The Baltimore County union. [volume] (Towsontown, Md.) 1865-1909, 1868-12-26


TnE BoND PRorEEIY CONCENTRATION Car. The
mailer OF the condemnation OF eighteen acres Of
lana Adjoining Mount Royal Reservoir In this
couniy Tor certain purposes connected With the
use and occupancy OF the Northern Central Rail.
road Mss excited considerable attention this
"ck. Ihis property j. held 10 be cry valuable
rs u situated contiguous 10 u rapidly advanc.
inH section oi the city, and is near 10 Druid Illil
r"tN, Druhi Lake, aud other proposed public
Improvements. The property condrInnei also
contains very large amount Of valuable stone
TIE hest, according 10 the evidence Of witnesses.
ah! where around the city. u has been In pos
srssion OF the Bond family since 1910 lie pres
rnt uwners hing Mrs. Chrisiiana Bond. widow
o. The late De Thomas 4. Bond, and her children,
wa Rev. Thos 4 Bond, Hugh l.. Bond, Chas.
Bond, ChIisiiana Bond, Mrs.. Liiiig, Mrs. Skid.
more, add one OF two Others. Tue Northern
central Railroad required eighteen acres. on
~hirh they design erecting immense depot build.
'ngs, machine shops, engine houses, &c. The
company could not agree with the owners " the
property. aud therefore, In pursuance Of Law, the
inirrposilion Oi jury Of condemnation was ask.
cd. The names aud preliminary work Of this Iury
Was pn''linhe'i last werk TN Friday I lth inst.
TIE c"sr was resumed aud = great mas. II ,rsii.
n"nf btoneh' out. including tho evidence Of
Mrssts u. ". Trnpirmau, Vim. Dawson. s. J.
Martinez. J. u. u. La'tohc. John II. Tegmeyer.
samuel Brady, Sr, Henry Shrk, Chauncry
HtJoks, VIM. callow. George w. Tinges and
"n "efous Oiher,. embracing property agents,
suftrt"ts, large land owners, quarry experts,
hnd eva engineers, &c. The ease was given 10
the jury on Saturday evening. and such was the
divefsi'! oi opiniOn among the jury nirn upon the
value o. the property and OF the damage TO the
Land i'ijoinins. thai decision was not reached
u"iii late SSurday evening. On the frsi OF Ia.
"fniai, siairinrni ~ TIE amount TO he awarded,
'Arh juror gave hts opiniou SEPARATELY, aud The
"i''"uni- varied IRON $50 900 To 5000, 600. The
"'i'''uni finally agreed upon WAS sos, 900, three
."nihs ISIS. aOol tn be paid to Mrs Christians
Bond, aud The hnl~nc', 500 500, 10 the remain
~; heirs Under powers granted in iis charter,
the railroad company nerd no, take the property
" the award Of the jury Is unsatisfactory but n
u N drtidr 10 take IT, the wnets " the p,utrr-
~ have no riccilon 10 the mati-t, Lu, must take
tl" amount above stated. The award vas reach.
~'i alter mature reflection and consultation by
The july. aud will, Ne trlisve. &c sat sfaclOry TO
~ PARTIES The jurors. We know, cx~rIed them
s-lSrs =" render Just verdict, aud the amount
a~aid-'l wss that which their beet dgmrst in |
dcsrd ~ the true worth OF ID, property They
rnbrsud vel known gentlemen Of The rounty |
and in I'll their deliberations and Arguments In |
Irronriling conflicting opinions. not one harsh
or unkind ~crd was altered by one 10 another
aud the! ~ last all united ON the verdict With
confidence that they had decided rightly.
Before The jury SEPARATED, they rendered a for
NAL vote " thanks TO their foreman, Lewis
Turner. Jr, Esq, for his uniform courtesy aud
pnllieness and also transmitted to the Sheriff Of
the county u letter, OF which the following Is =
copy