The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1897-05-04
MUSIC OF THE FONT
ALL. THAT WILL BE HEREAFTER
HEARD IN PRETTY RICE
PARK.
BAND STAND TO BE TORN OUT.
PARK BOARD ACTS ON THAT AND
OTHER MATTERS OF
INTEREST.
CUsToDIANs APPOINTED FOR LIFE
Have the Terms of Service Limited
on the Suggestion of Mr.. Nc
Cardy.

There will be no more band concerts
in Rice park. The ramshackle affair
which has done duty as a band stand
for some years has been ordered taken
down by the park board, and following
this the pretty park will be overhauled
so that with the completion Of the new
government building the city will
have ready an appropriate foreground.
The fountain will be the centerpiece,
about which will be placed in proper
arrangement asphalted paths, shrub
berry, and some of the poorer trees will
be replaced The members of the board
each drew plans for the new arrange
ment at the meeting last night, and
Supt. Nussbaumer was instructed to
prepare a general plan and estimate Of
the expense. The band stand will be
taken away today Eat
.Messrs. REIN and Habberstad, repre-
senting the citizens of the Eighth
| ward interested in Lewis park, notified
the board III person that their clients
had purchased fountain for the park
and would like some encoura cement
from the city in the shape of a boule-
ward, trees, seats and basin for the
AOSsii Soili. liz SOIIlIlllSSlOuGFS 1SurGu
that the park occupies about an acre
of ground in a thickly populated por-
ton of the city and was nearly ripe
for some improvements. The details of
this matter, too, were likewise referred
to Mr.. Nussbaumer, who will report at
the next meeting something of the Sit
uation.
Supt. Smith, Of the street railway
company, appeared at the meeting. and
announced to the members that his
company would today send the board
a check for something like $3.50 due
the city for two years privileges at
Como
Inspired by suggestion from Mavor
Doran, the board instructed the sinner.
1ntendent to attend to such floral and
othef decorations as he considered
proper and necessary about the city
hall grounds.
quantity of bills were audited and
ordered paid, and the April paw rolls
amounting to something like 1882
were signed by the president
An invitation was received from the
Louisville, KY, park commission to at
tend the annual session of park COM
mlss1oners, engineers and architects,
Which will be held in that city Nav
~ and Il. The secretary was instruct
ed to reply that, If possible, some mem
Der or two OF the st. Paul board would
be present.
communication was read, coming
from City Comptroller McCardy, in
which that official called attention to
the fact that the board had by reso
luton appointed several park GUS
todians for IAN indefinite period" This,
the comptroller pointedly suggested,
might be considered for life, and the
resolution in question as well as that
providing for five park policemen, who
were appointed the same way and have
begun to serve, were amended so as to
avoid leaving the city tied to these
servants for the rest of their natural
lives.
Notice was received from the ST.
Paul Fire and Marine Insurance COM
pany that the insurance on the big
hydraulic dredge at Lake Como was
about to expire. and the matter Of re-
newing it was left to Col Allen, Of
the board. The dredge carries two
policies aggregating $4,000 insurance
Copies of the sixth annual report Of
the board have been received from the
printer and were distributed at the
meeting last night.