The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-07-07
NOT UNTIL NOVEMBER.
Park Board Defers the PhaIen As.
sessment Four Months

Park board Defers the PhaIen As
sessment Four Months.
The expected happened at the meet
| ing of the park board last evening"
when resolution requesting the board
| Of public works to postpone further
| action in the Phalen park matter re-
ceived unanimous passage. While
| the resolution of the park board will
come in the nature of a great relief
to the property holders, who have been
| opposed to the Phalen park plan since
its inception, it will afford them only
breathing spell, as the resolution is
| qualified document and asks the
postponement for a definite time
namely, four months from the date
Of its passage, which will again place
the matter before the board of public
works in its present form, Nov. Z.
The meeting was called to order with
| each of the four members Of the board
present in their official capacity, while
G. w. Horn and P. S. MACEDONIAN, Of
| the Wood Harvester works, anticipat-
ing that the Phalen park matter might
come before the board, were in attend
| ance as representatives of large prop
erty interests, which, it is claimed
would be seriously affected should the
board Of public works be recommend
ed to confirm the assessment complet-
ed for the purchase of the park.
The discussion which led to the adop-
ton Of the resolution was begun by
President Wheelock, who asked Mr..
Horn if he desired to be heard Mr..
Horn stated that unless the matter
was formally before the board, he had
w fn tot ~
but was perfectly content to allow
| the question to remain where it was
Upon the assurance of President
Wheelock that the board of public
works had finished the arduous task
Of appraising the property which
would be assessed for the purchase Of
the park, and was awaiting the ac-
ton of the park board to confirm it's
! valuations, Mr.. Horn took the floor
He said that he did not want to op-
i pose public improvement Of any kind
and had only to request that the board
Of public works be asked to defer fur
Their action. If the assessment for
| Phalen park was confirmed at this
time it meant nothing less than abso-
lutte confiscation of great deal Of the
! property involved, as the owners were
|
ment, and would be forced to allow
their property to be sold for that pur-
| pose. The people in the eastern por-
! ton of the city, Mr.. Horn said. were
! in favor Of a park, but at present
| could not possibly stand the expense.
\ If the matter was put off until after
the fall election, times would be bet
ter, and what now was an unendur-
able hardship would then be COMPARE
lively easy to bear.
| Commissioner Hamm appeared to be
| somewhat opposed to the course sug-
| gested by Mr.. Horr and remarked to
| that gentleman that he thought the
fight against the park was being made
| on two issues, the eXorbitant price Of
the park property and the damage to
| the assessed property. This was not
proper course to pursue, and the OBJ
| lection to the park should be made
on one issue, and that strictly adj
! hered to.
In reply, Mr. Horn said that while
! still believing the price asked for the
proposed park land was too high, as
was also the appraisal of the assess
able property, he was not now making
fight on any line or issue to gain
| time.
Mr. Hamm expressed the opinion that
| if the property owners who objected to
| the assessment were waiting for better
times Phalen park would be a hope
deferred and would in all probability
have to be wholly abandoned. He did
not believe in the passage of a resolu-
| ton requesting the board of public
works to Indefinitely postpone further
action and inundated that he could
! not vote for such a measure.
President Wheelock said that he was
ardently in favor of park, and Pha-
len park, but that he did not believe
the board of public works should be re-
! quested to confirm the proposed as
sessment at the present time. There
was no need for immediate action. If
a postponement would bring better
| times it would be a great relief to the
property owners who must pay for the
park, and under the circumstances, he
was in favor of deferring further ac-
| ton in the premises.
After a further general discussion
Commissioner Hamm introduced the
| following resolution which. on the call
! of the roll passed unanimously Re-
solved, That the board of public works
is respectfully requested to postpone
any further action in the matter of
| condemnation of land adjacent to Lake
| Phalen for park and parkway purposes
for period Of four months from date.
Both Mr.. Horn and Mr.. MCGOWAN
expressed themselves as highly pleased
| with the action of the board
A resolution offered by Commissioner
Aberle asking the council to vacate
| twenty feet of the south side of Mound
street and twenty feet of the east side
| of Hiawatha street, for the purpose of
adding the described sections to Mound
park, was unanimously adopted.
George Benz was accorded a hearing
relative to the widening Of certain
portion of Sherburne avenue, between
Cedar and Robert strets. Mr.. Benz
was requested to present his plan in
more definite form at some subsequent
meeting of the board, when it would be
accorded official recognition
Previous to adjournment the board
passed the monthly pay roll, aggregat-
ing $46,01715 and audited bills to the
amount of $3,01S
DAYTON IS CHOSEN.