New-York daily tribune. [volume] (New-York [N.Y.]) 1842-1866, 1858-06-12

r-r o. pt,tsd Ia ait fcst "a -.ch VI
cIae yol avoid big IFotet rpo- ~ crn5ns'oa"
ing upon the y ques. contained 10 tbs letter NJ
!. SotcI A1G IL. Fowler ae D. .-r b. re Iest
sid svre.1tmer. OF tie ioneI wslt dowa 70 Wukic,s
Ic.ut to view tie properly; but aseaa Of Do e..ag
with caution AID sec-ccy NJ. Proper Wstuole,
who VS. neatly every day io Mr.. 4. :, ers OH
scco'C nc % Il WI s-t'mory, learned tha i, w1Ci
be agreeable 70 SIR; S'hel % Elve Is con0s-y, a,t
De 6cCo.t -'y, VIII GeCrge lrylg me- ne At Flush.
Itg sId accompanied him II tie property. tORl.T
tes,.Gcs tat Ae t-ctsLt Nssmsa. who ., "a thu
property r. Is re 1SAeF Q, D, e1c Cd - ta' ~.
10 DO win H. ard that Is o9iL "a to tae value OF
tie property Ess covered entirely by thu ,temsn;s
a15 r. pr,s,lta.ols Il ASorel. Prosper ST. We more
Gorce Irving sLd 4. IT, Mike.
Ar We wing the property, Nr. Sclel and NJ
F0vsg ie.urned to New.ltrk, a ooupscy Will Pos
pr VI. Netucre.
Tae e, de4ce s.ows iiat Prosper IL Wetmore was
tie mlstfr s;ifi. n f-u'oE he combination " "a
purcresed the property nom the origl'l ow-or and
afierward sold K at most .xorbstt price to the
Government.
TIE evoence shows that Mr. Schell permit ii Pros
per NJ Wetmore % write such letter he desired in
reiereIce tie value of the property aud sst /,
sgrcd by tire real esta.e agents Ia NeE-YorA, ald
that S,tc forwarded it to Washington 10 compliance
with tie rsque.t Of the Secretary Of War.
Tho evidence shoSs thst majority Of tie raa'
eata,e b,okers YhO sigred the letter Of valuation O.
lie request Of Vetnore bsi not examined the pr ~
ety. ana ned il because ttey were psi $50 ap zee
a. Zee for their sisratures. The evidence shows
bat A. Shell called On Anthony j. Bleecker the sIgest
sud most reliable real es.ae broker New York aud
ked i'm whether lie Lad siercd that letter aud bat
Blocker tod in NJ, be had not ard would not that
be had tod Wet more when he present d II 20 hin
that lie could not ssnt because he knew the properly
not worth near half he sum at which il WAS them
Vsiueo.
The evidence slows that 4. Sche called On 4. II.
N,ke and rfqUtstei hi'n 70 sign a ot.sr estiul>tiog
the property as worth 81 800 or $1,000 acre, aud
that Mlckle absolutely relu I'd to sligo Size letter; he
filrti lfit
letter which Fowler tesides he thinks S,hel wrote
speaking il general terms OF the beautiful location Of
ccuery seats Ar Mche testified th At ia his opoi0n
S00 zoo would be high price to pay lor the property
ior speculative purpcses.
i does cot appear from the evidence ttst A. Sthen
toe the opirOp Of other experts than Mr. Beeck
: en- Mr. Mcble, ard Mr. John Crydor, who owned
more valuable farm Of - in lie vicinity OF VII
Lnss Point known az ''Cryders Point, which was
we'll adapted for tic fertilization, aud when, with
much more vsluabe Improve neuts upon 1t, re was
VII irg 10 sell to Government for $50 600. \. Schell
seems 10 have relied alros slogetner upon the certi
fcGre Of three four Teaestste brokers' "ich ffos'
per NJ. WetInCre procured.
A Ueo!y Grrrcu, q. the request Of 4. SchAll, wrote
, In Lin, under date Of the 2itn April. that he hat
deferred reply ing 20 bis inquiries TO the yaue OF
the land at Wlletts Point ard tie nelghbofhood,
expecting "a rec some persons VITO were more com
"Ietent than himself ard Cb'aln their opinion, bat
that te had not been fortuoate rs 90 ree. them
C'rpnel, in HI letter to S3he, ssys: " own aDcut
$50 0OO; vi etLer It W. nd orrg tba, sum csncvl
say. d. 10; thin ny evidence should have muca
weight. ! regret that cannot give yol cy'deLc~
thst would be mole satisfactory
i. Scho in biz re Is 70 the Secretary Of War, N
+ der date of April II, lS1', says:
/ "Nrw.Yorg Apii, e. RI
osii properly known Woa foiat opposite felt > ly,r.
dnee hon NtwYoIk bei osc Loar ty Gos or aca AID
dcic,dly tgibc and esraie position iot III
Sum
iuuoria'e vicinity has been used By Of the ia and
Te a h. ~ the @SeSs =. isoa are.
and have procured anct tom scve'sl sucorcers IA
ef y TS EGG . ., a x Fe4e d nod T..
o. ~, perez. .ani't y h,I VIE '' s1 qa,, , ,,
oss4 ss 1 I'LL Il Z: :. 1 %,:,, =. f' ~
Ss5s f p ST." s7n", -'o sdo'ee' in tue
c siysu = 8 'a.S rom ~ i.esE at Of
s '' :. e9Vs Di &C. passed srn: he tho
ReyiI mon tn, =, eeu, al in au,wet To our uqui-s,
M '1 ea. o. lad Is a. ee.S e. ' the II
foI 10 sie csnn". BE- 60. cese el eNo' b. .nt pfi-r
W ''''' '''p''' W ''--''- &GGC5trs s?Ti:LL
+ Hon JouS d Flo'o, secretary Of Wet"
! TIE evidence shov7 that this properly Lad been ia
the market for sale for years previous to liz puchss
by The Cover ment and tha; fiegreri Efforts hal
been made to sell the who.o or part Of It $40 per
acre.
j. D. Williamson, Who surveyed it in January, 1856,
and divided into villa plots then received an order to
/ eel IT, snd tie agreement WAS that il he cjult get
<5Ot0 fcr the whole plot forty ceres morc than
the Government have purchased lie was to De pad
commission Of five per cent, ard that he got more
lie wss TO receive half Of all he got over IJo with
! Liz FIVE PER cent commission besides.
/ Giahaas Policy, wealthy merchant OF Whians.
bursh testified t; ct Wi;smsn called or Lal several
times = July, $50, and urged tie sac Of H. and VA
lie cou,d lave purchased the who!e property then fog
si5COO. Williamson t1sGcs tina, &c made ,ery Little
Effort to sell lie property because the price asked, IN
lis Cprior exorJitartth no enc Tcul- touch
! It.
Henry Day rurchs ed q potion Of the properly on
tie teth Of November 1876, fom WIS.,. =, of me
purpee cf erecting villa upon i. lie had the e :
i.eee OF seect.g his se. ara paid fron 'O 70 sJ"
an aero for Il.
The Hon joan ". lawrence late member Of
. Coro~sss Was authorized by Wi.suan, tue original
owner 10 70 the tine hs sod % George irving, n
April ISj7 20 q thu whole property ~ Lie tJ'etn-
ut It Gir >lo0,o which fact tic Engineer B-Ie.u
xss duly informed Of.
Crycer, wio orrs Ike poict adjoining Wilkasr,
when approached by a. :c!el on the su ct, ole,sd
20 EEL Ills property. which wa great zeal moro in-
proved han " kirss Point, FOR 81, 100 an acie' IN
proyeneats ncudea. tbs appears nom - o;"eI'
tcstmony.
By far Ire largest number Of wi.aCsses Who were
exsrnined a. 10 the alUe Of tie property q NnScss
Pcn. agreed IN placing tho value az about $50 'n
ccrc aud rore, except those VINO were IN some "sy
COZ, ctcd Sith tie combination w1lch so.d 70 lie
GoyeruIaeni, esitca'ed i. 1T over II ,0o an acre.
Ii rtlsri 70 the health OF Wilkins Point Col
Smith who las charge Of the fertilization. now oJlog
erected there testihes that additional buildings M
10 be erected al Fort Schuyler % accommodate 'Ie
neu ..ho were aken SICK with fever s'i tSde "a-o
8. WORK a. Wlki-ss Port, and oseIs l. stlci ~,
large part OF he properly Ha low and sn1 MARSH ana
thtr, vas ? cle at deal VI fever and s,ue there. go