St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-01-30
The Board Of Public Works
Gets a Pointer on Ridge
wood Park,
Showing There Is Not Enough.
Money Left in the Park
Fund.
A Manufacturer Gives a TIP
on Cigars as a Feasible
Line.
How the Wrestler Christol
Glanced to Lose His
Ear.

Comptroller Roche recently sent a
communication to the park commission
ers to which that body paid no atten-
ton. The comptroller has therefore
sent to the board of public works let
ter embodying the same points that
were conveyed to the park commission.
The board public works feels that the
communication does not properly be-
long to it, but the comptroller say S
that, in view of the fact that the board
is about to publish condemnation no
tees, the letter was sent that meeting
between the body and the park board
might be expedited. The commune
cation of the comptroller is as follows:
In the matter of the condemnation of
land for the Ridgewood park $50 called),
l consider it proper TO notify your board
that there is not money enough in the
''city park fund.- to pay the so per cent
of the cost of said park III consequence
of the various sites selected for parks by
the board of park commissioners, and
under condemnation by your board
prior to the selection of the site for the
said Ridgewood park. absorbing the
city park fund, except 500, 72l.24, to the
credit of said fund Jan. 10, which will
decrease monthly through the necessary
current expenses of the board of park
commissioners. But figuring in the
RldgewOOd park the city park fund
would be Overdrawn S2,5S6.63 Jan. 10,
as the following statement shows. The
city park fund is not ineXhauStible, as
some suppose, but ON the contrary, has
an expressed limit by law, which. when
once reached, will place the park COM
miSsiOners in dilemma to pay their
current debts. | hereby suggest that
your honorable board delay the confir-
nation of the assessment for Ridge
wood park until you have conferred
with the board of park commissioners
as to the wisdom of their annullng all
proceedings in this matter-whIch, if
done, will save considerable time and
expense.
The statute gives the park commits
SiOners full power to anuul all proceed
ing at any time prior to the cOntirma-
ton of an assessment made by your
board.
In case warrant issues for the col
lection OF the assessment for the Ridge
wood park, | will have to decline to
sign it, owing to the present status of
the ''city park fund" Very respect
fully your oDedient servant,
JOHN w. ROCHE,
City Comptroller.
The statement referred to is as fol-
lows:
CITY PARK FUND-DEBIT.
To expenditures to
Jan. |, lSS9...... S27.973 90
To expenditures to
Jan. l, 1s9o.-..... 1882 o3
To tten days. expen-
dilures to Jan 10.
~ ;;''''''''''' -,co- ~ s4s,es7 es
To Summit avenue
boulevard apprO-
priat'ntS7, 551.oB
of the amount eX- SIG
pended III the year
1889. but not ill.,
cluded in the above
expenditures -. =. $4,000 90
To The following
parks in course of
condemnation.vi
Garfield park,
Sixth ward -. $40, 900 90
Mound park, Day
toms Bluff -. 11,S77 90
IndianMound prk,
Davton's Stuff. 1888 so
McManuS- park,
Sixth ward 49,. 1900 90
Lincoln park, Day
tons Bluff -. 37,465 80
Carpenter park.
Summit avenue. 1896 80
- 1867 60
S220,3l6 70
Add for RidgeWood park. 80. 81, 50T 81
Total debit. -. ga Is
CREDIT.
By city bonds issued
for creating fund 1925, 900 90
By city bonds Sum-
NIT ave boulevard $4,000 %
By sundry receipts
from superintd't 81 so
----S250,n3 7 90