The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-11-29
TRACK ELEVATION
WILL COST sl75 900
CITY AND Railway OFFICIALS
HOLD BARREN CONFERENCE.
Itemized Estimate Of Expense Is Made.
but Milwaukee Road Would Wait on
Supreme Court Decision, and Bring
In Street Railway Company to
Share Expenses. 80 . ~ go, &c.

It will cost about $4,000 to separ-
ate the grade crossings at the danger
GUS point in Southeast Minneapolis
where the Northern Pacific and Mil
Waukee railways, University avenue,
Oak street and Washington avenue Sc.
and the Interurban and Oak street troll
ley lines produce condition which has
not parallel anywhere in the city.
THESE figures were presented by City
engineer Andrew Rinker yesterday be-
fore the conference of the committee
on grade crossings with the officials Of
the Milwaukee and Northern Pacific
railways. It is impossible to make an
accurate estimate, as the damage to
real estate by the change in Street
grades must be determined BY q com
mission and the amount can only be
guessed at for the present. It Is as
sumed that the awards for damages
will not exceed $4,000. IT -
Estimates Of Cost. ~: ~.
The estimated cost Of the improve.
ments is $150,000, divided as follows:
hallway bridge across Washington ave-
nue. Sc. $24,500; railway bridge
across University avenue, $4,000;
railway, bridge across Oak street, $780,,
ouy; relaylng tracks, $4,000; filling for
embatn1kments, $4,000; excavating for
the ;, three streets, $4,000; retaining
wais, ete.s $4,000; relaying water
ori,11ge, $4,000 and other minor items
Inc conference was barren of re,
suits as far as the Southeast problem
1s concerned. Superintendent H. r
Earring Of the Milwaukee was non-com,.
initial as to the policy Of his road. Like
L. aifd I. Ghamberlain of the Northern Pa
timated that the street railway com
pany and the city of Minneapolis ouoht
to be willing to contribute something
toward an Improvement in which al]
| parties shared such great benefits
furthermore, he intimated that hii
company was not particularly anxious
70 expend any great amount of money
| until it had been finally determined
that 1t was the duty Of railway COM.
Panles to assume the entire cost of
separating apa5a grade crossings Mr.. Cham:
ciic's desire to have the street railway -
company share in the expense.
City Stands on Decision.
! 49, Alderman G. B. Holmes and Frank
Healy, city attorney, speaking for the
city, announced fatty that the city
would not agree to contribute a cent
Toward the Improvement. The state SD.
Preme court had held that. the entire
burden should fall on the railways and
the city you'd govern itself by the de.
clslon. Regarding the street railway
company. it was explained that Il was
not involved in the decision and the
CITY council had no jurisdiction over it
In matters Of this kind. ~. :. 49,.
Some progress was made in relation
TO the settlement Of the confrovars1,
over rebuilding the bridge across The
tracks, tracks At Ky THniye5sity and Twentyninth
at hand. M. Chamberlain safd that
he would advise the Northern Pacific
company to set aside $4,000 as part
Of the expense for the bridge, but he
could not promise that'it would be done.
as President Howard Elliott is away
aad MS order g n is is necessary. The bridge
the expense will fall on the Great
n Northern err, road, which is ready to bro:
e Gest, with the work as soon as the
arrangement.