St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-06-20

ton from st. Paul. These boulevards will
connect the two cities and surpass in
extent and grandeur anything that any
city in the country can offer. The
| Thirty-fourth street boulevard in Minneap-
oils, from Lake Calhoun to the river, is a
direct continuation of the line of Summit
avenue to st. Paul, and as the owners OF
property on that avenue have declared
themselves willing to give the necessary
land for widening it may be accepted as an
assured fact that it will be constructed.
There is no rival to this boulevard on earth.
1t is some thirteen miles in length and no
where less than 200 feet wide. 1t COM
mands in its course magnificent visions OF
the two cities, and the picturesque country
about them. 1t crosses the Mississippi mid
way at point where the high and wooded
banks afford an imposing view of the great
river whose name is linked throughout the
world with thrilling associations OF rO-
nance,
POETRY AND PATHOS.
If this is completed, it takes only the eye
of the business man to see that it must at
tain position as one of the great thorough
fares of the world. AS the first grand
connecting link between st. Paul and Min
neapolis, its name should be Union Park
way. This will be followed by others SIM
liar as occasion demands, the all-important
consideration being to secure the needed
acres before it is too late. The fact that
the whole territory between is destinued to
become densely populated suggests the
necessity of laying out and securing right
of way for ornamental avenues Which will
in time become lined with elegant resi-
dences. Connecting links are already
sprung up between the two cities, like
Merriam Park, which is being made beau
tiful spot by being laid out in style
adapted to the natural topography, and the
reservation of central portions for public
use. If a delay occurs until this intermediate
property is plated and sold, it will
no longer be possible to preserve system OF
unity of arrangement in laying out these
connecting thoroughfares, public grounds,
etc., but they must be forced to confirm to
lines already established in each suburb. A
line similar to the continuation OF Summit
avenue will, no doubt, be arranged via the
Como boulevard to Como lake and park,
and thence by the fair grounds to connect
with East Minneapolis. Why should not
the two cities agree upon a general system
of connecting parkwayS to which all local
interests must conform and set aside acres
for interurban parks. which would at once
become the nucleus of beautiful SUBURBS
and insure for all time the preservation OF
HEALTH AND BEAUTY.
in the future? Why do not the citizens rise
to the measure of responsibility that rests
upon them and assume that here is to be
one of the great capitals of the world, and
secure before it is too late the control of the
grand and beautiful natural features whose
preservation will give it distinct and noble
character of its own. 1t is for you to de-
eide whether the future historian is to eXalt
in the wisdom or mourn the narrOw-minded
policy of those who cast the horoscope of
the city in its infancy.
The speaker then urged the preservation
of the sublime and beautiful features of ma
tural scenery. The river banks clad in
their natural verdure, should be secured, its
forest preserved and an avenue laid out
along the summit of the bluff. In a few
years it will be stripped OF its forest and its
sides be married and scanned as they
already are at the lower extremity,
and no building of more dignity
than the shanty of the quarryman will ever
be erected upon the heights above. All the
wealth that can be quarried from the hill
side cannot compare with that which will
come if the natural beauty be preserved
and developed and the summit arranged
for occupation by those who will seek its
attractive features.
MI. Cleveland then said it was not for
him, without long and careful studying, TO
give any but general suggestions as to the
selections of special locations, neverthe-
less
SEVERAL OBVIOUS FACTS
should be recognized at the earliest day
possible. One important point to be secured
is the bluff in Warren & Winslow's addi-
ton, opposite Gen. Becker's residence,
where the view is unsurpassed and there is
sufficient area for carriage drive
along the top. Dayton's bluff af-
fords similar opportunity, and in both
instances the steep face of the hill should be
preserved by timely planting of shrubbery
to prevent excavation or gullieS by surface
water. All of that part of Dayton's bluff
east of Phalen creek to East Seventh street
and west of the brewery should be secured.
Streets running at right angles to the line
of the bluffs should in no case be cut
through, as the roadway so obtained is OF
sleeper grade than ought ever to be allowed
in city street.
The Kelly frontage on Dayton's bluff, in
Guiding the quarries, should be preserved,
and beyond that the promOntory where the
picturesque mounds now are, which is so
peculiar in its character and comprises such
features of interest within Itself that an
area of at least twenty-five or thirty acres
should be secured with the least possible
delay. The day will come when
the possession by the city of
such a tract will be reckoned
as one of the priceless assets, not only fol
the pride with which it will be viewed but
as source of revenue, the value OF which
is beyond estimate.
CIVILIZATION DEMANDS PARKS.
The demands of modern civilization rem
der it an absolutele necessity that every
large city should be provided with a system
of parks and parkways. Regarded from a
pecuniary standpoint, they are safe invest
ment and are sure to prove source of rev
enue If you have faith in the future great
ness of your city, do not stand idly by doing
nothing but dream of its magnifcence, but
do your share to secure its greatness and
grandeur. Nature has furnished such ele-
ments of grandeur and beauty that it is vain
to try to initiate them; features SO pic
turesque that could they be transferred to
the older cities of the world they would be
regarded of priceless value, and such they
will be in ST. Paul if they are preserved
from vandalism, which is the inevitable
companion of civilization and which sees no
present value in them because they cannot
be bought and sold.
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