St. Paul daily globe., 1889-06-15
A VERITABLE FARM.

The Park Board DECIDES TO Gre.
ate Breeze Reserv alton on the
West Side.
AT the regular weekly me citing of the
board Of park commissioners, held yes
terday afternoon, the matter of CART eld
West side) park was taken up and dis
cussed for several hours. A numerous
delegation from the West side was in
attendance to present it's views upon
the desirability of the park site, as Sc
lected by the commission, between Cor
man avenue and South Robert street.
The commission heard the gentlemen
in turn, meeting their arguments
for or against the present size
of the park with its own comment. A.
NJ. Lawton made very lengthy speech,
in which he urged that the prOpoeed
park comprise about four and half
blocks at least. He wanted park to
suggested that it was public property
and not public yard. He also wanted
farm site" for park. because, if it
were cool and inviting. many people
could drive to it. c. H. Lienau was
more conservative in his idea of
public parks and, from the gen-
eral expression of the meeting,
he correctly carried the popular
theory of West side people. Instead of
spending the entire park fund upon one
piece of property for the benefit of the
Wealthier and few, he though the wiSest
plan would be to divide the fund and
purchase several parks, smaller in size
and greater in benefit to the poor and
the masses. People generally walk to
a park. To live Within a days travel
of a grass plat and benches would be
a grand" condition of things for
ones enjoyment of public park.
There should be smaller parks
worthy sons of toll could find rest and
recreation there after their days work
was done. If great breeze reservation
is to be established away off in distant
locality for those who live in the imme-
diate vicinity, and the humble owner of
small home living beyond its infu-
ence or benefit shall be taxed for the
improvement, it will not only be an IN
justice to the latter. as concerns the as
sessment, but it also deprives that peo-
pie and their locality of securing
park which they can use. There were
others present who spoke upon one
side or the other, and the matter of
closing several streets, now running
through the proposed park, was agi-
tated. Livingston avenue will have to
be vacated for two blocks. To enable
the city to do this, it would require the
consent or favorable petition Of ma
jority of the property owners on both
Livingston and some of the other
avenues are about two miles long, and
it will be for the residents living in
majority ON those streets to ac-
quiesce in the action of those
who would have the entire
farm of four and half blocks designa-
ted as park. Advocates of the latter
all say that there would be no trouble
in securing the consent to close the
several streets, while b sc who want
the park site to be about one and half
blocks in size say that it is very doubt
full and not at all likely that consent
can be secured. The people kick at
being assessed for four and half
blocks when one and half blocks in
three different localities would be more
equitable to all West siders. There
was much discussion pro and con, and
the speeches. Waxed both warm and
irrelevant as one after another of the
each claimed to be Sixth ward sentiment.
After the debate subsidized the commits
sion passed resolution designating the
entire property for park and recon-
mending the vacation OF the streets. A
petition will be circulated at once, and
when majority sign granting the vaca-
tion, it will be presented to the common
council. Further action in regard to
Lincoln and Indian Mound parks was
postponed until next Friday. A num-
Der of bills were audited and ordered
naid