The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1896-11-24
FEW THINGS THEY THINK
THEY NEED.
FIRST A NEW SCHOOL HOUSE,
THEN ANOTHER PARK, NEW WATT
ING ROOM BETTER STREET
CAR SERVICE.
THERE ARE OTHER THINGS, TOO,
but Excepting This Winters Course
OF Lectures. Were Not Discussed
at Last Nights Meeting.

Once upon time there was in the
Tenth ward an organization known as
the Tenth Ward union. 1t was power
ful In its way and it's members accom-
pl1shed much for that section of the
city which 1t represented. But as the
members waxed In wealth the union
waned in influence and it SO happened
that Merriam Park found herself with
an alderman, a pocketful Of wants, and
nc backing to push measures for re-
lief through the council. Therefore,
did the residents of the park get to-
gether and decide among themselves
that the way to get anything from
the legislature or from the city coun-
Gil was to ask for it, and the way
to back up their alderman and their
own representative was to organize,
talk matters over, appoint committees,
delegations and other bodies, and go
into the fight to win.
This determination resulted in q
meeting held at the rooms Of the Park
club, st. Anthony and Prior avenues,
last night. There were fifty of the
best known business men Of the Park
present. There were no newspaper re-
porters in the room for the reason that
1t was private meeting" The mat
ters discussed were of the greatest
Importance to Merriam Park, and the
discussion was animated and produc-
tive Of results every time.
The most important matter discussed
was called to- the attention of Aid
Shepard, who is pledged to help rem
edy the defect in the school system
or the park. For a long time the Long
fellow school at Merriam Park and the
public school at Famine have been
badly crowded. The board of educa-
ton knows of the situation, but has
done little to relieve the pressure on
the different rooms. The Park club
has a suggestion to offer and will send
committee Of citizens to the board
and to the city council, IL necessary
praying for relief. The suggestion will
be made that a new school building be
erected at Fairview and University
avenues. This building will immedi-
ately relieve the two schools, one at
Hamlfne, the other at Merriam Park
The situation, this committee will urge,
is the most desirable; the necessity
pressing; and the committee will call
at the next meeting Of the board of
education, or the city council will be
appealed to to assist in the immediate
improvement.
public property dedicated as q park
1t is about five acres in extent. It is
beautiful bit of land and should be
Improved. So say the citizens. There
should be lake and q rustic bridge
and some other artificial improvements.
Aid. Shepard and a committee of citi-
zens are going to see what the city
council will do In helping the good
people Of Merriam; Park to a beauti-
full pleasure ground. They have Lake
Iris and want another like It, If Shep-
ard can get 1t, the Park will have it.
Merriam Parkers are obliged to ride
to and from their business on a dual
system of car service and make
transfer. They want a through cleo
trio service. And they are going to
have It, A committee and Aid. Shep-
ard are going to have the city council
talk the matter over and the assistance
of the city will be asked to convince
the street railway officials that such a
system is necessary
At Prior and University avenues
there is an old dsimantled street car
without windows 1t is an eyesore to
Aid. Shepard and the Parkers. 1t was
placed there as a waiting place for
passengers living at the park who
wished to transfer to the interurban
1t is believed that Merriam Park should
have a waiting room of greater preten-
sionS and more comfort, and the street
car people will have a fine time con-
vincing that committee of Merriam
Parkers appointed last night to the
contrary.
Another matter, having direct refer
ence to the social life Of residents Of
the Park, was Il the dcourse Of lectures
that 100 men of the Park have gone
down in their pockets and guaranteed
to their neighbQfs. It is the purpose Of
the originators of the plan that the lee
ture course shall be on high plane In
tellectually, and Impossible a paying
venture as well. Bob Burdette, it was
announced lastos night, is to open the
course early in December The lectures
will be held in Woodruff hall.
These measures discussed last night
are Of interest as well to the Eleventh
ward residents of the city and many
Of them were present at the meeting.
It is understood that there are some
matters Of interest to that section Of
the city that will come up in the legis-
lature and that they will be diligently
pressed and with the united strength
of the two wards. 1t is certain that
the old Tenth ward union, with the
added encouragement Of their Eleventh
ward neighbors, will be heard from in
the city council as we'll as in the legis-
lature.