St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1891-04-16
The Park Board Has a Spring
Cleaning Preparatory
to Work.
HeilpePn Is In for Another
Trial on a New Indictment
Sure Enough.
The Exposition Finally Sc
cures the 'Siege of Vera
Cruz" Spectacle.
q Russian Princess Lectures
--Flattering Report Of the
Agricultural School.

The board Of park commissioners VIII. in
all probability move to new quarters. The
Guaranty Loan company offers the board
better rooms for the same price Paid now
The board feels like accepting the offer
The rooms now occupied are seldom swept
and the windows are never washed The
board thinks Of arranging to transform the
Old rooms into a park. The soil is rich.
The resolution introduced by Commits
slouer Ryan at The last meeting of the board
is causing The committee on enlargement Of
Powdcrhorn park no end of trouble. Com
missioner Ryan thought more land should
le ADDED 10 POWdeThOrn park than is con
tempiaied by the present enlargement. His
resolution 10 That effect was referred TO the
committee on POwderhOrn Since that day
every man VINO owns land IN South Mime
au0IiS has been besieging the board with
offers % sell. The committee on Powder
horn enlargement desires il distinctly under
stood mat 10 land or offers OF land viii be
considered EXCEPT such pieces as have been
designated Tor park purposes.
al Yesterday meeting or the park board
The committee Oh improvements submitted
lis report The committee VIII have est
mates of what is needed for all unfinished
parks within snort time. just now il is not
deemed eNpcdIent TO make estimates for he
expenditure of all the boards funds. as the
exact amount OF available money will not be
known before the June statement. The com
mlilee- however. prepared recommendations
for immediate improvements and estimates
for he same. as follows:
Iron railing TO guard dangerous places and
gravel Tor the walks, in both AInnehaha and
Riverside parks. Sl.1G0: sewer outlet in Eli
OFT park. SEQ: walks in Lowell and Barnes
parks. 500 for each; walks in EIvel park
S4l5. Improvement IF triangular pieces at
Oak lake and al Fifth street and Eleventh
avenue north. SOD in each case: improve
ment ~ The iornT pm addition. Sl0)J; inn
provcmenr Of &cu-ton park 5000. The
total Of estimated expenditures Is $500
Tie reUOrt was adopted.
President Hangar called attention 10 the
need OF LegIuulng work on ncuuepiu bOule-
ward Immediately. Under the terms OF the
agreement with the street railway company
that co. pOratIOu may begin work when il
deposits $4,000 with the city treasurer. The
para board trees on The boulevard must he
moved right away. # they are To be saved
The street railway company Is willing 10 de
post $4,000 now. so that the board can do
IT'S share OF the work the $4,000 TO be turned
III when the street railway company begins
construction. At President Haugan's sug-
geStIOn the committee ON improvements was
ordered 10 supervise the Immediate com
mencemeuI OF work on HeuneDin avenue.
Also al the suggestion of President UaDvou
the committee ON forestry ives directed TO
secure what Trees ana shrubs The board may
need.
Commissioner RYAN and his Differentiated
"hv gOlIy cut quite a figure in The Dr0ceed-
ings. First the committee on emplovment
and supplies repOrted adversely on RvaD's
resolution calling for The apnOintmeut OF
Charles Blonde as assistant slIpprinrendert
of parks. he 20 have jurisdiction over the
East side parks. RYAN pleaded for the an
pOlnmeut but the report was adOp1ed The
Last side commissioner was more successful
with the next question. on his motion the
board decided TO pay labOrers in the parks
full pay Tor eight and a half hours work on
Saturdays HIS motion 10 have fountain
erected iu Washburu park was referred TO tbp
committee ON finance against his
WILL Then he moved thl- the
committee ON designation of grounds
be directed % investigate the advisahiliUv of
purchasing ten acres Of land south of N0ul-
ton park as an addition TO thar park Com
missioner BradiSh. who lives ont in that seq
ZION. said he dIQu- { believe the nrOpertv own
ers around MOulton park wanted that en-
largemeut The motion was referred TO the
committee ON designation OF grounds. on
motion OF Commissioner RYAN the committee
ON designation of grounds was ordered to re-
port at the next meeting on the proDosed es-
adjustment of park in the First ward
The attorney reported on The demand of
Joseph ~ Fogg. one of tha Dersous from
whom the land for the Nirnahaba boulevard
was acaulred. that n second roadway he bniIt
along humboldt avenue. The attorney finds
that under the terms of the deed given the
park beard Bv Foag the IOulpvard ro7sr
be improved within q reasonable time pot
H. " = Cleveland presented a hin for 81
for advice given commissioner RYAN. which
was referred. The committee on empIov-
ment ana supplies was ordered 20 confer
with Prof. Cleveland with respect to securing
his services The residents of FlwpII-S adj
ditiou are anxious aD0ut the 81 Der Tree as-
sesSment levied upon them for tree planting
the end of three Years All The money thai
remains above The actual cOst of tree nlant-
ing Will be refunded 10 them The Vulcan
Iron works. of Chicago. wants 10 sell Inc
board dredge pump. which NAV be needed
for cleaning ont p0wdarhoru lake n viii
cost SIP The matter was referred
Property owners along Iyndale avenue he
tween twentieth and Twenty-sixrh avenues
north. were aiven perniSsi6n IN law rer5-