St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1892-02-16
NYE's SALARY INCREASED.
The Secretary of the Park Board
Will Hereafter Receive s. 800.

The Secretary of the Park Board
Will Hereafter Receive ST 800.
The park board. at the special meet
ing held yesterday, took up the old
Minnehaha boulevard question and de-
cided to accept the eighteen deeds to
land required for this parkway which
have already been submitted. In this
connection w. f. Steele appeared be-
fore the board OF behalf of the Steele
estate which holds portion of the land
desired for the boulevard. Mr.. Steele
was not prepared to make any formal
offer for the transfer of the property, as
he stated, for the reason that there eX
listed among the heirs considerable
opposition to the plan, some of them
feeling that they had not been
fairly treated at the time tina. the land
for the park was acquired. However. he
expressed the opinion that transfer
could be effected, providing fair valu
alton was placed upon the property by
appraisers. The matter was discussed
at some length, and Mr.. Steele was re-
quested to appear before the board of
appraisers in this matter. who will meet
this morning at 10 o'clock.
The matter of locating the old Ste
venS residence, the oldest house in MIN
neapolIs, which was recently purchased
by subscription, created considerable
discussion. 1t was originally intended
to place it in Riverside park. but ma
jority of those who had contributed to
its purchase favored Loring park, and
it was finally decided to locate it there.
The superintendent was instructed to
find suitable site for the relic.
The newly elected attorney, B. B.
Clay, reported to the board that in the
,,rl..t L.,
" Hayes, in connection with the First
ward park, the court had decided in
favor of the board. but that these gem
tlemen had begun another suit to conf
pei specific performance of the alleged
contract. 1t was decided TO retain eX-
Attorney lockwood to assist MIR. Clay
in this suit as he was familiar with the
facts in the case.
The monthly budget of bills, amount
ing to S1,976. was allowed.
The finance committee submitted
report showing that the resources for
the year 1892 were S232. 566. and the nee
essary expenditures SlG2 2O). After pro-
viding for several appropriations this
would leave S43,51S.0S to be divided be-
tween the various parks and parkways.
This matter of division was refe erred to
the committee on improvements.
The new committee Oh salaries re-
ported. recommending that no change
be made in salaries. that the park keep
ers hereafter be paid monthly instead
of daily, for convenience, and that the
mounted policemen be paid SS5 per
month, and foot policemen s65 per
month. Commissioner Dahn moved
that the report be so amended as to in
crease the salary of the secretary from
$1,000 TO $1,000 per year. President
Boardman vacated'the chair to advocate
this amendment, and commissi oner
Haugan also proclaimed himself as in
favor fit. Commissioner Brown alone
opposed it, and he did SO. he said, not
because he did not think that the secre-
tary deserved the increase, but because
he believed such action to be unwIse in
the present condition of the treasury.
However. the motion was carried. even
Commissioner Brown voting in fav or of
it to make the vote unanimous. Com
missioner Ryan moved to increase the
salary of the superintendent from $1,000
to $500 per year, bat the motion was
OSt. A motion 10 increase the salary of
the attorney from $1,000 to $1,000 was
also lost.