The Saint Paul globe. (St. Paul, Minn.) 1896-1905, 1903-11-15

minus. The association carried on the
fight and recently the contract was let
for a brick pavement. But the asso-
citation has not always been winner
in it's efforts to have the ward i'm
proved. One of its defeats concerns
the improvement of the Third street
bridge. This structure was built In
the early seventies and was considered
only temporary at the time. 1t is part
wooden and part steel, and the wooden
part, which extends from the st. Paul
storage house, drops in most undig-
nified manner into a hollow. A new
bridge was necessity and the asso-
citation was anxious that a new struc-
ture should be erected which would
make the bridge part of gradual
slope from the west end of the struc-
ture to a point between Hoffman and
Maria avenues. The executive board
obtained the estimate of the city en-
gineer as to the cost of the structure
and learned that it would amount to
$4,000. They laid the matter before
the conference committee and obtained
this amount. But before the work was
commenced 1t was discovered that the
new structure would cost S125,000, and
since SO large an appropriation could
not be obtained the $4,000 was re-
turned. The association overruled the
wish of a minority that the appropria
ton it had received be used for build
ing the bridge just as it was before
without attempting to make 1t part
of the gradual slope, for 1t reasoned
that some day there might be an OPP
portunity Of making the desired i'm
provement and that if the bridge was
merely repaired no money would be
wasted. So the improvement amounted
in all to only $1,000
There is now in the courts case in
the outcome Of which the association is
interested, but in connection with
which it has not permitted it's name to
be used. This concerns the right of
Patrick Kelly to quarry on Hudson
and Gustav Willius are among those
who have taken up the matter. The
plea of those who are opposed to the
quarrying is that the grading down
of the street will destroy the lookout
on Hudson avenue and materially de-
tract from the appearance of the street.
The Second Ward Improvement as
ISOLATION is now particularly interested
in the work of securing an adequate
approach to the Indian Mounds park.
In driving, an entrance to the park is
now had on Knox street. and, as Wis
itors to the park very we'll know this
approach is particularly unattractive.
The association is DESTROYS of having
the approach by way of Hoffman ave-
nue. and wants this street boulevarded
from Sixth to the Indian mounds. This
will necessitate the absorption of some
property and the building of a re-,
tanning wall that will extend perhaps
fifty yards or so.
Next year the park board intends to
do much for the improvement of the
park, and it has now in course Of con-
struction a wagon road to leadA from
the park to the fish hatchery. Supt.
Naussbaumer's intention Is to have
something in the nature of a botanical
exhibit in the park, since the hollows
and heights provide diversified CHI
mate. The association will work, there
fore, in conjunction with the park
board, to beautify this most beautiful
spot on Dayton's bluff. In addition to
the Improvement of Hoffman, avenue,
an effort will be made to have three or
four streets on the bluff paved. These
three or four include Maria and Bates
avenues. The association has long been
working to have the Seventh street fill
planted with trees, and hopes to have
this accomplished in the near future.
The Second Ward Improvement as
ISOLATION has, of course, the same diff
ficulty to contend with that has ham,
pered other associations. This Is the
opposition of a few property owners
who are content with things as they
are, chiefly because improvements
means assessments. Those owners are
unable to appreciate the fact that