The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-07-31
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Open Letter to James J. Hll-Complaint Made by
the Neighbors that His Noise Fence Is Not Mule
High, Bull Strong Pig Tight-Plea for a
Noise Lid
Lowry Hill, Minneapolis, July 81, 1900

EAR JAMES:
An old.time description of good fence
IL was that it was ''mule high, bull strong and
pig tight The neighbors have complained to me
that your fence has rift in it.
Sabbath morning last at 4:bb am-almost Q
o,clock-when all good people In their beds and
were planning for at least three good, rich
sleep your hired man down the right of way that
comes in under Lowry Hill blew prolonged, vicious
and p-shattering blast his locomotive whistle
It noise that pulled nearly every person on the
Hil-and probably as far out as Franklin avenue
out OF aeeP steep IL was h o,na ~ ha hsta
clearly showed viciousness Of temper. 1t let go on
the still air like an Apache Indian charged full OF
Arizona whisky and crazed with insane dellr1um
Many people could not get back to sleep. Others
did Non-church members used profanity, I am told
Now we are M that you are putting rh4 81 IN I'M
from Clearwater Junction out, that to be OF value
to Minneapolis, and do not wish to do OF say
anything to make you cross at U.S. But we would
sleep Sunday morning and at other times when
the necessity is upon us, when it done with
out interference with the Great Northerns plans
If 1t is impossible to make your fence noise high,
screech tight and engineer proof would you not
just as soon speak to your hired man and see that
he does not nanufaenre least, sIeh aIao US
It, think that never heard quite fierce whistle.
Possibly its hideous shriluosity accentuated by
the deep quiet of the early morning that bzooded over
KenWood and the hill.
I would like to call your attention to the excel.
hence Of Kenwood and Lowry Hill residence Sec
ton; to the beautiful homes that being built
purity Of the air and equability Of the climate If
your young who drives the freight team makes
that noise few times all these conditions will
change.
influence with the Great Northern, and we would
take it favor and endeavor to reciprocate if
- you will speak to your man.
Very truly yours, ETC.. etc.
P. ST. have been informed since writing the
above that possibly it was not your hired hand at
all that made that noise but that the help hired
by the St. Louis road did it. If that is the case
will you kindly hand this letter over the fence to
your neghbor and your influence with him II you
Feel to do '"Nf'-s' '-.'
We have also asked Uncle Warren Wakefield, who
edits the Long Lake department In the Minnetonka
Record to speak to Mr. Hill about this. Uncle War
zen knows him well. He says in the last Record:
''Mr James J. Hill came out day last week
n? H to be IN good Health s
spirits and shook hands with his employees with tho
cordially of candidate for congress. We first saw
Mr.. Hill in the winter of 1866. At that time the
end of the st. Paul Pacific track at Holdridge
and Mr.. Hill in the fuel business in St. Paul
We sold him maple wood, delivered cars at the
end of the track, for So per cord that winter and
he used to out and jack up occasionally TO,
putting in unsplit limbs and rough wood We recall
contractor, Of the wood train
which helped load. At that time we knew more
than either Mr. Hill Mr. Guthrie We were con
scious that had bright future before us. W.
even had visions Of legislative career. We expected
some time to home free from mortgage ani
have two pairs Of suspenders. Wood hauling was tx
be temporary occupation with US. We were vai1
OF future eminence and didn't care to mil
Familiarity with Jim Hill, the wood DEALER or Archi.
Guthrie, the conductor. But the tariff Other
obstacle obstructed progress and we are still
hauling wood with cheap team, while Mr.. Hill rides
In his private car and Archie Guthrie has ove
TESS we are disappointed"
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