St. Paul daily globe. [volume] (Saint Paul, Minn.) 1884-1896, 1895-08-06
PARK BOARD ANNULS ALL PRO-
PHALEN PARK.
MORE LAND is WANTED.
AND NEW CONDEMNATION PRO-
CEEDINGS WILL RESULT IN
GETTING 1T.
DELAY WILL NOT BE LONG
Kick on Sunday Shows at Como,
and Also on the Musicians
Hired at the Park.

There will be another delay in the
proceedings for acquiring Phalen
park, but neither the board Of pub
lie works nor the interested property
owners will be responsible for it. The
park board is the cause of it. TIE
delay will not be excessively long.
After due consideration of the mat
ter the park board concluded that
the property consisting Of ninety-six
acres on the west shore of Lake
Phalen, which it ordered the board
of public works to condemn and
concerning the value of which so
much conflicting testimony has been
received, would not fully answer the
purpose, in that it left a space be-
tween portions Of the park only 100
feet wide. Furthermore, more land
is needed for the boulevard that is
to encircle the lake. Consequently,
at its meeting last night the park
board passed a resolution resembling
the resolution of last February
which directed the board of public
works to condemn lots 3, 4 and 5,
comprising the ninety-siX acres, and
annulling all proceedings heretofore
had. The secretary was instructed
to notify the board of public works
of the action of the park board.
Commissioner Aberle then introduced
a preliminary resolution looking
towards the condemnation of seven
teen acres of land adjoining lot 5, and
directly west of it. The additional
-, +,;o, t., Oh o,,1
in between lots and 5, thereby great
ly increasing the area of the park, as
under the former condemnation lots
4 and were connected by a narrow
strip of land not more than 100 feet
in width. The resolution also includes
besides the original ninety-six acres
and the seventeen acres described,
land on the east shore of the lake,
which is desired for boulevard pur-
poses. The preliminary resolution
merely instructs the city engineer to
make survey of the additional land
and prepare two plats of the same to
be submitted to the board.
In order to expedite the proceedings,
the board decided to meet next Fri
day night at s o'clock, when, it is
likely, further steps will be taken.
While the action of the board will
necessitate going through the same
proceedings before the board of public
works as those already had there, it
is not believed that further testi-
mony will be introduced as to the
value of the original ninety-six acres.
TWO PROTESTS.
The time of the beard was occupied
during the first half hour of the ses-
sion by Deacon Wilson and Senator
Mcmillan, who called to inform the
| board that they did not approve of the
| variety shows provided by The street
railway company to entertain the
masses at Como park on Sunday. Pres
ident Wheelock said that he did not
! exactly approve of them as entertain
| ments suitable, for pubic, though he
was of the opinion that the masses
would visit the park in Any event. In
asmuch as by it's contract with the
street railway company, the park
| board has reserved the right to abol-
ish any Objectionable features, the
! board referred the matter to Supt.
| Nussbaumer.
George Seibert ST.. dropped in late in
! the evening and while not making a
formal complaint, Informed the board
that the street railway company
seemed to be discriminating against
| st. Paul musicians II the matter of
employing them at Como park. Since
June 1 Mr.. Seibert's orchestra had
been employed at Como only two
weeks, while Minneapolis musical Or
| carnations had been employed there
! five weeks, and a Chicago orchestra
one week. Mr.. Geibert's statement
| drew forth the following resolution
| from Commissioner Aberle:
Complaint having been made that
the Twin City Rapid Transit company
has not given a proper share of en-
| ployment to ST. Paul musicians, re-
solved, that the Twin City Rapid
Transit company be requested to pay
due attention to that clause of it's con-
tract with the park board requiring
them to give the preference to St
Paul musicians"
The resolution was adopted.
Supt. Nussbaumer was by resolu.
ton granted two weeks leave of alb.
sence in order to afford him an oppor-
tunity to inspect parks in other cities
and thereby acquire information to ai6
him in improving and decorating st
Paul parks. Mr.. Nussbaumer's ex.
penses will be paid by the park board