The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-12-05
hill PLANS And
| ?. 0. SITE LINKED
GREAT PASSENGER AND FREIGHT
DEVELOPMENT EXPECTED.
Representatives Of Minneapolis Com
mercial Bodies Go to Washington to
Work for Selection Of Postoffice Site
In Harmony with Project for New
Union Station. ~ s-,.-

Union Station. -,..
That Minneapolis is to be made the
center Of and transfer point for all
as the great freight center Of the north
west, is the belief Of the leading bust
| ness men Of Minneapolis. This senti-
ment was strongly expressed by a
group Of prominent men who met yes
terday at the Commercial club to dis
| cuss the policy to be pursued relative
to a site for the proposed new post
office: The meeting developed the fact
that in the minds of those present the
postoffce site is a secondary affair;
that bigger thing is in sight in the
extensive plans which it is said James
J.. Hill has under consideration for
| Minneapolis. --a.
The meeting was attended by repro
sentatives Of the Commercial club, the
Real Estate board, the Retail Mer-
chants association, the st: Anthony
Commercial club.
It is believed by these men-and they
all seemed to speak with conviction and
a knowledge whereof they spoke-that
James j. Hill has great plans under
way for Minneapolis. The opinions
voiced indicate reliable inside Informal
ton to the effect that Mr.. Hill plans to
make Minneapolis the division point
and central distributing point Of all
the freight and passenger business Of
his railway systems.
For Huge Terminals.
It was pointed out by speakers yes
terday that the move is a logical one
| in view Of the fact that st. Paul has
| reached the limit Of it's terminal facil-
| tiles, especially for the passenger bust
| ness, whereas Minneapolis offers ample
opportunity for an enormous system of
freight and passenger terminals. The
campaign, for the large terminal facii-
ties is already on. Creating the i'm
mense Bryn Mawr yards, it is said, was
by the plan for the Northeast yards,
undertaken in conjunction with other
roads as already outlined in r e
Mr.. Hills recent announcement Of
his Intention to improve the union
depot property, it is said, only leads
up to a surprise when the entire plan
is announced. The architects at work
on the plans are men Of national repu-
tat1on and would not be employed
merely to plan an addition to the pres
ent station. It was announced by sew
eral Of those present yesterday that def
ln1te Information has been secured to
the effect that the new building will
be magnificent tribute to the import
ance of Minneapolis and that it will
probably be located north of Henne-
pin avenue. It Is said that additional
| land will be purchased for the building
and that all the space between High
street and the river and possibly ex-
TENDING q otr
be devoted to passenger terminals.
clearing away the present structure
10 allow magnificent view Of the
trackage, the river beyond, the falls
Of st. Anthony and the milling dis
Assured Of HIPS Plans.
The discussion yesterday brought out
strongly the fact that the best in
FORMED business men of the city have
assurances that this great Improvement
IS coming in the near future. It was
argued that the selection Of any post
ONCE site, and particularly of block 40
me lyndon block on Washington av-
enue S-Would work against this i'm
pr0vement.
10 secure this much-needed improve
ment of the railway facilities Of the
city is deemed far more Important
than the selection of site for a pro-
posed postoffice site. So strongly con
Vlnced were those present that these
are Mr.; Hills plans for Minneapolis,
that delegation of prominent business
men IS now on its way to Washington
to appear before Secretary Shaw tomor-
row and ask that nothing be done at
present, IF Secretary Shaw insists on
the selection Of the Window block.
which is urged by william Henry
Eustis Of Minneapolis, the matter viii
be taken direct to the president.
1t was asserted that there is no CIV
ing need at present for the proposed
pGostotfice and that the Union station
plans mean far more to the city.
On Way to Washington.
The committee that left for Washing.
ton last night to urge delay consisted
Of q. R.; Salisbury. and Wallace G. Nye
Walter L. Badger and G. L. Sawyer, for
the Real Estate Board; W. K. Mort
son and Il. R. Yerxa, for the Retail
Merchants' ASSOCIATION; J. T.. Elwell
and +. O. Mcmillan, for the St. An
Gross, for the North Side Commercial
club: The delegation will be Joined In
Washington by T. B. Walker and s.. A.
Merrill, who are already on the ground.
The Minneapolis delegation is pre-
pared to talk business and politics to
Secretary Shaw: Figures will be pre-
sented in an endeavor to show that the
Windom block site is out Of joint with
the population and distributing sys-
TENS Of the city, but most Of ali, that
there Is no need of haste. It will be
charged that a secret agent of the
United States treasury department.
who followed Mr.. Taylor to the city
did not interview business men, but
spent his time with the attorney for
the Milwaukee road, which, it is
charged, is the principal party inter
ested in block 40. Mr.. Shaw is to be
told that as his successor is ALREADY
appointed and as he himself has an al
he would be wise to allow the commit
tee of Minneapolis to have it's way.
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