St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-09-23
PARK LAND BARkiSES
Plenty Of Citizens Who
Would Willingly Sell to
the City.
Architect. Cleveland Talks
More Of the Might Have
Been.
Hebrew Citizens Will To-Day
Observe the Fast of Yom
Kippur.
Varied st. Paul Happenings
on the Second Day Of
the Week.

The board of park commissioners met
yesterday afternoon In the city hall and
court house, to consider the question of
acquiring lands for parks. A number
OF property holders were present who
had suggestions to make to the board
as to lands which they possessed being
acquired by the city for park purposes.
Before the transaction of any business
the president of the board. Hiram F.
Stevens, called Aid. Van Slyke to the
table, and the name of his colleagues,
presented the alderman with very
handsomely framed testimonial of
thanks in appreciation of his services
when president of the board. The teS-
timonial was as follows:
Office of the Board of Park Commissioners,
City OF st. Paul-This is to certify that at
regular meeting of the board Of park COM
missioners of the city OF st. Paal, held June
ID. 1890, the following resolution was
adopted by unanimous vote, viz:
Resolved. That we, the members of this
board, desire to express our high regard of
our late president ". A. Van Slyke. and to
testify to the zeal and fidelity with whit he
discharged his duties.
HIRAM F. STEVENS,
President of the Board
FRANK G. PETERS. Secretary of the Board
of Park Commissioners.
Aid. Van Slyke was viSibly affected
by the presentation, end said:
Il cannot make speech. I fully Apr e.
ciate this gift and more So as it is the first
time i'll my life l have ever received anything
of the kind
President Stew ems, in reply, said that
nothing the board could do would fully
express the appreciation of Aid. Van
Sykes services to the people of the
city.
The board then settled down to bust
ness, but as a legal quorum was not
present business could not be trans
acted. AS number of gentlemen were
present VINO had offers of property
10 make for new park lands. it was de-
cided to transact business infOr mally.
Offers of Land.
The following offers of lands were
made to the board:
For park on West Seventh street, seventy
three acres i'll Smelling out lots, bounded by
Smelling avenue on the east, Davern avenue
on the west, Mississippi River boulevard on
the south and Summit avenue on the north.
Price per acre, 81, 200. Owner, Charles 4.
Moore.
For Mohawk park. on the West side, block
% of Oliviers addition TO West st. Paul
Price, SIS, 200. Owner. Hermann Scheffer
For a park on the west bank of Lake
Phalen 1913 acres, facing hree-fourths of a
mile on the lake; land covered with shade
trees; price per acre. S2u0o; owners, ?. t.
Kayanagh and S. E. Dawson.
For Lincoln park, blocks and 49, and all
of block {. except lot in The Suburban
Hills addition, for S7l DOL; owners, the East
Side syndicate.
For park at Lake Phalen. twenty-three
acres of land on the west bank of the lake.
less the land required for opening Como and
Phalen avenues and Earl street; price $780,
600; owner. Reuben Warner.
\ md nf
rangement of Bellevue addition; price, $50.
| 600; owners, G. l.. Sumbardo and c. W..
| Horn.
! Terms for the purchase of above-named
| property, half cash on title being made by
The city, the other half when assessments are
| made by the board.
For Carpenter park, the land bounded
north by Summit avenue. east by the land of
Maurice Auerhach, south by Ramsey street,
west by land of the city of St Paul; price
| 1888: owner, Warren Carpenter.
Terms. cash OH purchase.
| A number of owners of lots on the
West side who wish to sell to the city
for the proposed Garfield park, on the
West side, were present to make offers.
| The board decided to hear applications
for sale of lands for Garfield park at the
Office of Paul Martin & Co., rs South
Robert street, at 3 O'Clock in the after
noon, when all persons interested are
requested by the board to be present.
II. III. Fuller said that he thought it
would be unjust to purchase any of the
lands offered and throw back on the
hands of owners property which had
| purposes during the past two years,
owing to the proceedings in connection
with the purchase of those lands being
| rendered null and void by the recent
decision of the supreme court. The
! president intlmated that the meeting of
the board was only an informal one, land
that full attention would be given to the
matter at the next meeting.
Architect CIcyelandss Views.
Prof. Cleveland read long treatise
on park systems of cities. He de-
scribed the beautiful parks of Chicago,
which had been laid cut under his di-
rection. aud compared the advantages
| of scenery which the Twin Cities pos
sessed for park systems. A park syS-
TEN must be adapted to the natural
topography of the adjacent regions.
The magnificent landscapes around the
city of st. Paul must impress all with
their sublimity and grandeur. In de-
signing parks the object should be to
preserve and develop the natural feat,
would have been the aspect of
the city if the whole bluff
from the high bridge along the
line of Third street had been preserved
in primeval forest, the street browning
its brow, and the face of the precipice
clothed in rich verdure. Small parks
laid out artiticiaily are robbed of their
beauty by the magnificent scenery OF
the bluffs of st. Paul. The only oppor-
tunity of making a magnificent park
system IN st. Paul is to utilize the for.
est-clad bluffs of the West side, from the
high bridge up and down the river
which should be laid out in b0uievards.
The preservation of the forest trees or
the bluffs is essential to the beauty OF
the city.
The board then decided to adjourn
until Saturday afternoon at 8, when the
matter of purchase of park lands will
be decided upon.
| MOVEMENT FOR GIN