St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-02

need be prompt, efficient and united eff
fort by each of the committees having
work in hand, that everything may be
In readiness for their coming. | would,
therefore, beg leave to suggest that the
efficiency of the committee might be in
creased by the designating of regular
hours each week during the early part
OF the season for committee meetings,
which will insure regular and prompt
attendance.
shall ask permission to cOmpupi-
cate to you later some ideas as to the
deSirabilty of new acquisitions on the
East and North sides, with connecting
drives, for the further completion of our
system.
| hope we may relegate all section
alist and partsanship to the rear and
make 1892 the banner year in the de-
Velopment within our income or our
system, and that l may be assured OF
your hearty cooperation and support.
The committees for the year We're an
nounced by the president, as follows:
improvements Haugan, Folwcll, Northrop.
Bradish and Stoft.
Salaries-Brown, Ridgeway and Hangar.
Judiciary-Lawrence, Bradish and Dahn.
Designation OF Grounds-FolweH,L Lawrence
and Allen.
EmpIoymentands upplieswinston,B Brown
and Northrop.
Polce-Demules, Dahn and Haugan
Shore Rights-Northrop, Winston and De-
mules.
Entertainments and Winter Sports-Ryan,
Lawrence and Allen.
Forestry-Allen. Demules and Loye.
Following are the special standing
committees:
East Side Boulevard radish, Folwell and
Ryan
Minnehaha Boulevard - Dahn, Ridgeway
and BradiSh.
West River Bank - Stoft Haugan and
Brown.
Nomenclature-Loye Ryan and Lawrence
This gives each member chairman
ship.
The proposition of T. S. Dckev to
check up the boards special assess
lnents OH the same terms under which
he has performed this same work for
the city was referred to the committee
Oh finance with power to act.
Secretary Nye reported receipts
amounting in all to 50. 100, and his re-
port was adopted. The committee on
finance, to whom was referred the claim
of the Phelps Well and Windmill COM
pany for the construction of a water
tank at Lake Harriet, reported unfavor-
ably on this matter on the ground that
the tank was not strictly in accordance
with the terms of the contract. The
report was adopted.
The committee on finance recon-
mended that authority be granted for
the sale of all or part of the 100000
bonds authorized for the Improvement
OF Powderhorn Park.
The report also set forth that, al
though only $50, 900 was needed to settle
the present claims against the board in
the matter of Powderhorn park, better
price could, perhaps, be obtained 10y
selling the entire $4,000. 1t was. how
ever, decided that the difference III the
interest would more than offset any adj
vantage to he gained in this wav, and
the committee on finance was finally
authorized to advertise for bids for $50
600 of the bonds, and report the bids to
the board.
The committee on shore rights and
privileges reported in favor of awarding
a contract for fifty new row boats to be
used at Lake Harriet to r. Z. Moore at
the price of S33 each, and another for
sail boat for the same place to Joseph
Dingle at 1925, and further stated that
these were the lowest bids received. The
report was adopted.
On motion Of Commissioner Folwell
it was decided to take the recent report
of the special committee on park ell
largement from the table and make it
special order of business for the next
regular meeting.
On motion of Commissioner Lawrence
it was decided to add two members to
the committee on finance, of which the
president shall be one. The president
deferred naming the other member.
The committee to which was referred
the matter of having engrossed the
resolutions of thanks to j. III. Peavey,
passed by the board, presented hand
sOmely bound volume in which the
resolutions were artistically engrossed
In India ink and which was further
ornamented by India ink sketches.
among which appears representation
in colors of the Peavey fountain itself.
A committee was appointed to present
this to Mr. Peavey