St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-22
Capt. Castle Makes a Stirring
Appeal to the Park
Board.
The Ridgewood Park People
Will Thus Have Their
Noses Broken.
The Board Talks and Listens,
But Takes No Real
Step.

The meeting or the OOard OF park
commissioners held yesterday afternoon
resulted in no definite or effective work
whatever. A communication from
John G. Hinkel and others was read.
which petitioned the commission to
dredge Lake Iris plated in Union Park.
The people of that park ask that this
lake be embellished and put in proper
shape, with boulevard and curb. In
1884 the property owners dedicated the
lake to the city, to be within five years
thereafter adapted and beautitied. 1t
will cost $4,000 to clean the pond out,
which has been standing stagnant for
long time. and is now menacing the
health of the park residents. The mat
ton. s. B. Focte submitted a PROPOSE
ton for the sale of two acres in Subur-
ban Hills addition for public park in
case the Indian Mound park project
should fall through. In view of the
probable establishment of the mound
park, the proposition was referred to
Commissioner Van Slyck. Capt. 81. A.
Castle addressed lengtay appeal to the
commission, begging them to throw
open to mature consideration the re-
voked action
DESIGNATING HIAwATHA PARK
on the banks of the Mississippi, oppo-
site the soldiers home. Mr.. Castle
stated that when the soldiers home was
first agitated, it was upon the pledge of
this city that it was located where 1t now
is. Minneapolis contributed fifty acres
of land for the home site, and St. Paul
agreed to designate forty acres on the
east bank of the river for a home site.
The board is now considering whether
it would not be wise and economical to
designate Ridgewood park in lieu of
Hiawatha. Ridgewood park would be
upon the old Ayd farm, north of Pleas
ant avenue and south of ST.. Clair
street, at a point where Milton street
intersects both. Some of the commits
sioners are of theopinion that Hiawatha
park is altogether too far out, and notas
benetiting to property and pOpulace as
Ridgewood would be, being much
nearer the inhabited part of the city.
Capt. Castle writes as one of the truS-
tees of the soldiers home, and, having
himself vouched for the faithful per-
Torrance of st. Paul's agreement to
designate Hiawatha park opposite the
home, he beSeecheS the commissioners
to fulfill their promises, now that the
home has been built and Minneapolis
has done its part OF the scheme. This
matter will now be greatly discussed, as
the owners of the
RIDGEWOOD PARK PROPERTY,
are pressing propositions of sale and
holding out inducements in the form of
cash donations. The commissioners are
rather divided Oh the matter, some IA
voring Hiawatha and the fulfillment of
their promises, while others think that
a park much nearer the city is more
commensurate with the public wants.
The Ridgewood owners offer about nine
teen acres for S62.500, with a cash dona-
ton of $1,000. to be by them expended
upon the park at the direction of the
commission. A resolution was adopted
ordering a survey of the boulevard
along the east bank of the river, from
where it was discontinued year ago,
along. the bluff where Hiawatha park
was to he plated. The final resolutions
for the designation of Lincoln and In
dian Mound parks were read and de-
bated. with the result of laying the
whole matter over for one week. 1t is
now proposed to condemn about seven
acres for Indian Mound park and re-
cind the action as to one of the four
blocks embodied in the proposed Lin
coin park. Further consideration of
Ridgewood park was postponed for two
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