The weekly tribune and the Cape County herald. (Cape Girardeau, Mo.) 1914-1918, 1916-03-24
COUNCILMEN In ROW
over PARK PAVILION
Bowman Says Peanut Stand Will
Make Park Money Making
Affair.

Arthur c. Bowman charged fellow
members of the council with trying to
run the Fairgrounds into money
making scheme with peanut stands,
the council last night refused to ratify
4 report made by the Building Con-
mittee on Improvements at tie park
pavilion.
The alteration in the council start
ed over the failure of the Building
Committee to embody in the report
plans for the partition of the second
/ floor of the pavilion into a suite Of
! three or four rooms as the living
quarters for the parI, keeper.
When the report had been read.
! Edward Biumcr, chairman Of the com
mittee, declared that he had becn told
some Of the candidates for the posi-
ion 8 keeper Of tire park wished to
use the rooms 10 be prepared for them
as a place to offer furnished lodgings
to Normal School students.
The comnnttee took the position
that the keeper and his family could
reside in 4 serio, Of three rooms on
the north enl Of the builGin" that now
are pa"titioned off.
Mayor kago asked BIumor how the
committee determined that it cou'd
ovorrulc the expressed sentiment of
the council on the question of rooms
upstairs. He said that at the time the
council made It's junlet to the park it
was mutually agreed 20 lay of 4
series Of rooms on the second floor.
When BIumer announced the Nor
man School enterprise, Councilman
/ Black declared he then was in favor
of using the remainder Of the $4,000
! for park improvements in building
cottages in the park for renta!
purposes.
"That's not such 4 bad idea" COM
rcnted Mr.. kaess.
Councilman Bowman. Il member Of
the committee, then entered the de
ho4o uo said tho committee made ,
tr;, - tho no,.l- who, +bo,. do,;dod
tbaro was room, for If Io.st - do1or
rooms on the second floor. He said
they thought the partitions could be
mt IN later. and the konno,. couId live
downstairs
..Tt vas tho understandings If tho
council +bouob tba4 there v.ero +o h,
iIrcc o., fo,,, roo,os IN tb.t Goor and
those rooms downstairs can he peod -
ncenu4 stands and Jinino. roo,a. "
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