St. Paul daily globe., 1889-05-18
PROSPECT PARK.
The Council Will Be Asked to Issue
Bonds for $40, 900 to Purchase
a Plat Near the Hirh Rrido oe.- z

The Council Will Be Asked to Issue
Bonds for $4,000 to Purchase
Plat Near the High Bridge. II
The principal topic before the meet
ing of the park commissioners yester:
day afternoon was the new West side.
park project, all action by the former
board in regard to the old park having
been rescinded. The proposed site for
the new park lies on the bluff, Just
south of the new uptown bridge,
between Morton and Page streets and
Mohawk and :Manomln avenues, and
comprises all of block % of Banning g.
Olivier's addition. This property has
virtually been designated for the new
park, which is to be known as Prospect
park. The ground is owned by Mary
McManus. Yesterday the commissions
received a land contract to;thes
icity, in which the OWNER agreed. to seH
for $4,000, contract :. to be accepted
by Aug. L. The board had previously
examined the property. and after
mature consideration,eyester after
noon passed resolution accepting the
contract and ordering the superlntend-
dant, MI. Estacbrook, to at once draw
plan for the park and submit it at
future meeting. These steps are pre-
liminary, however, as nothing in
the way of work will be
done until the council issues
the necessary bonds. That body
will be notified to-day to order the issu-
ance of the bonds, after which the prop
erty will be purchased by the city, and
the park board enter upon and improve
it for park purposes. 1t is one OF the
finest blocks of ground in that section
of ,n nil fhiol-Ixy onunrnd with q
growth of old red and white oak. 1t is
perfectly level, and lies but three blocks
from the new, bridge.
A delegation of West side citizens
waited upon the members of the board
after the meeting. and discussed the.
park Just proposed, and the future dis
position of the old West side park lying
between .Ducas street and German ave-
nue., mile and half east of the new
site. The board received commnnica-
ton from the common council, request
ing that it withdraw and void all action
that either it or the old board had ever
taken toward establishing the old
park, and it. was this subject
people had cometo discuss. The park
commission. did withdraw and reScind
all action in reference to that park, and.
in fact, before the council had filed its
request. The West side people thought
: that the provisions which had been
made. for that park should be applied,
to site on the edge of the East bluff,
known as Prospect Plateau. A great
hinurance; is encountered here, in the
great value of the property, and the
condemnation would neceSSite the clty'S
purchase of several buildings. Nothing
definite was effected between the board
and the delegation, but at the next
meeting the park commissioners will
which, in their judgment, such a
scheme would warrant. In general
session the commissioners passed a
resolution resembling all previous ac-
tion in regard to Carpenter park, To-
Gated out on st. Clair street, between 1T
and the Milwaukee short line tracks. !
Upon letter OF advice from its attOr-,a
ney, Gordon E. Cole, the commission, |,
annulled all actions of the old board !,
and ratified those which it performed
before organization. Further action 4
concerning Carpenter park will be-,
taken at next Fridays meeting.
1t is very likely that the board
will proceed with the establishment
Of this beautiful spot. Lincoln m and
Hiawatha parks, which are now a nom
at future meetings. Urged by many i
complaints which have been addressed
to the board and to the mayor Of the
city, resolution was drawn up asking
that immediate action be taken to keep
cattle from Summit avenue, from the
head of the street to the Mississippi
river. This cattle roaming has become
nuisa nee, and never has it been more
noticeably damaging to private and
public interests than since the
newly plated and planted boulevard
has been trampled over and injured.
Some of the bovines. presumably fed on
mOxie, have graZed down the avenue as
far as Nina avenue. The high living in
such select neighborhood is about to
be stopped, and cattle-owners had better
profit by needing timely warning.
The committee appointed to procure
quarters in the new court house re-
ported that it had arranged for Il room
in the basement, and henceforth all
meetings of the board of park commits
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