The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-15
THREATEN DEATH
FOR VANDALISM
People Around Lyndale and Sixth
Avenue North Are p
Aroused.
Coroner Kistler and His House
mover Fire Wrath of Neigh
bors ana Park Folk.

dale and Sixth avenues have saved
their fine shade trees temporarily and
created an aggravated condition OF at:
fairs. There is talk of shooting. and
everybody directly interested is great
ly excited.
The trouble started when DR.. M.
Kistler coroner of Hennepin county,
started to move two-story double
store from it's location at Sixth and
Lyndale, one block further north on
Lyndale, to make room for more mod
ern improvements. The building is
nearly fi..y feet wide, and could not
icing He row of ' splen;1 fd' Gins Dr. Kist
Ter consulted with Superintendent
Theodore Wirth and Secretary }. A.
Ridgway of the park board, and both
entered decided protest against de-
stroying the trees, altho DR.. klstler
agreed to bear the expense of planting
new trees. 3. '..s: -.-4,s-,, .,...- - ~ r..
2 2 ., = = Ordered Trees Felled. " ST
r. =. TIL park officials saw that the only
moved was by cutting it in two and
moving one section at time. They SO
informed DR.. Kistler, who instructed
the HORSEPOWER, G.. A. Anderson, to cut
the house in two. Mr.. Anderson had
the house sawed in two and instructed
boy to begin Telling trees s.
Before anyone else knew what W:
going on. one section of the store wa
well out in the street. Then trouble be
gan. Owners of adjoining property in
terfercd. The PROGRESS Of the building
was stopped by force, and the boy who
cut down the tree was taken before a
police Judge, who fined him So.
The dividing of the building does not
solve the tree problem. Instead Of cut
ting lit lengthwise, as the park officials
cont emplated the HORSEPOWER cut 1t
crosswise, which did not help matters at
all Dr. Kistlcr says he left the matter
entirely with Mr.. Anderson, assuming
ha he knew how to cut the building.
At present the neighborhood is dead
locked The old building has not been
moved for a week, and is a serious i'm
pediment to traffic. The neighbors are
up III arms, as was shown last night
when report was circulated to the eff
feet that an attempt would be made to
steal march and move the house under
the cover of night.
On Guard All Night.
Park Patrolman Morris was hurried
to the place and with some determined
men kept watch all night, but there was
no sign of any work on the building.
H. AiSClcl SdJ CuCIC 10 LIZ OStdS1OAi
for any excitement. He intends to com
ply with the orders Of the park board
had always done so, and insists that
every step he has taken thus far has
been with the sanction Of park officials
except that Mr.. Anderson did not cut
the house the right way. He attributes
thezentire trouble to the enmity of one
just what win happen is not yet
known. Park Commissioner G. NJ. Lor
ing is greatly stirred up over the mat
ter. He classes the cutting of the tree
as vandalism and is greatly disap
pointed because the fine was fixed al
such trif1ing sum as So.
Mr.. Loring Aroused.
els it not about time,' asked Mr.
Loring, for Minneapolis police jus
tees to learn that there is money
value in shade trees, even tho they can
not appreciate their value as an embell
ishment to our streets and as sanitary
agents9
Minneapolis has the reputatio,
among tree lovers as being the best
planted city in the northwest, and we
have many citizens who appreciate
their beauty as is evidenced by thi
fight.
- $'The man who cut down the tire,
was arrested and the Judge fined him S;
three dollars for destroying tire,
that was seven OF eight inches in di
ameter!
"For injuring tree by cutting on
limbs Kansas judge fined telephon
company 5000. A South Carolina cour
awarded $499 damages against anothe
company for destroying a poplar tree
The Judges of Minneapolis courts in
f1ict a fine of from 81 to SIS for injur
ing trees. .--.-
t'What the outcome of this matte
will be no one can tell, but it is SAT
to guess that the building will b
moved, the fine trees destroyed, tn
man arrested and fined So each for tree
worth several hundred dollars.
Is it not about time for our cit
Of the greatest attractions Of our cit 1T
protected by the courts9"