The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1901-04-09
MUSIC FOR COMO PARK
FIFTY-NINE CONCERTS TO BE
GIVEN DURING SUMMER
MONTHS
Ia ~
GOOD TALENT TO BE ENGAGED
Street Cur Company Given ExcIu-
siye Privilege Of Supplying
Refreshments ON
Grounds.

The thousands of citizens who are In
the habit of passing the cool summer
evenings at Comp park. will this season
be RECALLED with excellent music, at the
expense of the city street railway com
pany. Tjfty-nine concerts are to be
furnished. by different bands. and a
clause III the agreement entered into
with the park board at it's meeting last
night. stipulates that the bands shall
not contain less than thirty musicians,
and that all the entertainments shall be
furnished free of cost
Inc schedule is q generous one. On
every Sunday from the end Of May
until the middle Cf September two con-
certs will be given, afternoon and even
ing. In June the concerts will be given
every Sunday only: in July there will be
one concert on every week day and two
on Sundays; in August concerts will be
gwen On the 1st, md Bird, 4th, l1th
18th and 25th. There will, of course, he
two concerts on luly a. In order int
the company may not furnish poor
music and inferior talent it is expressly
stipulated that the fifty-nine concerts
cost not less than $4.G61 In return for
this, the company is given the exclusive
privilege of supplying refreshments on
the grounds.
Next III Importance to the arranging
of the band concerts was the order TO
tho board of public works ordering the
condemnation of IL yington avenue from
Summit 10 Como avenues, for parkway
purposes. A strip forty feet OH each
sid' is to be condeEsned thirty feet for
a building line, and ten feet for Widen-
ing the street This will increase the
v idth Of the street from 80 to 100 feet
In addition to this, an expenditure Of
Si,t30 was authorized for the purpose OF
widening the street at the Northern Pa
cihc right Of way.
The superintenden of parks was
authorized to proceed with the work of
Improving the rtsadway for the Shadow
Falls improvement also, and Mississippi
boulevard att the same place. For this
S., 900 has already. been appropriated.
At the suggestion Of Commissioner
Hamm, a resolution was adopted author
iZing the superintendent to ourch ase pip
ing and other NECESSARY materials Tor
tn. Improvement Of the water supply at
Como park He was also authorized to
advertise for 200 rods of woven wire
needed to feneeafn the park along the
side adjoining, the Northern Pacific
tracks. 80
A communication, received from the
mayor, asking that the board take stSps
to lay out flower beds in the court house
square, was referred to the superintend-
ent, with Instruction that the wo be
commenced as soon as weather permits
Another communication discussed con-
tanned a suggestion from DR.. Ohage,
health commissioner, to the effect that
1t would be a great convenience to the
public if toilet houses were. put UP IN
ythe parks, and at the ends Of street car
lines. About twenty would be sufficient
and the cost for each eneswould be about
$3.50 The matter was laid over until the
next meeting. s'' 49,
A petition from August Boessel, ask
ing for compensation for injuries sustain
ed while in the employ of the board, was
referred to the city solicitor. "A request
from the city treasurer for clerical as
sistanee for the purpose of expeditiously
getting out the, certificate of tax indebt-
edness from which, the board will profit,
was referred to the president.
From among d number of applicants
six park policemen were selected as fol-
lows: T. Fl. Wiley, H. Klingensmith, E..
Harbeck, J. C. Menshek and Jordan I'LL
man These viii receive $50 per month,
their appointment dates from May L and
terminates at the pleasure Of the board.
Current bills and the pay roll to the
amount of 81, 500. 50 were passed and the
schedule Of wages for park employees
fixed. a,---oe.- a~ss