St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-11-03
LOWRY ASKS FOR TIME.
Citizens OF Como Determined &c
Have Public InlDvoyema nts

Citizens OF Como Determined to
Have Public InDroyem ants.
At the meeting of the Como Avenue
and Rice Street Improvement associa-
ton last evening, the committee on
streets, roads and transportation sub
mitted report. 1t was oral, and given
IN 4 half-facetious and half-sarcaStic
vein by the chairman. Cary /. Warren.
He stated that he had called upon
Thomas Lowry. and urged that better
street ear facilities be provided on
Como avenue. Mr.. Lowry refused to
furnish immediate relief. but intmated
that something may be done in the
spring if the traffic will warrant it.
Then Mr.. Warren gave graphic de-
scrlptiOn of his discussion with the
street car magnate, in which Mr.. Lowry
was given something to ponder upon.
A resolution was passed instructing
the committee on streets and parks TO
call upon Mr.. Lowry and urge the ne
cessity of an extension of the Rice
street ear line 10 Minneapolis street.
Gates A. Johnson addressed the aSSo-
citation upon the multifariouS improve
ments that have been effected in the
Eighth ward the past few years. Not
long ago there was nothing out there,
but it is now well built up and promises
to become very populouS.
Twelve new members were elected to
the society. and then A. 5. TalImadge
gave brief address. He spoke partic-
ularly of the sale of the SO, 900 bonds
for the Como park improvements. and
said they will be ~ per cent bonds in
stead OF 4 per cent, as first calculated.
lie urged that the improvements at the
hnUnn al
that no dredge can be secured for fall
use, and ne recommended, therefore,
that the earth be handled with teams,
and that the work be done by day labor
rather than by contract, owing TO the
pecnliarIty of the service that will be
required.
Mr.. Hackett predicted a general re-
neWai of business activities along all
lines, and argued that now is the time
to get the needed street car accOmmo-
dations. He disparaged the idea of
lending aid to Minneapolis by aGvocat-
ing lines connecting that city with the
lnterurban district.
Mr.. TallmaGge thought there was
danger of demanding too much for the
Como district from MIR. Lowry. He
thought it prudent to be reasonable in
all requests, because better results may
be attained. By making wholesale de-
mandS that district is liable to lose all.
The committee Oh streets, roads and
transportation were Instructed to con-
fer with the city officers with view to
getting a new bridge constructed over
the railway tracks on Como avenue, and
the following committee was appointed
to meet with the park board Thursday
evening to urge the necessity Of dredg-
ing Lake Como at once: Messrs. War
rem, Hoyt. Freeman, Wallraft, Flower,
Gauger, Tallmadge, Brown, Hanft,
Hackett. Hazard, McClung and Bailey.
MI. Merrill moved that it is the sense
of the association that the work be done
by teams instead of employing a dredge,
Whereupon the vice president aroused
warm applause from the owners of
teams by moving that only st. Paul men
and teams be engaged for the Job.
Mr.. Hazard reminded the association
that teams cannot carry out the plans
OF the park board. In the first place, a
great deal of the dirt to be removed
should be dumped in the middle of the
lake where 1t is sixty feet deep. and an
artificial island is to be made where
the water is shallow, thereby greatly
adding to the picturesqueneSs of the as
pect, but Mr.. Warner wanted no ISL
ands. IF you want islands," said he,
''go down the river. There you will
lind enough Of 'em. A lake is sheet
of water, and that is what this ought
TO be; and so the mOtionlpreyailed.