St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1888-07-13
MUST NOT BE MARRIED
By Railways, But Remain a
Beautiful Boulevard
Forever.
Summit Avenue Property
Owners United for Com
mon Defense.
Bishop Ireland Addresses a
Representative Gathering
on Parks.
A Tour Of the City by UbiQui-
tous Newsgath-
erers.

Members of the Summit Avenue
Boulevard Park association assembled
yesterday afternoon in the chamber of
commerce. President c.. G. Andrews
called the meeting to order, and said:
''The most important object of this
meeting is to maintain and continue the
association. Among the objects accom-
pliShed by this association have been the
building OF the Marshall avenue bridge,
the widening of Summitavenue to 200
feet from Lexington avenue to the
river, the creation of spacious boule-
ward, thus securing an avenue of great
beauty and value in the future, and ex-
tending the water main on Summit
avenue as far as the bridge.
The president announced the following
committees: Streets and alleys, c. A.
Moore, S. l.. Davis, S. q. Sloan; parks,
trees and tree culture, f. Simonton, j.
Jockey, w. w. Bishop; state and mu-
King and w. M. Bushnell, and con-
cluded, ''Can any member report pro-
gresS in the grading of Summit ave-
nue?"
G. A. Moore stated upon the authority
of the city engineer that the city pro-
posed to finish the work if the graders
failed to carry it out.
James King-Two or three blocks
have not been finished.
c. A. Moore-Yes, and all the assess
mentS have been paid.
James king-A committee ought to
be appointed to see the engineer and
have it finished at once.
Rush b. Wheeler-Unless the matter
is brought to the attention of the board
of public works, probably nothing will
be done. We must go to work
IN EARNEST WITH THEM.
George ThOmpSon-I move that a
committee of c. A. Moore, J. A. Moore
and Rush b. Wheeler be appointed to
push the matter to a successful issue.
This was agreed to unanimously.
+. DreScoll, ST., upon request, not
being member, was permitted to
address the association. He wished to
call attention to the City Railway COM
to build an elevated railroad, and to
point out that the residents of Sum-
nit avenue were anxious to secure
the exclusion of that avenue from the
operations of the railroad. 1t was
most important that this should be
done If they desired to make the avenue
on continuous park and boulevard.
He asked the secretary to read reSolu-
ton, and urged its acceptance by the
members of the association, simply to
strengthen the hands of Aid. Sanborn
i'll the matter.
Secretary Tallmadge read the resolu-
ton. which set forth: whereas. The
st. Paul City Railway company is now
asking concessions from the city coun-
Gil, we, the members of the Summit
Avenue Boulevard and Park aSSOcia-
ton, deem it a suitable opportunity to
secure the exemption of Summit avenue
from use by the railway company. 1t
is, therefore.
"Resolyed, That we heartily recon-
mend the action of Hon. w. ii. Sanborn,
OF the common council, i'm insisting
upon the adoption of said concession by
the St; Paul City Railway company, and
we will cordially support him in all his
efforts to secure the exclusion of street
cars from
SUMMIT AVENUE FOREVER"
G. Thompson moved the adoption of
the resolution, which was agreed to,
copies to be sent to the city clerk and
Aid. Sanborn.
Rush B. Wheeler said it would not be
a good time to move with regard to the
setting out OF trees along Summit ave-
nue. to the river. The avenue would
llOb DC ItduN IIlcul LllS wear.
James King-WhO will bear the cost.
the property holders or the city? 1t is
also very important that we should get
legislation to authorize the park com
missiOners to keep the boulevards and
parks in order, and some persons
to look after them. They will be moth.
ing but commons if we don't. The
best thing that the city council can do
is to beautify the boulevard and keep it
in order; otherwise our money and
property will be thrown away.
The president said he understood that
the park commissioners would do moth
ing to the boulevard until the work had
been accomplished. Weeds were grow
ing up rapidly.
Here the matter was allowed to rest,
the president asking Archbishop Ire
land to speak, more especially upon
the parks he had seen during his re-
cent travels.
Archbishop Ireland complied as fol-
lows: The great object of cities now
adayS is TO have parks and beautify
them. Washington has park of 500
acres and Philadelphia one of over LOCO
acres. In Europe you find all the cities
purchasing ground at immense expense
in order to have parks. and everywhere
parks are recognized as a mark of mod
ern civilization and taste. Tue moral
aspect is decidedly good. People in cit
les accustomed to go out in these
parks improve their morals and
their intelligence by being taken out of
the crowded streets, the tenement
houses and the cellars; by being
brought into contact with nature and
the gifts of nature: and by mingling
With their fellOw-citiZenS. One of the
most pleasing scenes that can be no
tieed
in ITALY OR GERMANY
Is in the parks on Sunday evening, or
summer evening of any day. the tens
OF thousands of people of all classes
mlngling together, with all the marks
OF mutual respect, likeness and so
forth. The poor man, the laborer, be-
comes absolutely civilized by being
brought in contact with his betters. To
me 1t has been matter of aStOnish-
ment that more interest is not taken in
our American. citieS-in our new cities
towards the establishment of parks.
1t occurs from the fact that each one is
too busy over his own interests for any
great attention being given to this
matter. 1t also occurs from the
tact that nowadays in our Western cit
les there is plenty of room. and we do
not realize the very important necessity
of parks as we would if the cities were
more crowded. In ten, fifteen, or
twenty years this will be more pressing
upon us, but it will be too late: and, no
doubt of it, we could do nothing that
would beautify our city and be more
beautiful in every way than to encour-
age the formation of parks. 1t has
very beautiful effect of breaking down
these distinctions of classes. They are
forced to meet there. The richer peo-
Pile, seeing poorer people, know of their
existence and feel more for their fellow
beings; and the poorer people, mingling
among the higher classes, obtain an
ambition to keen themselves neat and