St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1890-05-20
PARK MATTERS
The Board of Commissioners Dis
cuss the Cost of improvements.

At the meeting of the board of park
commissioners yesterday the subject of
improvements to the different parks was
discussed at length, but the only changes
made in the appropriations recon-
mended by the committee was in reduc
ing the amount set aside for Powder
horn park from $1,000 to $500, and in
creasing that for Saratoga park from
$500 to $1,000. Aid. Lowell. who gave
the little strip of land located in the
Third ward and known as LovelPS park,
succeeded in having $500 appropriated
to improve the three acres in the tract
Col. W. S. King, in lengthy commu-
nication, offered to deed to the board
the 40 acres of land lying northeast and
the board would make Dupont street
boulevard 100 feet wide from Thirty
eighth to Forty-siXth street, so as to
allow an entrance to Lake Harriet
boulevard. The park is to be called
Lypdale park, and forever kept open
for the use Of the public. Col. King
saws the land is worth 100000, but he
offers to give it to the city free of
chatge provided no assessments for ben
efitS are levied upon his other property
for park purposes until the assessments
SO levied would have amounted to the
present value of the land he proposes to
deed to the city. The matter was re-
ferred to the committee on designation
of grounds, and the offer will In all
probability be accepted.
Communications were received from
r. p. and Marion Russell asking for
| abatement of taxes for 1889 amounting
| to 1925, and from j. B. Bassett asking
Al, %NG ha
| his Lyndale avenue property for park
purposes. Both communications were
referred to the committee on finance
and the attorney for Investigation. The
| United States Wind Engine and Pump
company offered to construct the pro-
posed pumping station at Lake Har-
riet to supply water for the sprinkling
carts for 81 500. The plant is to run by
steam power, and could be put in
operation within thirty days. AS the
board has not very much money to eX-
pend in this direction at present, the
matter was referred to the committee
on improvements. The payr oil, etc,
for April, amounting to S5,662.7l, was
ordered paid. The committee on shore
rights and privileges recommend that
the boating privileges for Lake Calhoun
be let to S. n. Ewing for $500. When
| the contract was read, it was discovered
that Mr.. Ewing could charge 81 per
hour for sail boats and rs cents for row
boats. The commissioners thought that
IS cents for a row boat was too much and
| the price was cut down to 25 cents.
The privileges for the Minnehaha State
park were let to S. P. Cox for $780, Mr..
Cox agreeing to turn over the plans and
specifications prepared for the new pa
vllion at that place. There has been
some doubt as to the legality of the
park ordinances, inaSmuch as the at
torney for the board could not discover
that they had ever been published in
the official paper of the city. To avoid
any question as to their legality. the
board yesterday readopted all of them,
the only changes being made to provide
that driving at faster rate than seven
miles an hour may be done on such
portions of the parkways as are
set aside for that purpose. President
Loring called attention to the fact
that the number of seats in the parks
was inadequate to accommodate the
crowds, and recommended the pur-
chase of 200 additional ones. They will
cost 1886 each. Upon motion of Com
missioner Hangen the streets embraced
in what is known as PoWderhorn park
were declared vacated. Commissioner
Allen presented the following resolu-
ton to provide funds for the lanC
taken for Powderhorn park, which was
adopted.
Whereas. The cost of the acquisition Of
lands for the park in the Seventh ward OF
the city of Minneapolis, known and desig
mated as Powderhorn Park, is found and as
certained to be the sum of $50, 695. Az;
Resolved, That it be and is hereby deter
mined that 100 per cent of said cost be as
sessed upon and collected from the lands es
pecially benefited by said park;
Resolved, That the secretary and attorne!
Of this board be and are hereby instructed t
conduct the necessary proceedings in TIT
district court of Hennepin county to have
such assessment made.
The task of selecting commissions
to fill the vacant place upon the parf
board was then taken up. \. E. Nagele
of the State bank, was nominated TO
the vacant commissionership by z