The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1905-03-21
MINNEAPOLIS TOGFT
ALL SMELLING TRADE
Trolley Company viii Put
Track Into the Reser.
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zen. =. =. carr, neaQ OF the depart
ment of the Dakotas, yesterday gave
his approval to the application of the
Twin City Rapid Transit company to
enter the military reservation of Fort
Smelling with a Minneapolis line. 1t
was victory to the Twin City Rapid
Transit company in its vigorous fight
to hurry a Minneapolis line into the
fort and thus defect the post trade,
which hitherto has come to St. Paul
over the West Seventh street line, into
Minneapolis.
The application has been forwarded
to the war department in Washington,
and the approval of the application,
bearing as it does Gen. Cars official
o. K, will doubtless be soon granted
by the department, and the work of
building the Minneapolis line will be
commenced and rushed TO the earliest
possible completion.
The line which the Twin City COM
pany will build TO carry trade hitherto
going to st. Paul into Minneapolis will
extend from the end of the Minneapolis
Minnehaha line to a point between the
gun sheds and the artillery barracks
on the east, and the stone quarry on
the west. 1t will afford the residents
or the post street car line within easy
reach. The end of the West Seventh
street line, over which they have been
wont to come to st. Paul, is almost Il
mile from the post The end of the
Minnehaha line, which will be extend
ed into the fort, is at the present time
two miles distant.
Four Miles of Track
The line to be built is, therefore, two
miles in length, necessitating four
miles of track 1t will follow Mime
haha avenue for only a few hundred
feet, crossing the Milwaukee tracks
near the intersection of East Fifty
second street and almost Immediately
entering the reservation. Once in the
reservation the tracks skirt along the
river bank to their terminal. Eighty
pound rails will be used in construction
and the loop will be only a few feet
from the old cemetery.
The statement issued from the Min
neapolis offices of the Twin City COM
pany yesterday after the news was re-
ceived that Gen. Carr had approved
the application was that work would
be commenced Immediately upon the
reception of final approval from Wash
ington and would be pushed through to
a completion at the earliest possible
moment. The working plans and pro-
files for the construction Of the line are
completed, and much Of the material
for tracks and bridge have been order
ed and is being rushed to Minneapolis.
Company Makes Haste
The officials of the Twin City Rapid
Transit company do not propose to lose
a moments time in getting the line
down and in operation, for they realize
that the moments are golden in trade
and that trade is DETECTING towards st.
Paul, city they do not love-
The bill at present pending in the
legislature, introduced there by Gen.
M. ID. Flower, provides for the issuance
of bonds by the city for the construc-
tlon or new bridge at the St. Paul
entrance 10 the reservation. The bill
VIII undoubtedly pass, and realizing
that in case this bridge were built. the
natural demand from the post for an
extension of the West Seventh street
line would be undeniable, the company
proposes to get on the ground first
win It's Minneapolis line and thus fore
stall the imminent demand.
The rush building of the MINNEAPOLIS
extension into the reservation will ac-
complish the cherished desire of the
| street railway company, that of striking
severe blow at st. Paul business in
terests. At the present time a great
portion of the retail business of the
soldiers and civilians at the fort has
necessarily come to ST. Paul because
facilities. With the Minneapolis line
built to their very doorsteps these same
people will naturally gravitate in great
numbers towards Minneapolis.
The Twin City Transit company has
made long and exhaustive fight to ac-
complish this, their pet hobby, and, it
| seems, from all outward appearances
| that the final approval of the project in
Washington is a matter of only a few
days.
In approving the application Gen.
Carr made the following statement:
AS war measure, believe that the
additional line is necessary. With the
| new lire in operation we will have
another way out of the reservation and,
If necessary, can move troops on short
| notice.