The Princeton union. [volume] (Princeton, Minn.) 1876-1976, 1903-07-02
FOR A STREET AND SIDING.

Post.
FOR A STREET AND SIDING.
The Village, the Great Northern and
Wilxeen s. Larson Will Try and Make
Deal
There was special meeting of the
village council last Saturday night to
further consider the matter of securing
a strip of land across the Wikeen &
Larson property east of the depot. It
was supposed that the controversy be-
tween the owners of the land and the
railroad would be settled before the
next regular meeting of the council,
and the village authorities had about
made up their minds that the matter
could be adjusted in some satisfactory
manner.
M. S. Rutherford, was in St. Paul
the other day and called on the Great
Northern officials and talked the mat
ter over with those who have such
propositions to consider, and he said
that he thought from the way the Of
ficials talked that the matter could be
adjusted satisfactorily to all parties in
terested.
T. j. Wikeen was present with his
attorney, Mr.. Dickey, who stated to
the council that his clients could prob
ably make an arrangement with the
railroad company to exchange thirty
or more feet of land to the company for
spur, but that Wikeen & Larson did
not care to close such a deal without
first submitting the question to the
council and making the village a
proposition to deed the village suftic-
lent land to even up Marshall street
across the Wikeen & Larson property,
which would require about thirty-two
feet.
Mr.. Wikeen was asked what he con-
sidered the land worth and he replied
81, 100 for sufficient land to make a
street through.
President Bryson stated that it was
his understanding that the village was
to have the land for street purposes in
case the land was surrendered by
Wikeen & Larson, but Mr.. Bryson said
that he considered the price asked
pretty steep and for one he thought it
was more than the village would stand.
Mr.. Galley said that he did not wish
to see Wikeen & Larson losers in any
transaction that might be made, but he
thought the village should acquire
right to the land for street.
Mr.. Dickey stated that it was i'm
material to Wikeen & Larson who
owned the land, the village or the rail-
road company, provided that Wikeen
& Larson would be guaranteed ample
siding and shipping privileges.
Councilman Libby did not think
favorably of the village spending any
money for the land as he thought that
if the company secured sufficient land
for siding the village could use it for
street purposes also.
President Bryson closed argument
on the matter by suggesting that Mr..
Rutherford act as a committee to see
the railroad company. On motion of
Mr.. Galley L. S. Libby was added to
the committee and the council has
authorized Messrs. Rutherford and
Libby to see the Great Northern Of
ficials, but it is understood that they
| will not take up the mater with them
until the land in question has been ap-
praised by a board of three disinter-
ested parties and a valuation estab-
| lished. The owners of the land will be
asked to sign contract to agree to
| abide by the award made by the board
of appraisers which award shall be
used as basis in settling the matter
with the railroad company.
Before adjourning the council votec
to allow the extra marshals for the
Fourth the sum of So each for the day