St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-06-03
GUARDIANS OF THE PARKS.
Stored-Up Business ALI Comes Out at
Once.
AN INTERESTING REPORT
Financial Condition Better Than Ever.
Routine Reports COM
nlittees.

from T.. Nice. Reeve offered to put boats,
ETC., on Lake Harriet for three years, if
the board would purchase the property
at the end of three years. This matter
was brought up again by Commissioner
Basset, who stated that he objected most
emphatlcally to any such deal as that,
as he did not think the commission de-
sired to go into the boat business 1t
would place the board in a bad position,
he said, in case Mr.. Reeve should pick
up all the old boats around the country,
and then demand that the board pay for
them at the end of three years. That
part of the proposition relating to the
purchase of boats was stricken out on
motion of Commissioner BasSett.
ROUTINE MATTERS.
Communications were received from
Robert Hatfield, Martin V. Shaw and
L. V. Cayanaugh, asking for positions
as park police. The communications
were referred to the committee on DO
lice.
e. f. Robinson, of Window, lower
county, sent in letter saying he had
two female wolves which he wished to
sell to the park board. Secretary Stew
ems was instructed to notify Mr.. Robin
son that there was no place here to keep
them.
The committee on construction re-
ported in favor of having the contractors
in charge of the matter of building
Prospect Park observatory notified by
the boards attorney that unless they
proceeded at once to complete the OBJ
servatory, proceedings would be begun
against them and their bondsmen. The
report was unanimously adopted.
Cnmmiccinnpr MaPCb mnua6 n
stone pavement be ordered laid on the
north side of Twenty-SiXth avenue
north, in front of Prospect park, but
the matter was laid on the table.
The superintendent, together with
the committee on supplies, was author
lied to purchase a sprinkling cart, and
by so doing shut off the expense now
caused by employing private carts to do
the Sprinkling.
A committee of three, consisting of
Commissioners Mills and Gilman, with
the president as chairman, was ap-
pointed to confer with Peter Rauen in
regard to removing brick building on the
corner of Lyndale avenue and Eleventh
avenue north. The building is a store,
and now projects out onto the boulevard
some two and half OF three feet.
THE OLD QUESTION
as to whether the city or the board of
park commissioners should attend to the
sprinkling of upper Hennepin avenue
came up again on a query from Com
missioner BaSSett as to how it was to be
done. Commissioner BOardman in a
short speech urged that the park board
attend to the matter and save further
controversy. Other commissioners
argued against this, urging that it
would establish bad precedent, and
would compel the board at no distant
day to sprinkle all the boulevards in
the city. A motion to lay on the table
was lost, and motion to appropriate
$500 for sprinkling the avenue was
also lost. The matter was then
dropped.
The board started in on a discussion
as to whether or not the city forester
should be allowed two assistants, and
came out considering the questioned
paying III. B. Beard some $500 now
due ON land taken for park purposes
near Lake Harriet. President Loring
insisted that it was quite important that
this money should be paid now, in order
to avoid future trouble. Com. Board :,
man finally moved that committee
consisting of Attorney ByrneS, Commits
sioners Wilson and BaSsett and PreSi-
dent Loring be appointed to see what
could be done i'll the matter. This
carried, Com. March'S motion to have
two assistants to the forester was taken
up, and it was decided to refer the mat
ter to the committee On forestry.
On motion of Com. BOardman a sum,
not exceeding S400,,waS ordered set aside,
to be used in protecting and caring for
the trees and shrubs i'll the MOultOn
tract in Northeast Minneapolis recently
purchased by the board.
NEW COMMITTEES
The following new committees were
appointed:
improvements President Loring,
Commissioners Wilson, Oswald, BasSett
and Boardman.
Finances - Commissioners Bassett,
Marsh and Clementson.
Judiciary - Commissioners Wilson,
Sutherland and Brown.
Designation Of Grounds-Commis-
Employment and upplies-CommiS-
sionerS Mills, ClementSon and Ingen-
hutt.
Commissioners Ames, Mills
and Sutherland.
Shore Rights and Privileges-Com-
miSsionerS Sutherland, Clementson and
Gilman.
Entertainments and Winter Sports
Commissioners Ames, Boardman and
Mitchell.
City Forestry-Commissio March,
Mitchell and Gilman.
ANNUAL REPORT.
The annual report was an interesting
one, and covered some twenty-five
sheets of legal cap paper. 1t gave a
history of the board, the names of the
members, and other information of
like nature. The various purchases
and improvements made, already fa.nil-
lar to the public, were given in detail.
In regard to the financial affairs of the
board, the secretary says:
A statement of the receipts and dis
bursements for the year shows that the
total receipts were $50, 057 IS, and the
disbursements S1S1, 230.65, leaving bal
ance Oh hand of SS,S26.37, as against
81, 1875 the year previous. OF the total
receipts, SS4, 50S.57 were from general
tax collections (S4S, 2244.9D and park
assessments 1886, 263.60); 100000 from
sale of bonds, $500 from the temper
airy loans, and S6,40S.70 from sale
of lots, trees, privileges, etc. OF |
the totaI disbursements 100000 |
was paid for the Moulton tract and |
Russell Island; SIS, 362.S0 for maintain
ance and Improvement of parks and |
parkways; S22,3S0 for repayment iof
temporary loans and interest; So, 4S7.S |
Ioi IutSIcSt oli uoiuS, So.Hio.IS IOf sal
aries of superintendent, secretary and |
attorney and miscellaneous expenses;
S6,069,65 for police department, and |
81, 246.46 for salary of city forester, trees, |
tools, ETC.; the balace, $500, being simply |
transferred from the general park fund |
to the special fund. known as the labor |
revolving fund. The proceeds of the |
temporary loans mentioned above were
all used in the settlement of preceding
years business. and while we commence |
the year with an Indebtedness to the
water works fund of $1,000, no other
claims of moment remain uDDaid and |