The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-03-06

Recent developments in congressional
affairs and military politics hold out
to Minneapolis the hope Of a fourth
interurban line to ST. Paul in the com
yarativelEyy near future and a square
deal at Fort Smelling.
Congressman F.. G. Stevens of ST.
Paul secured the passage yesterday in
the house of his Fort Smelling bridge
bill, appropriating $3.50, 900 for a bridge
across the Mississippi river at the
post. Under the provisions of the bill
the government is to be reimbursed
for half the expense, which will be
borne by the city of St. Paul and the
ST. Paul viii pay 500, 90 and G the com.
pany $4,000.
A change in the management of the
department of the Dakotas, whereby
Brigadier General G. G. G. Carr was
retired a few days ago, may make pos
sible a fair and peaceable adjustment
Of all intercity difficulties relating to
fayors at Fort Smelling. For years the
military M 1I post, because Of the location
OF the headquarters of the department.
Of the Dakotas in st. Paul, has been
dominated by. st: Paul, in spite Of the
fact that it is really located in Hen
nepin county. St. Paul interests never
have missed any bets when it came to
an opportunity to Hdouble cross - Min
neapolis on a fort proposition. Be.
cause of his ST.. Paul affiliations while
in command of the department, General
Carr. either willingly or without know
ing it, was used as a means by the
st. Paul interests whereby Minneapo-
lis was to be perpetually "rooted'. out
of the fort. ....N- -
The street railway extension of the
Minneapolis lines into the reservation
was fought to the last ditch thru Gen
eral Carr. Failing to exclude the line,
the company was forced to place. its
The people at the post, from the COM
mandant down, wanted the station In
the center of the reservation, near the
headquarters building, but Minneapo-
lis was stalled off, and visitors and
post residents alike are compelled to
| walk half mile or more to the car.
st. Paul did not wish to allow Mime
apolis a closer connection with the fort
than it enjoyed. 49, ia. y
With a new department commander,
it is hoped by the people at the fort,
and by the public Of both cities, that
more convenient service may be estab-
lished and line projected to the post
headquarters, where It should be.
Some friction over a streetcar sta
ton in the reservation has also been
stirred up by st. Paul and carried to
w aSn1ngCOn, WIN view 20 Stlll Iur-
Their delay. st. Paul wishes to have
the station forever fixed in an out-of-
the-way location. The company re-
fused to build until the thru line was
completed and the affair hung in the
air. 49,. ~ ~ .. E:.>'S ,~..e
Congressman -, Stevens bill will be
pushed in the senate by Senator Knute
Nelson and probabiy9Iwill pass soon.
How long it will take to get the work
started and finally completed is hard
to tell, as the government has no repu-
tation for speed. For once, tho, both
Minneapolis and st. Paul are interested
in having the bridge finished as soon
as possible, f7a r.. - IT. "-2 ~ 81
The last legislature gave permission
to St.. Paul to issue bonds to the ex-
tent Of $l50, 900 for the bridge, SO that
no delay will be necessary there.
With the line thru interurban, st.
Paul will hardly split hairs longer over
the location Of the station, as one city
will be as, well cared for as the other.
With no thru connection, Minneapolis
would have had the advantage if the
terminal was at the headquarters build
ing, but only until the bridge was COM
pleted.
It is planned to slightly alter the To-
cation Of the bridge by carrying it dag
onally across the river, the center pier
resting on Pike island, above the pres
ent structure. .. -. .> ...-