St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-01

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the old Indian mound property which
has borne to us the most delightful le-
gends. The people of st. Paul should
he pleased in the matter of a park site,
not petty influential few whose
independence and wealth have
blessed them with palatial
homes, extensive lawns and gardens,
only to stimulate their greed for mo-
nopOly of public breathing places which
they ask may be attached to their
grounds. Mr.. Price said his petition
was the result Of spontaneous outburst
of indignation Oh the part of the mass
of the Bluff people, who ask that the
private park enterprise shall, in justice,
uot be inflicted upon any class Of cit
zenS. Such they claim. the Lincoln
park project to be, and several COM
munications from all sources were read
to the board, protesting against the
designation of the park. Mr..
Price, referring back to the
charges made by Mr.. Clark,
that deeds had been exchanged and that
Indian Mound agitatOrS were all seek
ing self-angrandizement, openly as
serted that Mr.. Clark had, but thre 9
days ago, purchased lot l, block Z, so as
TO get a crack at the spoils if the park
is established Oh the Lincoln site. Said
he: 1.-The commission has been deluded,
and has to my knowledge received two
anonymous letters. purporting to eman-
ate from a large number of taxpayers,
condemning Indian Mound park and
favOring Lincoln. And, gentlemen,
venture to say, and am positive that 1
can place my hand on the author of
those letters this very minute"
About this time gentleman in the
| gathering was seen to cringe. Aid. Lett
hauSer was present, and added to the
cry for the Indian mounds. Others
testified that they had counted as many
as $50 carriages passing about the
mounds OH Sunday. The property in
the Lincoln park plat is seven acres-a
little leSs-in the Indian mounds over
twelve acres. The former will cost the
city s91, 900 and the latter about SIS, 900.
The latter was in favor with nine
tenths of all present, and general dis
cussion was INDUCED after the formal
hearing. Mr.. Fuller. an extensive
owner of the mound property, offered
if the city would take the
| mound property for a park. 1t will
| be nearly twice as large as Lincoln,
cost $4,000 less, please the general pub
| lie best as evidenced from numerous
communications. is renowned sport,
| great, grand, attractive land handled after
| the fashion of Its opponents, its advan-
tages were pointed out in clear and
plausible manner, shading the other
deal into something rather impalpable.
Mr.. Middleton, who favored Lincoln
park, said that since the Indian mound
project had been furthered to cOndem-
nation proceedings once before and that
the board found $2S5,O00 was what the
owners wanted for their property, he
thought it was waste of time
to make another attempt to secure
the tract. Some one bawled out
that such facts were ancient history
row, and that the new scheme was
fresh, crisp and devoid Of hair. The de-
bate was closed and the company dis
bursed by resolution offered by Com
missioner Stevens, inviting proposals to
sell by the owners of the mound prop
erty, to be submitted to the board at its
next meeting. If the cost is suitable,
Indian Mound park will probably be
crowned the
QUEEN OF ST. PAUL PARKS.
A communication from j. j. Watson
Offering to sell block 3 and of LeXlng
ton Park addition for $4,000 and donate
S., 900 to be expended Oh the property if
designated as a park. was referred to
COululllcc. Lie COuIiCAl Will UC dSAC4
to establish grade on Livingston ave.
nue. Iwest side) to conform to the topog-
raphy OF the new Garfield park. Supt.
Estabrook will petition the workhouse
board for two additional guards at Como
park. There will be no more money
expended OH the Summit avenue boule-
ward until the proper legislation is Sc
cured for an appropriation. Bills
amounting to S4,31S.56 were allowed
and ordered paid. Prof, Cleveland then
read the following paper explaining the
system of tree planting on Summit
boulevard:
In view of the objections that have been
made to the work of planting on Summit
avenue. feel it to be due to you no less than
myself to make an explanation of my designs,
the development Of which would have
served to vindlcate my course II the object
ors could have had patience to wait for final
results.
You will recollect that it was not until the
season of planting was already upon us that
you gave me directions to prepare design
for the planting t Of Summit bSaevara
you that the preparation Of such
a work involved too much study and labor to
enable me to do justice to it in the limited
time which remained before the season Of
inquired whether could not formulate my
general plan sufficiently to enable me to pre-
pare the design for few,blocks so that they
might be planted at once without risk of con-
This 1 thought possible, and Immediately
began the careful study Of the ground for
that purpose.
It will be obvious to you on a moments re-
Election that the designing Of perfectly
miles long, so as to relieve the sense of mo-
notony which is inseparable from driveway
of such length, except by Selling upon every
opportunity to secure variety in the detail Of
p pulling and difficult tasks the
landscape gardener has to perform.
I found on going out from st. Paul on
Summit avenue, that on reaching Lexington
avenue. where the 2OOfoot boulevard begins,
the bridge over the railroad was in plain
sight but two blocks distant, and that the
road descended to the bridge and ascended
for four or five blocks beyond. The bridge
itself is very unsightly structure, and a
able feature in pleasure drive that
my rule is to try to conceal it as
much as possible, and for this purpose
nothing is so effective as evergreens, and
extent of deadening the sound of passing
trains The drive, as said, descended to
the bridge, and'then ascends till within one
block of Smelling avenue. In all this dis
lance there is no distant view IN any dlrec-
ton, but on reaching the summit a magnifi-
cent prospect is at once opened to the
sight. This gave me the key note to
my general design Of arrangement:
Learning from Mr.. Esterbrook that he had
control Of quantity of large evergreens, Idl
rected them to be planted in masses on the
blocks between Lexington avenue and the
bridge. in connection with broad-leaved de-
ciduous trees Qindens and catalpas), SO as to
hide the bridge and the railroad, and give
the effect of an evergreen wood to those who
approached it on Summit avenue. A few
evergreens were also to be planted near
the bridge on the other side to conceal the
railroad as much as possible. but beyond
that propose to use only deciduous trees
The double track, with the central orna-
mental space. was to be preserved till the
summit Of the ascent was reached, at which