St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-01
Factions From Dayton's Bluff
Indulge in a Protracted
Forensic Contest.
Champions Of the Proposed
Lincoln Park Tell Their
Little Story.
Indian Mounds Enthusiasts
Take an Inning and Score
q Point.
Indications That the Historic
Mounds Will Be Bought for
Park Purposes.

Dayton's bluff and West st. Paul park
enthusiasts turned out en- masse yester-
day afternoon and favored the meeting
of the park board with their numerous
presence. Fully 100 persons not mem
bers of the board were present at the
meeting, and each faction Oh Dayton's
bluff had its champion who acted as the
spokesman for their cause. The crowd
was so large and the business so multi
farious for one session, that the board
postponed further consideration OF
the Garfield park West side) prof.
ect to next Friday afternoon.
This disposed of, the West side
delegation very kindly took its de-
parture and made standing room
Slightly more comfortable. Com
missioner Stevens introduced resOlu-
ton instructing the superintendent and
city engineer to make an outline draw
ing of block 8 and lots A, b and G of
Woodbury. & Cases addition and a
strip of land along the south line OF
Belrs addition and block A and "a of
Brown & JacksOn's addition, lying be-
tween Oakdale avenue and Woodbury.
street. The drawing will be considered
by the board, and if it is deemed
feasible the board will ask the council
to take some action to prevent the
erection of distractions to the view
afforded by this strip of land which lies
along the top of the bluff
south of Concord street. The
resolution was adopted and the
sketch ordered made. Secretary Peters
reported that the plat of Mohawk park
had been filed with the register OF
deeds. The matter of the secretary's
salary was referred to Commissioners
Stevens, Wedge and Schiffman. The
Carpenter park measure is progressing
rapidly, and work thereon will be Or
dered at next Fridays meeting, Com
missioner Newell holding his resolution
till then. Upon resolution introduced
by Commissioner Schitfman the Lincoln
park matter was opened to debate.
Then the strife began and was waxing
warmer every few moments, until the
assembly was getting in what it could
by applauding any inspiring sentiment
advanced by the speakers arrayed
against each other. The forensic COM
bat which was thus opened by Mr..
Schiffman's resolution lasted from
4:3O until nearly z O'Clock. After
the resolution was read President
Van Slyke, addressing the delegations.
called upon those who have anything to
say either for or against Lincoln Park
to get there. This opportunity. to gain
sudden distinction was seized by Mr..
Clark, young man representing some
Dayton'S bluff taxpayers, among them
P. Il. Kelly, Albert Schetfer, the East
Side syndicate, James Middleton, Mary
Yandes and G. F. Knauft. He took the
floor and held it for a solid hour, pros
trating all attempts OF any one else to
get in word. MIR. Clark spoke long and
loud of how the ''people" of Dayton's
bluff longed for the proposed Lincoln
park. He claimed that his petition was
signed by $50 of those who would be as
sessed for the park. His petition, he
said, represented four miles and half
of property frontage, all within
the assessable district. His petit
TONERS came not only to ask
for Lincoln park, but to enter a
vigorous opposition to. the proposed
scheme of the Indian Mound park. The
petitioners were mostly people living
about the proposed Lincoln park, and
their argument was that by designating
the property between Maria and Bates
avenues, about seven acres in all, the
board would make an improvement
which was desired by all and which
would enhance the value of property in
that district. When deriding the In
dian Mound park. Mr.. Clarke said that
a park was not intended or seldom de-
signed to afford
VIEW OF THE WORLD
such as it obtained at the mound. On
the contrary, it was place for kids.
mothers and hired girls to lounge around
in and listen to the yoOdle of the llIu-
sive mosquito. A band could dispense
its sweet music there of hot summer
evening, and those living within few
blocks OF the park could have livery
good time" Besides, said the excited
gentleman, all the residents surround
ing Lincoln park have and maintain
large lawns. These would blend with
the park, and the grounds would ap-
pear much larger, and the park would
get the benefit of an apparent greater
area. Then Mr.. Clarke began TRADE
against the projectors of the Indian
Mound park, and said that private in
terest and not public sentiment was in
favor of establishing park there. He
said the property was held and owned
by spectators, who had transferred
lots six ana seven times in order to de-
fraud the appraisers and deceive them
as to the real value of the property.
He decried the effort of all those
who favored the mound park
and declared that she" knew this and
''he" knew that, which rendered the
site, IN every sane mans estimation, to
be entirely unsuitable for a park. 1t
was too far from the center of the bluff;
it was inaccessible, and would only 90
for a lookout and not serve the people of
Dayton Bluff the comfort and recrea-
ton of city park. Before Mr.. Clark
to take his seat he in
formed the commission that the delega-
ton present to urge the Mound park
was represented by a man who had
been in the city only three months, who
had no property interests here, who was
faction altogether
foreign to the Lincoln park as
sessable district, and who was
leading lot of rampant people
everywhere between Pigs Eye
and White Bear lake. These thought
less remarks had the effect of magnify
ing the frailty of MIR. Clark's argument
in favor of his park. They were per-
sonal thrusts at the representative of
the Indian mound contingent. How
ever, Mr.. Clark was about to get YER
bal drenching, which the meeting
rather enjoyed. The spokesman for the
Indian mound park, which is largely
by the Dayton's Bluff Citi-
zens' union, was its secretary, Frank F.
Price. When Mr.. Clark did take his
seat, President Van Slyke> fear
ing another reiterative speech of
an hour, by motion limited
the time of Mr.. Prices address
to twenty minutes, and all subsequent
speakers to five minutes. After Mr..
Price had briefly indicated his alleged
position in the community, and declared
Mr.. Clark's insinuaiions to be false and
utterly impertinent. he unraveled Pc
tition fully eight yards in length. signed
by S55 persons, all the sors of toll. as he
said. His petition represented thirteen