The Sauk Centre herald. (Sauk Centre, Stearns County, Minn.) 1886-current, 1910-09-15
Alderman ''BiH" Paneburn Poses
In That Role
IMPROVING CITY PARK
City Dad From First Ward Chair
man of Committee to Fix
Things Up a Bit

Alderman Bill Pangburn, the well
known and popular city dad" from
the first ward, is just now engaged
in administering to the already pref
ty little city of Sank Centre, dose
which will make the municipality
even more beautiful. The prescrip-
ton was drawn by the city council
at it's regular September meeting,
held last week, and is as follows:
"Be it Resolved, by the City Coun-
Gil of the City of Sank Centre, that
the bay west of the city park be
cleaned and the mud be removed by
said city and be placed upon the land
west of the bay, and further, that all
boat houses on said bay be required
to be Strengthened under the super.
vision of the special committee ap-
pointed to attend to the removal OF
the mud from the bay, and that said
removal of boat houses be done with
in As days from date hereof
The resolution was unanimously
passed and special committee was
appointed consisting of Aldermen
Pangburn, Gingery and Borgmann
Alderman Pangburn being chairman
of the committee, the work of super.
vision quite naturally fell upon his
shoulders. He took it up without
murmur and got busy right away.
Saturday morning he had three
teams at work with scrapers clean.
ing out the bay, from which all the
water had been drawn. Geo. Rice
the city's able and efficient street
commissioner, was on hand with the
men working hard and seeing that
everything was done right Alder
man Pangburn wanted to get right
down in the mud and work with the
teams and scrapers, but street COM
missioner Rice wouldn't hear to it,
so the alderman had to content him
self with standing on shore and
exerting himself from that point of
vantage. Alderman Gingery and
Bergman are also devoting much
time and attention to the work
This is a fine time to do this
work, as the water in the lake is
the lowest ever known. The plan is
to dredge the bay out completely
and enlarge it materially. The mud
taken out is spread upon the PENN
sUla west of the park, thereby rails
ing that land above high water level.
Three feet of mud will be taken out
of the bay. This will give a depth
of ten or twelve feet or more of
water therein when the water is
high. The area of the bay will be
nearly doubled. The channel lead
ing from the bay to the lake will be
videned and deepened. The new land
to be made west of the park will be
riprapped around the edge and sod
ded, making an extension of the
park. A rustic bridge of graceful
design will be built connecting this
new addition with the main park.
The boat houses will set on new
line and as more houses are built
they will be compelled to conform to
this lire The improvement, when
completed, will add greatly both to
the convenience of handling boats
and to the beauty of. the park at the
foot of the lake.
In addition to passing the resolu-
ton relative to the park improve.
ment, the council transacted consid.
cradle routine business, including
the appointment of judges for the
primary election. The judges named
are:
First Ward-Geo. Rieu, Chas. S.
Allen, Chas. Miller.
Second Ward-C. NJ. Bryant, D.
Cleveland, r. A. White.