St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-08-16
The First Ward Breathing
Place Scheme Scattered
to the Winds.
Several People Badly Shaken
Up by a Lake johann
ma Upset.
Wanted, a Candidate to Plunge
the Two Bees in the
Soup.
Personal, Political and Gener-
al Events in the Flour
City.


dead and despised. 1t was killed,
stabbed to the heart, yesterday after
noon.
The report of the committee on desig-
nation of grounds on the establish ment
of a park in the First ward was the most
interesting business before the board.
The committee reported that the ma
Jority of the property owners interested
were opposed to the proposed park, and
ended by recommending that the whole
First ward park project be abandoned.
Commissioner Ryan moved that action
on the report be postponed until the first
meeting in September. The vote was a
tie Oh motion to adopt the report of
the committee. DOhm, Haugan, North
rup, Ridgway, Boardman and Demueles
voted in the affirmative. Brown was
paired with FOlWell, absent. Ryan re-
fused to vote. Lawrence voted con-
SiStently- against abandonment. a
score of opponents of the park signified
their approval of the action of the board
and went home. None of the friends of
the park were present.
Commissioner DemueleS said. after
the meeting, that the park plan was de-
feated more 10y personal feeling against
Hoy and Hayes than anything else. He
vaSsing the First ward nearly year
ago when the park project first came
up. They found no opposition to the
park at that time. Most of those VINO
have appeared before the park board to
protest against the park live from four
to six blocks from the site, DemueleS
says. Some even live i'll the Ninth
ward.
"Most people, said Demueles, "in
talking of the park lose sight of the
fact that the proposed purchase price,
S26,6U0. included the interest for
ten years. Taking out the interest
leaves the Cash price $4,000. ap-
proXimately. Five thousand dollars
was to be held out for improving the
park. That leaves the actual cost of the
land about $1,000, Sl,5OO lot for ten
lots. Now. Eve sold lots up in that sec
ton for 81, O10 each, and they were not
so good lots as those in the Hoy-Hayes
tract either"
But the First ward park project is
dead for the present.
Commissioner Ryan had another tilt
with Commissioners Haugan and Ridg-
way. When the last issue Of bonds was
ordered, 5000 worth, $4,000 worth
were set aside for Powderhorn park and
$4,000 for the East side boulevard. The
East side boulevard is in state of in
cubation. No money is needed for that
now, and may never be needed, as the
proceedings may be abandoned. Min
nehaha boulevard must be completed
within sixty days, according to the
terms Of the deeds, or the land for the
boulevard will revert to the original
owners. Commissioner RIdgway
offered resolution directing the adj
vertsing for bids for those $4,000 of
bonds and transferring the money from
the East side boulevard fund to the
Minnehaha boulevard fund. Commits
sioner Ryan fought this attempt to take
away park board money from the East
side. For one, Commissioner Brown
was with him. But they fought against
odds. The board was determined to
take that money from the East side for
the benefit of Minnehaha drive, in spite
of Ryan protest that the West side had
received all it asked for, and that the
East side was entitled to the proceeds
from those S30,0 600 of bonds.
Before the roll was called Or Ridg-
Wav'S resolution, Brown and Ryan left
tho ROOM. That broke the quorum.
The board had to adjourn.
Before this question came up some
business was transacted. James Hur-
ley, Charles O'Riley and Dennis Regain
complained to the board that they had
been iil-treated by r. E. Fisher, j. Helm
and Joseph HouInont. police officers in
Minnehaha park. The committee on
police will investigate Thursday at 10
a. m. j. a. Benson wants the board to
buy two blocks of land lying between
Twenty fifth and TwentY-siXth streets
and Hennepin and Dupont. avenues. 1t
is good for nothing but park. The SUI
perintendent was ordered to plant the
various triangular parks with trees and
shrubs. In 1855, when the boulevard on
Thirty-tourth street was projected,
the park board took a lot from
j. A. Preston. Yesterday steps were
taken to return it to him. The commit
tee on shore rights and privileges was
given further time on the electric line
loop in Mlnnehaha park. The committee
on East side boulevard was instructed
to confer with the st. Paul park COM
miSsIOners with view to having Sum-
nit avenue boulevard extended to meet
the East side boulevard at the county
line.
A petition signed by large number
of tenants of the Guaranty Loan build
ing and all habitual users of the Cal
houn baths, such as John L. Calderwood
and Louis X. Hall, asked the board to
extend the bathing facilities at Lake
Calhoun. The petition was referred.
Hereafter gentlemen, accompanied by
female members of their families. will
be allowed to use the bathing privileges
every day between 5 and y. III.