Fourth and
Fifth streets, on the ground that there
would be no means of reaching Sixth
and Seventh streets if Kfttson street
were closed, except around by the way
of Broadway 1t was suggested that
Kittson street be left open and that
the numerous tracks there be crossed
at grade but the company declared
this would be impraeticable. and in
formed the council that if Kittson
street we're not. vacated the proposed
Improvements would be abandoned.
Such strong pressure against the va
cation of Kittson street was brought
to bear that it was regarded as doubt
full if the council would consent to turn
it over to the Northern Pacific. and
in anticipation of such action the en-
cheering department of the road was
called upon to solve the problem.
The vidduct plans will be presented
to the assembly committee on streets
at it's meeting Monday afternoon, and
as the new plan does away with the
objection Of property owners, it is be-
lieved the petition of the company for
the vacation of the street will be
granted.
Question of Compensation.
Another matter which will have to
be settled, however,, is the question
of compensation to be paid by the
company for the street. The company
agrees to pay all assessments for local
improvements abutting on the property
owned by it; to give easements across
the vacated streets and alleys for
sewers. water mains. telegraph and
telephone poles, and for bridge abut-
ments, should the city ever desire to
construct bridge at Fifth street
across to the bluff In view of these
concessions and the Importance to the
general public of the proposed i'm
provements, the company believes the
street should be vacated without any
cash consideration
The new petition which the company
will present to the council will not
only ask for the vacation of the streets
mentioned in the former application,
but also for the vacation of Locust,
Willius, Neill and Kittson streets. be-
tween fllIH anu SlXlu Streets. duO
Fifth street, from John to Kittson
street.
The company has recently purchased
four blocks of land lying between John
and Kittson streets and Fifth and
Sixth streets, and it is now the inten-
ton. should the council act favorably
upon the new petition, to erect not only
one freight house, but two, the second
one to be of the same dimensions as
the first, and to be located on the
north side of Fifth street. from John
to Kittson streets.
The total area of the streets the
company asks the city to vacate is
more than four acres and in the event
of the council granting their petition
the Northern Pacific agrees to pave
Fifth street, from John to Kittson and
keep it open for team travel
The company proposes to put in ten
spur tracks from the main line east of
Kittson street, to each of the proposed
freight houses and paved driveways
to both freight houses.