The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1905-11-12
WILL NOT AFFECT
WINTER SKATING
PARK BOARD's PROBABLE 10000
DEFICIT MAKES NO DIFFERENCE.
Warming Houses Will Soon Be Up at
Loring, Powderhorn and Van cleve
Parks and Lake of the Isles and Har-
riet-Minnehaha and the River May
Be Used. j., ..'+ '-.. -

Preparations for the winters skat-
ing are already being made by the park
board in. spite of the probable deficit
of $4,000 in the board Is accounts. The
maintenance is one of the permanent
items in the budget, so that precedent
requires the board to provide them. r.
The present work is limited to get
ting out the material for the warming
houses. These are put up in such a
manner that they can be taken down
in the spring and kept ready for put
ting together the next fall. In a short
time the houses will be erected at
Loring park, Lake Harriet, Powderhorn
park, Van Cleye park and Lake of the
soon as the ice can safely bear the
skaters: The house at Loring park is
now being put up. =, -: .<.s,...-
The earliest skating undoubtedly
will be at Van Cleve park, as the water
in the pond is so shallow that the ice
is safe when only two or three inches
thick. At Loring park and the other
l?hes no one s is alGwed on the tR;i ice qn
that time it is, strong enough to sup
port as many skaters as are likely to
be on it at one time. i
IL Skating at Minnehaha.
In addition to the regular Kinks, the
park board will probably make arrange
ments for skating at Minnehaha, but
will not provide a warming house. By
at The bridge across Minneh oen creeK
long pond particularly well adapted
for skating can be formed. Now that
the old skating pohdoin New Boston,
known as Long Johns pond has come
under the jurisdiction of the park
board, it: is not improbable that the
authorities will iprovideIe.a rink there
also. ij%3,.Est gi3w ~ artz J.. i.'...,.G
ma}ntained ss tie parE beard on the &c
Side. Neither. Van C1eve park nor any
of the west side parks are easily acces-
sible1 to Northeast 81 Minneapolis, and
there has long been d demand that the
park board give some consideration to
this section Of the city. There is little
! northern part of the city, as Fairview
the only park within easy reach, has
no pond and the nature of the land is
| such that no considerable tract can be
( flooded. 1t would be a simple matter
I to provide skating, pond at Camden
place by damming Single creek. but
the determined opposition of large
{ Creek park compelled the board tt
/ abandon it's effortsato secure posses
( sion Of the valley, and 1T has no au
thority to dam the creek.
:" Z, May Use The River.
Alderman M. A. Gerber of the first
ward announced some time ago thai
if it was feasible to maintain a skat
ing rink on the. river between Hall's
island and the east, shore, It would b
done this winter. The new bath house
can be converted into a satisfactory
warming room, and an attendant cal
probable. be secured without expense
in return for the privilege of renting
skates and selling refreshments. III
There will probably be al score O.
more of public Kinks in various parts
Of the city outside; of the park hoart
control. For many years IT. has beef
customary. for the city to flood yacan
tracts at. the. request of thessa ldermen
the work being usually done by cit,
fremen.@ There is no expense whateve
to these small neighborhood. Kinks
Volunteer bands of boys and .younl
men gladly undertake to clear ava,
i the snow for the sake of having a. rinl
| within easy reach of their homes: -,
4 It is the prayer of tho youth Of Min
neapolis that the cold Weather will Sc
in before the snow falls, and that tn
snow will hold off until they have ha'
prolonged period Of good skatin!
before it is necessary to turn out witt
the snow shovels. $751;