Daily globe. [volume] (St. Paul, Minn.) 1878-1884, 1879-02-02
THE GAME PLAYED.

ANe So QtteG NOTthtceSteTH fNTN dSSOcetS-
ton to be Located at Mtanetonka.
As announced in the GLOBE yesterday morn
] ing the board of directors of the Northwestern
Park association held their final meeting in
the Y. M. G. A. parlors at 10 o'clock A. NJ. yes
terday. Rev. G. M. Heard opened the session
with prayer.
DIR. KEITH s REPORT.
DR.. Keith then read the report of the locating
| committee as follows:
To the directors of the Northwestern Park
association.
GENTLEMEN: Your committee on location
| would respectfully report that since the meet
| ing of the board in St. Paul the 18th of
January, acting under the general instruction
| given us at that lme we have, by public no.
tice, correspondence and personal interviews,
solicited new and modified propositions and
offers of pecuniary aid, for the location of our
| proposed park. We have also personally
| visited and inspected the site offered us at
White Bear Lake. No additional site has been
offered. We, therefore, have the same points
| for consideration us at our last meeting, viz:
| Lake Pepin, White Bear Lake, and Lake Min
| netonka. The propositions for these respective
points now stand as follows:
LAKE PEpIN.
That of Lake Pepin is for the gift of one
hundred acres of land and a cash bonus of
three thousand dollars ($30O0), with a stock
subscription OF 50 800, and concession in land
of $500 To this Red Wing adds stock sub
scription of 81 Co., and the other subscriptions
above named, or a bonus of six thousand dol
lars and the association purchase the land.
WHITE BEAN LAKE.
That of White Bear lake is for the gift of
one hundred acres of land, subscription to
the stock of the association of twenty-five
hundred dollars by the citizens of White Bear
and cash bonus of two Thousand dollars by
the St. Paul Duluth Railroad CONF any, and
stock subscriptions from the citizens of St.
Paul of $4,000.
LAKE NINNETONKA.
That of Lake MINI etonka is for the gift of
III acres of land, or the sale to the association
Of 225 acres for $2,25O, a subscription to the
stock Of the association of $4,000 by the citi-
Zens of Excelsior, d bonus of $4,000 from the
st. Paul & Pacific Railroad company, and
subscription to the stock Of the association Of
$4,000 from the city Of Minneapolis.
Estimating the value of the land proposed to
be donated at White Bear and Minnetonka at
$25 per acre, and that at Lake Pepin at $50 per
acre, the financial propositions foot up fol-
lows:
Lake Pepin offers. ....................$1 2, 700
Whlte Bear Oilers 12,oOO
Mlnnetonka offers. OBSERVATION-DISCLOSURES. ~, UOO
of location are important and must be care
fully considered in any such enterprise, we do
not deem them most important.
MOST ESSENTIAL POINTS.
III the opinion of your committee, among the
essential points for a park to be used for the
purposes of this association, may be enumerated
the following:
1. A sufficient quantity of land, covered with
a variety Of timber growth, capable of bearing
civilization, and Of such variety of surface as
will, when improved, make it beautiful as a
park.
z. Near large body of water, surrounded by
a variety of scenery and as much lake storage
as possible.
8. Having an abundant supply of fish and
good bathing facilities.
4. Capable of being enclosed at little expense
5. When occupied it should be easily control
led as to its police regulations as to prevent
an overflow Of excursionists on Sabbath days,
and to regulate admission to the grounds on
other days.
&. Should be our large cities, so as to
command the ps tronage, and yet not too near,
to invite an overflow Of aimless or vicious
pleasure excurtiOnists.
7. Speculative considerations or local inter
ests should be least in the choice OF location.
8. We should secure some place which has I
widest notoriety as q place of resort and a !
pleasant sun ner home. 1t is easier to 60 with |
the current than to change it's direction.
8. 1t should be contiguous to temperance
community. We want no open bars or sa-
looms.
10. The lake should be we'll supplied with
means of transit.
IL. 1t should be locality favorable to
health, cheerfulness and longevity.
The report then goes into lengthy argument
in favor of Minnetonka. At the conclusion of
the reading of the report, Mr.. D. r. Moves pre-
sented minority report in the interest of
White Bear and Lake City, and stated that al
though formerly a Lake Iinnetonka man, he
had hoped the committee would have compro-
missed on White Bear. Mr.. Noyes objected to
signing the report until assured by Mr.. Gilman
that the railroad facilities were about even.
MIR. Thompson, of st. Paul, was the only one
who voted in the negative. He then turned
about and moved that the vote be made unani-
nous, which was acceded to.
In accordance with the vote the Northwestern
park will be located at Hulls Point, on Lake
Minnetonka.