The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-08-21
Twin City Fraternity.

st. Paul is just now furnishing some
further illustration of that beautiful
spirit of twin city fraternity which it
processes so loudly on occasions, when
it seems profitable. During the past
week "barkers' infested the west
bound trains at ST.. Paul and loudly
announced to psople bound for Mime
apolis that this city was overerowded
and that if they would find accommodate
tions they must stop at St. Paul. g A
good many were deceived by: this kind
~ action on the part Of our neighboring
city and we have had in one Of its
own papers the story Of the secretary
Of the Commercial club Of st. Paul 60
| ing without sleep in order to find lodg-
ings for people whom the hotels and
boarding-houses Of that town were I'M.
I able to accommodate, and who. could
| have been accommodated on short no
tice here, if they had come on to Min
! neapolis.
Another illustration is the attitude Of
! that community toward the proposed
! new Armour packing house. A desper-
! ate effort is being made in ST.: Paul to
prevent the location Of these houses in
| the New Brighton district. 1t is oh.
| iected that they will be offensive to
residents Of st. Paul, to residents Of st.
| Anthony and the state farm, and that
the sewerage from this plant emptied
into the river within the limits of Min
neapolis will be detrimental to the
health of st. Paul. OF course, the South
! st. Paul stockyards and packing houses
| are much nearer the center Of st. Paul
than the proposed new plant in the New
! Brighton district. It is only five miles
i by rail from the union station in st.
4 Paul to the South st. Paul station,
/ where the Swift packing houses are To-
Gated. It is twelve or fourteen miles in
a direct line from the union station in
! st. Paul to the site Of the proposed Ar,
mour plant. Furthermore, the Armour
plant is located northwest Of st: Paul
while the Swift houses are almost d.
rectly south, from which are our pre-
J. vailing winds in summer. It is mani
4 fest that the expressed fear that the
u Armour houses may be offensive to the
st. Paul olfactories is ridiculous, ani
b that that is not a reason why st. Pau
is opposed to the Armour project. II
81 further support Of this the st. Paul Dis
patch is advocating every day the 10
cation Of the Armour houses at Soutl
y st. Paul, where they are sure to b.
much more offensive than they couli
possibly be at New Brighton. 80
AS for the sewage, it is well known
Il by those who have any knowledge o:
q: these matters that the waste from: tn,
packing houses is. carefully strained
that everything capable Of being manu-
featured into fertilizer is extracted am
utilized for that purpose, so that tn
waste is inoffensive. Within four mile
Of the business center of Kansas City
g Mo-. are five or six of the largest pack
Lighthouses in the world draining int
81 the Missouri river above Kansas City
into sluggish stream which ever
summer and sometimes oftener over
flows its banks, and yet no complain
Is made Of those plants as q nuisanc
to the people Of Kansas City. .
or course, the real truth Of the mai
ter is that st. Paul does not wish t
/ have this new packing house locate
where its business will naturally ,connec