The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1904-09-07
VOTEIO VACAT[ PART
OF ST. PETER STREET
Aldermen Pass Measure Pros
vidIna Cold Storage Co.
Shall Pay City $1,000

III "A. Booth & Co. make use of the
stub end of St. Peter street below
the Third street bluff it will be neces-
sary to pay the city $4,000 for the
property 1t is proposed to vacate, ac-
cording to the action Of the board of
aldermen last night.
This action was taken after a hard
tight. in which three or four of the
aldermen who demanded such COM
pensation forced the issue, and appar-
emily the company and those favoring
the building of the cold storage plant
accepted the TERMS "a
AT the meeting of the committee on
streets in the afternoon the company
was represented by B. H. Schriber and
c. H. Turner and the st. Paul inter-
ests in favor of the project by S. E.
| Cobb, C. c. Emerson and others. The
discussion brought out the fact, that
the st. Paul men asked the Booth COM
lpany to construct the cold storage
plant. The request was agreed to, the
compact being that the company is to
take 81 per cent of the stock, and the
st. Paul men subscribe for 40 per cent.
Alderman Lynch took the stand that
the company should pay at least fair
| told that it was worth from $4,000 to
| $4,000. He did not believe that the
construction of the platform proposed
| would be of any benefit, and thought
cash payment would be more accept
able. Aldermen He'll and Bantz were
of the same opinion. Ultimately Mr..
| Lynch moved that the requirement that
the platform be built be stricken from
the contract, and $4,000 in cash sub
| stituted.
Lynch's Motion Prevails
Alderman Corning said that he did
| not believe that ST. Paul should deal
too harshly with institutions proposing
/ to locate here, and thought Mime
motion that the amount required
| from the company be made $1,000. His
motion was defeated by a vote of four
to three. Those in the affirmative were
! Corning, Buschmann and Moriarty, and
! those in the negative BantZ, Hebt,
Lynch and Rohland. On the Lynch
motion, making the amount $4,000, the
vote was again four to three, but this
| time in favor of the motion. Those
| in the Affirmative were Corning, Mori--
| arty, Lynch and Rohland, and in the
! negative, Bantz. Buschmann and He'll.
A. A. Doolittle, S. q. Cobb and c. b.
Emerson argued at considerable length on
| plant, declaring that much of the goods
| from ST. Paul that is in cold storage is
placed in Minneapolis and Chicago. It
was declared that this had proven costly.
| The Booth company had offered to pro-
| vide the facilities if the city would vacate
| the useless portion of ST. Peter street
| and the citizens subscribe literally to the
| stock.
. Some Lively Lobbying
At the session of the aldermen in the.
evening there was strong delegation
| in attendance from the Commercial club,
with a number OF commission men pres
ent. There was no speech making, but.
some lively lobbying done before the,
meeting was called to order: Messrs-
Bantz and Hebl,- who had opposed the;
measure in the afternoon, were brought
| into line with the result that the: vote
was unanimous. 1t was stated that the
ST. Paul men had agreed to raise the
| 81, 600 by subscription and that work
would begin on the $500 plant as soon
as the vacation order goes through the
assembly and is approved by the mayor
| The notable conditions of the vacation
order are that the building shall not go
above the grade of Third street; that the
| company shall leave sufficient room for,
| bridge piers, and that the buildings must
! be constructed and in use by JAM l. 19O6.
| The vacation order will be before the
| assembly at its next regular meeting.