St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1885-05-30
The City Very Quiet Toward the Close o
an Unusually Eventful
Week.
Parks and BouleYards Under Consideration
by the Park Commission
Other Business.
a Boys Serious Fall--Four Small
Fires--Doings of the West Side
Turner's.
Blaine Waves Hearing--Police ant
Court n ews--Gounnd Club
Concert.
PARKS AND BoULEvARDs.
Preparations for Central PARK
The Lake Harriet Boulevard.

PreparafiOns for Central Park.-
The Lake Harriet boulevard.
Commissioners C. NJ. Loring, DOrllus
Morrison, Daniel Bassett, c. A. Nlmocks,
George A. Bracket, George A. Plllsbury,
Byron Sutherland, Charles w. Johnson,
John S. Pillsbury, A. C. Austin and 4. w.
Comstock were present at the meeting OF
the park commission yesterday afternoon.
A petition, numerouSly signed, was re-
ceiyed asking for an extension OF the Hen
nepin boulevard through or around Lake
wood cemetery. Commissioner Morrison
said he would fight for a lifetime against
any proposition to extend it through the
cemetery. and Oh his motion il was referred
to committee of three, consisting of Com
missionerS Pillsbury, Bracket and BasSett.
CENTRAL PARK.
The Improvement committee reported
that property holders along Central park
were so unreasonable in their demands that
it would be advisable to abandon all effort
to extend the park as proposed. The COM
mittee asked the council to open street
sixty feet wide from Grant street to Fiji
teenth street, believing it advisable to have
a street surrounding park so as to pre-
vent barns and OuthOuseS from infringing
on the park. The suggestions of the COM
mittee were accepted and ordered carried
out.
Mr.. Nimocks reported in relation to
the j. c. Taylor land on Seventeenth street,
which is desired to complete Central park
in that direction, that the board of ap-
praisers had agreed on S105 foot, OF
$4,000 for the property, or $4,000, build
ings and all Mr. Morrison opposed
the purchase at these figures. which rated
the house at SO, 600, if the use was to be
for a cream saloon, as had been stated.
Mr.. Loring was heartily in favor of the
purchase and Mr.. Nimocks was certain
that if this board did not buy it the next
one would, at higher price. On motion
of Gov PillSbury the committee was in
Structed to conSummate an agreement with
Mr.. Taylor, provided he, or any one else,
would take and remove the house at so
cents on the dollar, or 81, 500. Mr.. Austin,
in reply to question, said he believed the
Thirty-sixth street boulevard. completed
through the lake, would cost $50, 900. The
appraisers, in the Taylor case, were q. S.
Brown, Ed. Blecken and F. A. Fisher.
A resolution was adopted, designating
the pieces of ground necessary to the COM
pletion of central part. They are lots 1 to
9, and the west % feet of lot 10, rearrange-
luCIG VI u. o. C IL -. cOAlloO1i dOOieAOAis
On motion of Mr.. Nimocks the property
was ordered purchased and warrants drawn
to the several owners, as follows: E. Farms
worth, Jr., $21, 600; Cole & Weeks, 81, $40;
S. A Coe, 5000; and Col. J. E. Badger,
Sc, 247 so, making a total of $37, 1850.
WOULD NOT PURCHASE.
A resolution was offered to designate and
purchase for park purposes four irregular
pieces of ground in Oak lake addition, dedi-
Gated for such use by S. G. Gale, but was
negatived. The pieces are tract at the
intersection of Royalston and Sixth avenues
north; at the intersection of Highland. and
Royalston avenues; bounded by Lakeside
avenue and Park place; and the lake and
lawn bordering on the same, between Lake
side and Bordin avenues and Lawn place.
The vote was to 2.
Commissioner PiHsbury reported monthly
bills in the pay roll at $500, which were
ordered paid. On his motion, also, the sec
rotary was authorized to pay, on July 1, in
terest to the amount of 81, 321.64 on bonds
in the Park bank, New York.
LAKE HARRIET BOULEVARD.
Attorney Fish of the board submitted the
contract between the commission and the
owners of the property which is to be taken
for the construction of the boulevard around
Lake Harriet. The contract is closely
framed so as to protect both city and
owners and calls for the improvement dur
ing this year.