CROSS-COUNTRY
ST. PAUL, HOME OF THE SAINTS
St. Paul is located at 45 degrees north latitude, about halfway be–
tween the equator and the north pole, or a little more than
6,000
miles
from either. Its longitude is about
93
degrees west. Accordingly, St.
Paul is also very nearly midway between the Prime Meridian and the
International Date Line, and enjoys a very central position.----,S't.
Paul: Location-Development-Opportunities,
by
F. C.
Miller, Ph.D.
The author of the work cited would have wished it that
way, I think, and
this
account would be better if Minneapolis, the
sister city, were not mentioned at all or designated only by chaste
asterisks.
In
Dr. Miller's pages the word Minneapolis (and a very
silly word it is) is not to be seen save as it appears of necessity in
the names of railroads whose main objective presumably was to come
to St. Paul. For instance, in establishing the exact whereabouts of the
University of Minnesota (not the College of Agriculture which
is
in
St. Paul), Dr. Miller solves the problem very nicely by saying it "is
within easy access."
Today this is one of the debatable points in Miller.
If
you look
at a map, the two cities appear to be joined as one, but if you live
here you know this to be an illusion. The yellow streetcars discourage
traveling from one city to the other. They are an expensive public
service (reputedly in the hands of Eastern interests), take forever to
arrive anywhere (recently one got lost going to Minneapolis), hide
away in their barns at dusk, and there are no pullman accommoda–
tions to be had for the trip. An express bus, also a tool of the interests,
stops running at 8 P.M., but it is almost as elusive during the daytime
and really acts as a teasor to make commuters content with the com–
parative stability and slow death of the rails. Even by private auto
the trip from St. Paul to Minneapolis is long and winding, fraught
