St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1894-06-03

human happiness, that you and l and
all OF us may, without impiety. claim a
partnership with God in real estate.
Everybody now admits that parks
are, good things, because more
tan any other agency they
contribute to the pleasure. comforI,
health and happiness OF the great mass
of the people. But parks cost money,
which must be paid by the property
it is a beautiful providential arrange
mens-which appeals to. the strongest
motives of haman seltishness for the
support of this grandest of charities
the conceded fact that parks greatly in
crease the value of the real estate
around apd near them and through
out the city. But this is not the
chief benefs Of parks. Their seIief
benefit is that they raise the value:
Of every man, woman and child
who makes use of them. When you
take into your heart and life tile charm
and grace and beauty of fine land
scape like this. with the feeling that you
own it. you are not only the happier
better citizen. 1t widens and brightens
your environment. 1t intensifies your
home feeling. It. deepens your local
patriotism. And for all these reasons.
and chiefly because every adyance-in
park development aud park culture and
in the ornamentation Of your streets
and avenues adds new strands to
the bonds of love and 10y
atty which tie you to the city
where you live. plead for these
things as among the first objects OF mu-
nicipal care.
st. Paul is fortunate in being seated
In the midst of picturesque .topograph-
ical features, which render it easily
capable of being made the most beauti-
full city on the continent. We have only.
. to give Its natural beauties half chance.
to achieve results at comparatively,
small expenditures which many millions
would not suffice to accomplish in less
favored localities. And 1 hope that
before long even our Minneapolis
friends proud as they are and have
right to be of their splendid city-will
cheerfully admit, or If. not cheerfully,
they will at least admit that the elder
sister-trick out the younger in all the
finery they may-that the elder sister.
enthrOned OH her stately hills, is much
the handsomer Of the two. Mr.. Wheel
ock then paid an emphatic compliment
to the magnificent example set by Min
neaDolls In the matter of parks aod
ReA ""J Dc 0h0 OoRSSAolIy W uCI
crowning glory. the united and
enthusiastic public sentiment which
supported her extensive and costly
improvements. He regretted that
this had not been the case in st. Paul,
where we had had to fight against the
greed OF real estate spectators for
every inch Of progress in working out
our park system; and they are at it yet.
But the people are with us. Como park
has silenced all opposition. And now,
under instructions from the park board,
l.. invite you all to join in celebrating
the opening of Phalen park and the
completion of the magnificent chain of
boulevards which are to connect these
extended eventually along the bluffs of
the Mississippi to articulate with the
Minneapolis system of parkways.
c. NJ. Loring, of Minneapolis. was in
troduced as the founder and father OF
the park systems of Minneapolis and
st. Paul. He said that the people OF st.
Paul evidently did not fully appreciate
the work which had been done in max
ing the park the most beautiful one in
the country. The citizens, when the
park was purchased score of years
ago. were of the opinion that the pur-
chase was real estate speculation, but
he doubted that today if the same was
left to vote of the people four times
the prace paid then would not tempt
them to part with it, and ten years from
today it could not be purchased at any
price. He ALLUDED to the immense sums
spent for park purposes in Boston, and
predicted that the time was coming
when Como park would be one of, if not
the finest. in the country. He referred
to the starting of the system of parks
and parkways IN Minneapolis. and in
complimentary and well-turned sen.
tence brought out the fact that Mayor
Eustis was identified with the progress
OF the park system in Minneapolis.
Mayor Eustis was called on, but OBJ
jected to making a speech until Mayor
Wright had been heard from, claiming
that it would be establishing prece-
dent almost unheard of should he be
first called OH. This brought Mayor
Wright to rs feet. who, in few re.
marks, said the scenes of the day were
such that if he were philosopher he
would philosophize, or, if poet. would
poetize. Being neither, he ceald best
evnress his feelings on the occasion Inv