St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-05-17
SUMMER ATTRACTIONS.
The Park Board Will Make Lake
Harriet a Paradise.


Harriet a Paradise.
The park board, at its meeting yes
terday afternoon, discussed Lake Har
riet and summer attractions. A gentle
man bearing the poetic name of Cross
Woman made proposition to the board
to furnish comfortable conveyances for
visitors who desire to study the beauti-
full lake by riding around it. He will
charge fee. the size of which he will
allow the board to fix, and also pay the
board Is per cent of the gross receipts.
The proposition met with favor and
was adopted. c. /. Whelams, the
patentee of what he calls the Canadian
toboggan slide," asked permission to
erect one at the lake. He said the
slide had proved very successful in
Europe, and had been hOnored by the
crowned heads, who had spent cOnSid-
cradle of their time in sliding on it.
The matter was referred to the commit
tee on shore rights and privileges. This
committee, III conjunction with the
committee on improvements, reported
that the street railway company
had been seen on the matter
of a band at the pavilion.
The committees recommended that
substantial inducement be offered the
company to provide band during the
summer season. After a little wrang
ling it was decided that the board would
pay the railroad company all receipts of
the boats, over and above $500 and up
l. to SIS, 900, if it will provide the band. 1t
is very likely that the company will &C
cept this generous proposal, lnaSmuch
as it was waiting for some advance in
the matter on the part of the board.
The park superintendent reported
that Mr.. Moore, the Wayzata boat
builder, had delivered the fifty new
boats ordered by the board, and the
secretary was authorized to draw up a
warrant for $1,000 and pay for them.
Attorney Clay reported that the First
ward park controversy had received an
| other black eye in the district court
favorable to the board. The district
court had held in one of the suits brought
against the board that the facts stated
by the plaintiff did not constitute
cause of action. The committee Oh i'm
provements submitted an eXhaustivere-
port of the work done during the season,
also that the grantOrs of the Dean boule-
ward land had consented to an extension
time for the construction of the bridge
until July l, 1898. By that time, how
ever, the board must have cOnstTuctedsa
durable iron bridge.
The contract for the official printing
was awarded to the Times at IS cents
an inch. S. n. Ewing was given the
boating privilege at Lake Calhoun for
$500. The committee on salaries re-
ported against Commissioner Ryan's
proposition to raise the wages of park
labOrers to S1.75 per day. Commits
sioner Ryan entered a vigorous protest.
but the board practically ignored him
and adopted the report. Upon the sug-
gestion of Commissioner Stoft, the
board voted to have flag staff erected
on Minnehaha pavilion, aud d. d.
Smith, the contractor. agreed to do it
without cost to the board.
The committee on East river drive
submitted route for the same, extend
ing from the University campus to the
Hennepin county line. 1t was referred
to the committee on designation of
grounds, Landscape Gardener Cleveland
submitted plans for POwderhorn park,
which was referred to the committee on
improvements.
The recent decision of the supreme
court regarding traffic on Hennepin
boulevard was discussed at length. A
committee consisting of Messrs. Board
man, Winston, Lawrence. FOlwell and
Brown were appointed to inquire into
the effect of the decision and report
back to the board.