The Minneapolis journal. [volume] (Minneapolis, Minn.) 1888-1939, 1906-05-22

Minneapolis will have an immense
park, one that will compare in size with
Contra! park in New York city and
other famous parks, and surpass most
OF them in scenic beauty.
The plan was submitted to the park
commissioners at their meeting yester-
day, and obtained enthusiastic approval.
The most gratifying feature of the plan
Is !, that. 1t. will not entail any expense.
only to consolidate the parks and park
ways along, the Mississippi river into
one vast park tract. This they virtually
are now, but the fact seems not to have
occurred to any one before. :
How Plan Works.
Commissioner W.. F.. Decker suggested
the consolidation and his scheme Sc
cured instant approval. He called at
t~ention to the fact that Riverside park,
St. Anthony parkway Riverside park
tua1iy one, but had been given different
names probably from the fact that the
land was acquired at different times.
The fact, that the river flowed between.
did not necessarily make different parks
as it was in order to have a stream of
flowing water in such a tract. g. r.
Minnehaha park has an area Of 1884
acleSi RAVeio1ue Ifo.o4 acres;
st; Anthony parkway, 80.5 acres; River
side park, 1913 acres, and the river
gorge, 285.14 acres, making a grand
total of 700 acres, or almost as much
as Central park, New York. Moreover,
the Mississippi river, by the construc-.
ton of, government dams, would be con
verted into a lake, spanned by. two
bridges. at Franklin avenue and Lake
street, which join the two sides.
- Nv Hov&op c110rocko1 that %ho &poo&
be christened Mississippi park, but the
present local names could be retained
for convenience. He asked that the
matter be referred to a committee for
further consideration, and this was
done. - .:.
eoodby. Hennepin.
The board took final leave of Henne-
pin and Lyndale avenues by turning
over $1,000 TIC: the city council for, the
maintenance of these former parkways
as traffic streets. There was some OBJ
lection to this plan from the residents
along Hennepin3 avenue, on the ground
on the legal questions involved in the
vacation. of the. streets by the park
board. Attention. was called to. the
fact that the district court had refused
to. make an order to compel the board
to resume its care of the streets and
that the board. had no jurisdiction: The
money was voted and will be distrib-
9ted as follows; -, Third ward, 1899;
fourth ward, $24o; eighth ward, $346;
tent: ward, 81 az u ~ .
=" .~' Accepts. New Park. 80, -
Tower hill in Prospect park was de:
signated as a park. - The expense will
be, $4,000, including interest on the
certificates Of Indebtedness. This
amount will be assessed against the
real estate in that section Of the city,
il. being agreed that the assessments
shall not extend west of Twenty-seventh
avenue Sc, or beyond. the railway
tracks. Several property owners in
the ground that the cost of the land
was excessive, but a majority Of the
delegation urged the. park board to
proceed and the plan was adopted unan-
imously.
Colonel F.. M. Joyce of the Automo-
bile club presented the matter Of hold:
ing automobile races during the Grand
operation Of the board. The matter
was referred to the committee On priv
ileges. e"
superintendent Theodore Wirth rec:
commended various minor Improvements,
such as incandescent gasolene lights In
Van Cleye park, and an artesian well
in Murphy square, and these were re:
ferred to the committee or improve
ments. i..'r
Hanker for Music.
W. G.. Edgar, on behalf of a mum.
Der of citizens, petitioned* the board to
provide a band stand at the Parade
for open-air concerts for a military
band. The agreement is that the funds
for the concerts be raised by. popular
subscription. Thursday evening is sug.
gested as a desirable one for such con.
certs. '" 8 -" %" -
The awards for the land c~ondemened
for park purposes between the Parade
and Loring park were confirmed, not
~withstanding the objections Of three
property owners, who are not salts
fed with the amounts awarded them,
The matter Of removing Kistler's
store at Sixth and Lyndale avenues N
was referred to the committee on i'm
provements with power, to act. DR..
Kistler will cut of enough of the house
to enable the building to be moved up
Lyndale avenue without doing any
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