The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1899-03-07

Total. .......... ........ 1921 90
Balance: .......... .............s 4O,s57 Sc
Fund Account
City park fund. ......... .$18,957 So
Phalen park fund. ......... ........ 22, 900 90
Total. ............ ....... .$4O,957 Sc
The departments pay roll for the
month of February amounted to $93456,
and the claims against the board to
| $4,550.24.
| President Wheelock announced that
he had written a letter to President
| Mellen, of the Northern Pacific, to ask
| him to use his influence with the rail-
read company to induce it to donate
| strip of land between the tracks Of
| the Northern Pacific and the Great
Northern for parkway purposes.
Plans were submitted by Building
Inspector Haas for an Office building
| to be erected in Como park for the
superintendent, but they were not ap-
proved. President Wheelock asked Mr..
Haas to design a building that would
be in harmony with it's surroundings
| in the park.
| Supt. Nussbaumer presented his an
nua1 report, which was accepted. The
| document was voluminous, detailing
all improvements made in the various
parks under his Jurisdiction and rec
ommending others for the ensuing
year.
Mr.. Nussbaumer says in his report
that the seating capacity of the pa
vilion at Como park was greatly ap-
preciated by the public and that the
new waiting room at Como was also
| welcomed by patrons Of the street car
| lines. The east shore of the lake was
greatly improved during the year by
| the grading Of border spaces and plant
ing Of trees, shrubs and flowers. Five
| thousand yards Of material were used
| in this work, and 1000 trees were
transplanted.
| During the summer a bicycle path
| was graded the entire distance along
the east shore of the lake, but it Is not
| yet completed.
| Mr.. Nussbaumer recommends that a
strip of land forty or fifty feet wide
| be acquired between Como avenue and
Ryde street for the parkway drive.
Among other things. Mr.. Nussbaumer
says:
| ing of trees and shrubs in the park is due
| to its own waterwork plant. Without it the
sterile hills and slopes would be without
vegetation, and its beauty married. During
last season we used 35.727s 1892 gallons for irri-
cation purposes and ga, 1876, 500 gallons for
replenishing the lake. With this amount of
| water the park grounds and all planting
was kept in fourishing condition. Consid-
cradle extensions to the pipe system were
made during the year. water main was
also laid in the fair grounds, with the nee
essary attachments for filing sprinkling
| wagons. A two-inch pipe line was also laid
through the picnic grounds skirting the
| inch main through Midway parkway on the
north and the four-inch main in the nursery
| on the south. The total number of new pipes
| laid amount in the aggregate to 1884 feet
| During the coming season a Waterman will
be laid around the lake. The contract for
delivering the material is already let.
rnin dc
ronized during the season. There were thir-
| ty Sunday school picnics and 214 family par
ties, with attendance of 12,7OO shelter
| against storms is sadly needed. A large open
sided pavilion would best serve the purpose
A small room enclosed for kitchen range
could easily be provided for the free use of
provided for these grounds, as there then
would be means of relieving the overcrowd-
ed condition prevailing at the pavilion.
| The feature of floral decorations In the
| park was quite elaborate, and Its richness
and profusion, especially in Como park at
tracted much admiring attention. The num-
most all the leading kinds of Towering and
bedding plants in variety, of which In, 061
were planted in Como park.
Considerable improvements were made on
Summit avenue boulevard especially to plant
ing. All the trees which were sodbound were
sp aded o around -, and good composite was
shrubs were planted, mostly to fill vacancies
The new bridge over the c., NJ. & St. p
| H. H. right OF way was nearly completed
last fall only the bridge floor, which will
De put on this spring, and some grading at
the approaches remains to be done The
| Dr1dge is 100 feet wide. seventy feet of which
| is for roadway and fifteen feet on each side
for sidewalk. Water connections and dis
tributing pipes for summer use are badly
| needed. 1t will require 2,625 feet of pipe
to cover the distance where such connections
can at present be made. An animal drink
ing fountain should be established at the in
tersection Of Summit and Smelling avenues.
The driveway should be partially improved
| and be kept in better condition The tvs
| blocks next the river are as yet unimproyed
1t is intended to them in connecting the
| river boulevard with Summit avenue bouIe-
yard as ground work for the approaches
| from the north and south in congruity with
| the natural rural scenery of this locality
The work of grading roads, grounds and
| walks in Indian Mounds park is completed.
1.414 yards of loan were hauled for grading
and topdressing lawn spaces; 1853 trees and
shrubs were planted; 1900 feet of one-inch
water pipe was laid; 48 feet of rustic seats
were built and lavatory building was
erected, the total cost being $221410 Thu.
park Is the chief point Of interest to visitors
| In the city, IS much too small for its i'm
portance and at times is crowded to an ex-
tent detrimental to the park planting.
| total OF q, 0o6 $40 days Of labor was per
| formed during the year. The total expense
Tor men, teams and foremen was $50. 671 a.
Expenditure Of each park, Including i'm
| provement and maintenance:
| Como park 49,. $40 oo5 AZ
Lake Shore drives .............s1 ga 70
Como avenue parkway. ............... 500 81