St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-07-02
FIRST WARD FACTIONS
Their Disagreements Cause
Another Delay in the
Park Matter.
SaloonkeeperS Are Tempting
Maj. Henderson by Their
DilatoFiness.
Aid. Schwartz Fathers an En-
tirely New City Hos
pital Scheme.
Morrill's People Really Did
Call Him DoWn--The
Stand Pipes.

The park board held regular meet
ing yesterday, and devoted nearly the
entire afternoon to fruitless wrangling
upon small matters, the really impor-
tant measures being disposed of
promptly and without difficulty.
Petitions for and against the First ward
park were presented, and. after a short dis
CUSTOM during which Commissioner Ryan
spoke strongly in favor of the improvement
the entire matter was recommitted to the
special committee to act in conjunction
with the committee on designation. Various
claims, amounting to 81 l36 were referred TO
the committee on claims as was also bill of
$40 from Prof. Cleveland for professional
services. The proper officers OF the board
were authorized to draw a warrant
for $500, payable 10 the City
National Bank of VI orcester, Mass. in settle
ment of prOmissOry note executed Jan.
last. The attorney Of the board submitted
for approval The form of an agreement be-
tween the city and the street railway COM
pany for the erection Of the proposed new
pavilion at Lake Harriet. II provides, among
other things that the board shall designate
the location and approve the plans OF the
building; that the structure shall cost at
least $4,000; that the pavilion shall be open
to the public, and that no intoxicating
liquors of any kind shall be sold or
allowed to be used on the prem
ises. The agreement also provides for the
purchase OF the pavilion at any time by the
city. On motion of Prof. Folwell the report
of the attorney was adopted and the proper
officers were authorized to execute the con-
tract on the part of the pa-k board.
The committee on Improvements reported
recommending that the board Indefinitely
postpone action upon the matter of joining
with the city in the construction or bridge
across Minnehaha creek at Lyndale avenue,
and that Commissioner Ridgway and the
attorney be delegated to confer with Messrs.
I'd q 6 RTf vi n q donated rTOnn6
for driyeways UNDER the proposed bridge
with view to the abandonment of the drive
way plan. This report was adopted, and, at
the request of Commissioned Ridgeway,
Prof. Cleveland was added to the committee.
The same committee recommended that the
petition of n. B. Wilson for permission TO
construct stone driveway across kenwood
boulevard be denied, and this suggestion
was also adopted by the board,
The committees on designation and i'm
provements reported Jointly recommending
the acceptance of the offer of the Dean heirs
to donate additional ground for boulevard
between Lake of the Isles and Lake Calhoun,
as has been previously described. and the re-
port was adopted. Upon recommendation of
the committee on finance the claims Of the
Parkhurst Paving company and the standard
stone Sidewalk company, amounting 10
s. Isl. 90 and s.. 55S. so respectively, for work
on Hennepin boulevard, were ordered paid.
The matter of the Minnehaha boulevard
which had been laid over from previous
meeudg, was then taken up and the reports
of the special committee ana Prof. CIeye-
land, recOmm ending that the route along the
valley of the creek be abandoned and the
Forty-eighth street route be substituted, were
again considered. After considerable dis
cussi IN the board became convinced that the
Minnenaha valley route was .mpracticable,
and adopted the reports, instructing the
special committee on right of way 10 secure
propositions and deeds, as far as possible,
from the owners of the necessary land along
the Forty-eighth street line.
The matter of repairing the Loring Park
artesian well was referred to the committee
on improvement with power to act.
Commissioner Ryan submitted resolution
providing that the superintendent OF parks
and parkways be not allowed to do or to
superintend any work for private individuals
without the consent Of a majority OF the
board. Commissioner Ryan explained that
he had received complaints from number
of contractors who claimed that Supt. Berry
was doing outside work and by so doing was
injuring their business. He spoke particu-
larly of the improvements at Llndley
Hill and LOwry's HILL Mr.. Berry
explained that he had sought to avoid doing
outside work as much as possible, but that IN
cases where he thought the board wanted 1t
done, and that he could expedite matters by
taking supervision. he had done so, but had
never in any of these instances accepted any
remuneration for his time or his labor. Upon
motion of Commissioner Bradlsh, Commls-
sioner Rvans resolution was laid on the
table. The attorney submitted deed duly
executed on the part of W. s. King and wife
to the property recently donated by Col. King
for park. The deed was accepted and the
proper officers authorized to secure the same
on the part of the park board.
The matter of the location of the Lake
Harriet pavilion was then taken up. and the
board TOOK a recess of five minutes TO allow
the special committee on this matter to
formulate a report. The matter was thor
oughly discussed. and it was finally decided
TO place the pavilion on the lake shore, as far
north of the line of FOrty-third street as,
after a survey, could be found practicable,
with the south end of the building extend
ing out into the lake for a distance OF fifty
feet, and the north end for a distance of
tive ty-fve feet. This plan the board adopted