The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1904-04-08
WHAT OTHER PEOPLE THINK
The Lake Street Line.

70 thu Editor Of The Journal. -
The Twin City Rapid Transit cross town
line is being discussed by property
owners allSover the city,
1t is fact that the better class Of peo-
pie, whether property owners or not, are
bitterly opposed to giving up beautiful
Lake street to any car line, tho its cars
are models of workmanship.
Thousands of our residents every sum-
mer evening head for Lake street with
their carriages and automobiles. for a
pleasure ride; for 1t is slightly street
and always in good condition, and the peo-
pie have paid ito make it so. Now they
object and rightly, to having It torn to
pieces, putting ron car line, thus COM
pletely spelling it for pleasant driving,
and. forcing them to pay to boulevard an
other street, as must be done If Lake
street is taken from them.
Again, such a move would be manifest
~ unjust to owners of residences along
Lake street, for all whoshave built on this
street IN the last ten years have done SO
because they wanted to be near a car line,
but not on one The result to them would
be most disastrous. Thirty first street
between: Nicoliet and Fourth avenue S, is
used as q barn to store cars which are
constantly. lined up in front of the resi-
dences on this portion Of Thirty first street
and the owners would gladly welcome a
running line of cars, and remove the NUS
ance they nowszsuffer. The expense of
widening Lake street to accommodate the
| cars would be much greater than on Tl1ir-
ty-frst. for the west end Of Thirty-flrst is
now twenty-four feet wider than any part
Of Lake street, and to take off twelve feet
each side Of Lake. street would remove
porches, church fronts and other orna-
mental and useful features.
There are now certain corners on Lake
street where legitimate business is car
ried on, and the people, patronize these
LYLE hull fn.
once car line is put on this street, on al
vacant corners one-story unsightly shacks
will be squatted, built on the street line
; and running residence property, besides
, detracting from its commercial value.
Considerable indignation is aroused
among the real estate men over a recen
published article calculated to lead thu
people to believe that the real estate mer
at large are in favor Of the Lake stree
, line. This approval comes from very few
3 who do not reside In that vicinity; but :
petition of protest Is now being circulated
among the real estate men which will b.
presented to the council at its next meet
3 ing. 4 "
3 I quote a few sentiments recently ex
! pressed by prominent business men: -
DR.. L.. K. Foote-I shall not put up m,
4 fourtean-flat building on Lake and Pills
bury if the line goes on Lake street
c. c.. Joyslin-The people on Thirty
q first street are well satisfied to leave tn
cars on that street and keep Lake TO
driving. .
c. E. Purdy-The street car company
t like the rest Of us, wants the earth, blu
8 it is only a question of how big chun
\ we will have to give them on Lake stree
= Ex-Alderman McCune-We will neve
q give up for street car the only publ
v driveway extending thru from Calhoun t
= the Mississippi. .r5f.g .. a.,s~
u. W. FitZgerald,