St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-03
NEFER AND HoRR HEARD
IN OPPOSITION TO nCRUEL AND
OPPRESSIVE ASSESS
MENTS.1
WARM RESOLUTIONS ADOPTED.
And Ordered Presented to the
Board of Public Works by
Committee CT Ten.


Fellows hall, corner Payne avenue
and Wells street. The audience was
composed largely of property own
ers in the First ward, and espe-
| cially people interested in the Pha-
len park matter. John Sandel was
chosen to preside and G. F. Wolsey
! to act as secretary.
G. W. Brunson stated the object of
the meeting to be a discussion of
the Phalen park subject.
Mr.. Huebner made a rabidly warm
speech, directed against real estate
! holders who he claimed desired
! to recoup themselves by selling their
, property at a big price for a park
! He thought that Thomas Lowry and
| the street car company would be the
! greatest gamers.
/ The speaker was interrupted by
Mr.. Brunson, who said that he was
interested in seeing a fine park es-
! tabiShed at Lake Phalen, but he
! did not want it done if anybody was
/ to be robbed in the creation of a new
/ park. The entire proposition should
! be considered by the meeting as
! business men, so they could act in
/ diligently on the matter. Either
support the park board in the matter
or force the scheme to be abandoned
While the meeting was in no sense
political, the First ward did hold the
key to the political situation of ST.
Paul, and it would relegate to the
rear all who did not do right. He
hoped the park could be established
as an ornament and improvement,
| to that part of the city. But it
should be done without placing any
unreasonable hardship or taxation
upon any man owning home.
Col. Kiefer suggested that it would
be best to listen first to those who
had carefully studied the entire sub
ject. He knew that it was desired to
purchase ninety acres of land in the
First ward and that the price was con-
sidered too high. He had considerable
property which would fall under the
proposed assessment. Warming up,
! he said: 81 consider any taxation by
assessment at the present time is
! unjust and cruel. We can't afford 1T
now. We can wait until times be-
come better and your earnings larger.
Let us have park, but let us get,5ii
at a figure based on present values
We are all in favor of a park, provid-
! ed it is secured in a buSineSS-like man
ner. We will look to it in the future
that this end of the city will be prop
erly treated. Just now it is cruel to
assess the people" so6
LINDAHL IS HOSTILE.
the daily papers the testimony given
before the board Of public works as to
the value of the land sought to be pur-
chased for the park. The alderman
paid back-handed compliment to the
Pioneer Press, saying that paper
didn't seem to know it's own city when
it called the very district which was
sought to be assessed for the new
park a wilderness and an unsettled
portion of st. Paul
c. W. Horn followed and scored not
only the board of public works for its
attitude, but also said that President
Wheeleck, being the court of last re-
sort in the issue in the park board
did wrong in passing Judgment on the
case edftorially, while it was still
pending in the board of public works.
Mr.. Horn did not forget Assessor
tombstone, whose testimony confiicted
with the valuation he placed on the
property for taxation, saying there
were many queer ways of doing the
people. Phalen park would not be a
nelghbofhood park. Either the board
should refund the money for its pur-
chase, appropriated for other purposes.
or the whole city should be assessed.
IT the people in the assessment dis
trict want the park all right. We are
not fighting the park, but we are fight
ing it's price.
AID. Lindahl handed up a long string
OF resolutions, of which only the fol-
lowing sections were adopted:
Whereas, on examination of the dis
trlot proposed for assessment for pay
ment OF said condemned land, we con-
sider that the district as at present Sc
!ected for assessment is much too linz
tied, and,
Whereas, we, the taxpayers in mass
meeting assembled, cannot separate
without loudly denouncing as Unfair.
unjust and Ubiquitous the law which
compeis a section of a community to
pay for a, property wherein the com
munity at large may indulge in its
pleasures and participate in its profit;
therefore, be it
Resolved, That the park board be re-
quested to take into consideration the
Justice OF paying out of funds at their
disposal at least 40 per cent of the as
sessment and to, IN some measure
tighten our already over-burdeneG
property: Such an act on their par,
will receive our deep appreciation and
high esteem, and be it further
Resolved, That the limits for assess
ment be bounded as follows: On the
north and east by the city limits, on
the north by Minnehaha street to the
intersection of Seventh street, thence
west on Seventh street to Wabasha; on
| hyy Tral hos f1of 70 to-
thence north on Rice street to the city
limits. =
Further that this mass meeting OF
taxpayers do hereby request that the
said board of public works shall not
exceed in price the aforementioned
sum, and further that a copy of this
preamble and resolution be forwarded
to the board of park commissioners
and the board Of public works
/ AGAIN THE TALKING.
Senator Sheehan advised those press
ent that under the law the board OF
conclusions there was no appeal. II
the assessment is too high, the people
| had no remedy.
Mr.. Brunson believed that the scheme
| might be blocked by some meanss
Those interested should raise fund
J | and employ good counsel to protect
| them in the matter.
Mr.. Horr suggested that strons
/ committee should be selected to pres
sent the resolutions to the board be-
fore the meeting on next Thursday,
| when final action may be taken.
: Mr. WolSey called attention to the,
I fact that the resolutions did not cover
the questions whether the people
| wanted the park or not and what price
/ they decided to pay for park.
| DIR. RobiIIard said the people Of East
st. Paul should be selfish enough to
build up. their section of the city, as
| well as the people around Lake Como
were doing with the aid of the street
| car company. He said that it. would
| not take over SIS lot to pay even the
| medium purchase price. Phafen was a
/ beautiful spot. Como required con-
slant attention and expense to keep it
in good coalition. The money of the