St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1889-06-08
CITY BREATHING SPOTS.
The Park Commission Hnstling
to Provide Green Gases.

At meeting of the park commission,
held in its chamber yesterday after
noon. the matter Of Garfield West side)
park was again postponed for another
week. The drawing which was ordered
made of strip of land lying Oh the
brow Of the bluff south of Concord
street, and extending from Oakdale
avenue to Woodbury. street, was ex-
hibited to the commission and laid over
to be brought up with the Garfield park
project next week. The workhouse
board agreed to detail two squads of
men as guards at Como park. The
secretary's salary was fixed at
$50 per month. Commissioner New
ell introduced resolution con-
demning and designating for park
purposes the old Carpenter property. on
Summit avenue, at the junction of Ram
sey street. The board OF public works
will condemn the same at once and as
sess so per cent of the cost of the prop
erty upon property owners benefited
thereby. 1t is estimated the property
WILL COST ABOUT 10000.
Commissioner Wedge reported that the
matter Of changing the grade of Liv-
ingSton avenue had been referred by
the council to its committee On streets.
Several owners of Indian Mound prop
erty, as requested by the board at its
last meeting, submitted propositions of
sale, and the following lots, all in
Suburban Heights addition. were offered
to the city at these prices: Lot SO,
block II, at $500; "a, block II, $500;
35, block II, 1850; 3G, block II, $500;
holf Of 1>lno1y on,
lot 40 and west 100 feet of 80, at
$4,000; lot 8, block %, at $500, and lot
4. block "a, at $500. These proposals
were signed by the East Side syndicate,
j. Q. Haas. II. H. Fuller, Otto Muller,
Archibald johnson and A. Pugh. all
owners of the above property. There
are several Eastern parties owning
property Oh the mounds which would
be required for the park, and it was
thought by those submitting prices that
such property could be condemned on
basis of what theirs was offered at. The
whole matter was referred to Commits
sioners Van Slyke, Newell and Ludden.
The Ridgewood park project was dis
cussed and referred to committee.
Nothing definite was done, but the own
ers of the property lying south of the
Chicago, Milwaukee & st. Paul short
line tracks, between Baldwin and
Milton streets, and extending down
to Pleasant avenue, were requested to
submit proposition of sale. The prop
erty is more generally known as the old
Ayd mill, and embracing that portion
of the land where the mill and old
house still stand, and the creek and
lake. There are about twenty acres in
the piece, for which the owners ask
$1,000 per acre. j. j. Watson addressed
a communication to the board, in watch
he offers to
DONATE TO RHE CITY
the slope on the recently filled portion
of Crocus hill lying between Pleasant
avenue and Crocus Place. This strip is
about 615 feet long and about 100 feet
wide. Mr.. Watson suggests that the
slope be embellished for park and look
out. The matter was referred to the city
engineer, and if the property can be
sodded and planted without the cree
ton of an expensive retaining wall, the
commission think favorably of making
park of the plat at once. The matter
of Lincoln park was postponed for one
week. The residents along the east
side of Summit avenue are about to be
tapped upon their cool way of encroach-
ing upon public domain. All the streets
extending up the hill from Pleasant
avenue and across Summit, have been
closed at point where they reach the
grounds of the Summit avenue property
holders. f. B. Clark aud A. FL. Wilder
were scored for fencing in and
shutting up Chestnut street where it