St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-23
SITES GALORE
offered for the Consi Iteration of
the Park Board.

offered for the Consi Iteration of
the Park Board.
An adjourned meeting of the park
board was held last evening. Mary A.
McClung and others submitted pr0po-
stlon to sell property for park purposes
bounded by South Robert, Oakdale
avenue, Annapolis and Belvidere
streets. The property comprises about
twenty-five acres, and is offered for
S., 900. p. III. Kelly also submitted a
proposition to sell for park purposes a
tract of land situated on the west side
of Hoffman avenue, between Euclid
street and Hudson avenue. 242 feet on
Hoffman avenue, 1872 feet on Hudson
avenue and 157 feet OH Euclid street,
running from Hoffman avenue to the
bluff. The price asked for the tract is
spa, 500.
q. {. Andrews and Henry A. Castle
called the attention of the board to the
necessity of securing park Oh the
bank of the Missi ssippi opposite. Min
nehaha. The committee on sites will
consider the propositions.
The committee of nine, from meet
ing held in the Sixth ward some weeks
ago. was represented by DIR. Hawkins.
That gentleman said the committee had
decided to recommend a tract of land
bounded by South Robert street, Golf
avenue, Louisa street and Page street,
comprising twelve blocks.
DR.. Mcnamara, another of the COM
mittee, said there were two streets rum
ming through the proposed park site. He
bad been Informed that. i'll case the site
should be selected and Livingstone and
German avenues could not be vacated, it
would be of no use to 20 further in the
matter.
The president said the vacation of
property would be matter for the
council to consider.
DIR. Mcnamara said at least rs per
cent of the people in the ward were in
favor of park. If it were decided to
put S25 900 into park in one part of
the ward and assess the entire ward it
would cause trouble. The proposed
park would comprise about twenty-five
acres. without the streets, and was ac-
cessible from all parts Of the ward. The
cost would be about $4,000, and, as
the property was cheap, now was the
time to purchase.
The committee we're informed that it
would be necessary to present propo-
sition in writing, giving the boundaries
of the tract and the amount for which it
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considered.
The question of constructing a pump
ing station, with brick boiler house.
tank and other necessary machinery,
was referred to the city engineer and
superintendent to decide on a location
for the station. Plans and specifications
will be presented at the next meeting.
According to the engineers estimate
the proposed pumping station complete
will cost $4,000.
G. l.. Sumbardo and G. w. Horr in
viled the board to visit the tract offered
by them for park purposes,on the bank
of the river opposite Fort Smelling.
The tract comprises twenty-five acres,
and is offered for $4,000. Prof. Cleve-
land, in letter to the old park board,
said, in his opinion, this was one of the
finest tracts for park purposes ON this
side of the river, and this statement
was advanced as reason why the tract
should be selected. The board will
visit the site Thursday.
Bids for building a retaining wall at
Carpenter park and for paving La
fayette and Central parks were laid
over until the next meeting.