St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-08-03
PARK BOARD WORK.

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PARK BOARD WORK.
The Boulevard Matter Up Again
An East Side Kick.
The meeting room of the park COM
missioners was crowded yesterday after
noon, the reason thereof being that the
establishment of the car line on Henne-
pin boulevard was to come up again.
Daniel Barrett and other property own
ers FROM along the boulevard were pres
emf, as were General Manager Goodrich,
of the street railway company, and
Judge KOOn, attorney for the same COM
pany. There were, however, no stirring
scenes connected with yesterdays meet
ing, the opponents of the scheme con-
tenting themselves with quietly lis
tening to the reading of the Or
dinance which Attorney lockwood had
prepared, reserving their fight on the
measure until the ordinance shall come
up for adoption. The ordinance as
read differs little from the usual run OF
such documents, the provisions being IN
the main the same as have already been
published. Judge Koon lent hand in
the preparation of the ordinance and
looked after the interests of the COM
pany. After the reading of the ordinance
a special committee consisting OF Babb
and Cole, to represent the city, Fol
well, representing the opponents OF the
scheme, and Attorney lockwood was
appointed to consider the ordinance and
to report at the next meeting. This
committee will meet in Mayor Babb's
Office next Monday afternoon at 2
o'clock, City Attorney Russell having
been invited to be present also. The
committee will 60 over the ordinance,
shape and report it to the park board, a
meeting of which will be held Tuesday
afternoon.
A resolution for the requirement by
the park board of small piece OF
ground in front of FOss NJ. E. church,
Fifth street and Eleventh avenue north,
for park purposes, was adopted. The
land will cost $500, payment to be made
in five years, with interest at Z per cent,
| making the total about S3,375, which
sum will be assessed against the prop
erty holders directly benefited. The
matter of the park boards authority to
order sidewalks on Lyndale avenue, be-
tween Plymouth and Western, the cost
to be assessed against the abutting
property, was referred to the attorney.
The board approved the action OF Vice
President Hangar, who. in the absence
of President Loring. guaranteed the
payment of S25 to the associated char
ties. on account of park employees who
were struck by lightning at Lake OF the
Isles.
Commissioner Boardman again
brought up the bathing -question-that
phase of it relating to wonderland the
commissioner was given more time to
settle the matter. The commissioner
afterward decided that the bath house
at Lake Calhoun will, hereafter. be
open to the ladies, exclusively, between
| the hours of and IL every day, the
ladies' to furnish their own SUITS
| In connection with bathing. came a
communication from Herbert Da Dow,
who came here from Chicago for bath,
| to the effect that S25 were taken from
| his clothing, which was in charge OF
| the attendant, while he was getting rid
| of superf1uous Chicago CRIME. The at
| torney was ordered to inquire il any
thing can be done for La Dow. A COM
mittee of five was appointed to devise
some means for letting Mr.. Maxwell
get some stone out of the quarry on
| Park lands at Minnehaha.
The East side people have recently
| UG6Il WGhlUS up W lllC IdCG UuOy
| have not been treated exactly equitably
| in the matter of distribution of park i'm
provements. A delegation of them
were on hand yesterday to politely but
emphatically kick. G. B. Leonard
opened the ball. He Said the East side
had been getting the worst of it for
| some time in the matter of park APP
preparations. and called attention
to the Second ward park, commonly
known as Elwell park, nine acres in
| extent, where. he averred, a wire fence
had been built and ground pre-
pared for gravel walks, beyond
which nothing had been done.
until within the past few days man
had been employed in cutting weeds
there. He also spoke particularly OF
the unfavorable comments which have
been made by visitors to the city who
have Glanced out that way. Thomas
Elwell took up the matter then and COM
| planned of the condition of StinsOn bou-
levard particularly, the East siderS, he
said, having been paying for improve
InentS for eight years on the West side,
| many of the improvements having been
! made five and six and seven miles from
| the center of the city, while their parks.
| none of them over two and half piles
from the city's heart, had been almost
wholly neglected. There was an APP
preparation of $4,000 for Elwell park,
$1,000 of which has been expended. 1t
will take ZOO more to finish the lake
therein On motion of Commissioner
Folwell, the superintendent was or
dered to go ahead and complete the
| pudding of the lake. Commiss toner's
Northrop, Haugan, Marsh and the at
torney were appointed committee to
make arrangements for getting control
of the proposed addition to Central
park. Secretary Nye was given foul
| days leave of absence on condition
that he would be sure to be.enumerated
before leaving, and the board adjourned,