St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-04-07
GREENSWARD GUARDIANS.
Regular Meeting of the Park
Board-Shore Rights and Privi-

regular Meeting or the Park
Board-Shore Rights and Privi-
leges.
The regular meeting of the park board
was called to order at $50 yesterday
afternoon by Vice President Haughn
and after considerable business of little
Importance had been transacted, the mat
ter of the right of way between Lakes
Harriet and Calhoun, which is some
what irregular owing to the lack of any
condemnation proceedings in the taking
of certain lands owned by W. ]. Dean
and Judge Auland was brought up by
Commissioner Boardman, and the vice
president and the attorney of the board
were added to the commission. on deSlg-
nation of grounds, which was instructed
to investigate and see what could be
done in the matter. The committee on
shore rights and privileges reported in
for Lake Harriet and ten for
Central Park lake. The report
of the committee was adopted. The
committee thought it would be well to
purchase steam launch to accOmmo-
date thirty persons and to cost not more
than $1,000. for Lake Harriet, and to
build $1,000 pavilion there, but the
two latter questions were laid over.
The report of the committee, recon-
mending that a contract with S. n.
Ewing for the shore rights and privi-
leges on Lake Calhoun be closed at Mr..
Ewing's offer of $500, to be paid in two
installmentS of $500 each, was adopted.
Commissioner Demeules wanted the
macadamiZing of Lyndale avenue, from
Eleventh to Twentieth avenues north,
finished, as that part of it is now COW
cred with large broken rocks and is
practically impossible. Commissioner
Boardman said he was not in favor of
doing any more on that street until the
sewers and water mains were laid.
Commissioner DemeuleS' resolution was
defeated, and later, on recommendation
OF Supt. Berry, $500 was voted for
breaking the rock SO as to form road
way.
The Minnehaha boulevard was men-
toned, and Commissioners Mitchell,
Cole and NOrthrop were appointed a
committee to make contracts and have
general supervision, subject to the ap-
proval of the board of proceedings, for
acquiring right of way from Lake
Harriet to Minnehaha.
President loring'S letter of accept
ance, which embodied kind of inaug-
ural message. was read and placed on
file. The meat of it has already ap-
peared in the GLOBE.
A. j. Creigh made application for ap-
pointment as superintendent of park
police and rung in the comrade plea.
HIS petition was received and placed on
file. Some fourteen or fifteen applica-
tons for appointment on the park
police force were referred to the COM
mittee on police. One of them stated
that the applicant was too imfirm and
crippled from injuries received in the
war of the Rebellion to be able to do
manual labor. and smile went round
the table as the commissioners realized
what was requested of them.
Aid. Potter, who suggested to the
board some time ago the designation of
lands about Inglewood Springs for park
purposes, reported per request that
seventy to eighty acres, including Ingle-
wood, Glenwood, Saratoga and Fountain
| Springs. might be obtained at cost of
100000 to $4,000. The report was
placed on file.
a petition from the Seventh Day Ad-
ventiSts asking for leave to use the
grounds at Minnehaha Falls for camp
meeting purposes, was referred to the
committee on park privileges. A petit
ton from a. A. Palmer requesting the
privilege of photographing. and selling
refreshments at Minnehaha, had the
same reference.
A Petition from the people in the
Powder Horn lake district, requesting
that the water area of the lake and Suf-
ficient land about it be designated for
park purposes, was referred to the COM
mlttee ON designation of grounds and
the vice president.