, 1869-06-26

TIE SOUTH CHICAGO PARK.

non. u.u,r st1iking!y SO than IN the
c.pau;aon Of its territorial limits and the
actual ,:st. and occupation of the land thus
annually acquired. The increase Of bus'-
ness Lah taken up whole sections Of land
f,ruar,ho1ss ard factonts which, q fow
v.4.rs ngo, were considered rs the future
rites foy residences; and residence build
i,.E which, when built, ten years aga, were
1,l..v,l fur beyond the tlmult Of active
business, have long since been converted
istu factories OF warehouses, or used for
t,:hrr l,usinrss purposes. Ten years ago
tLr city obtained from the Legislature the
power To establish park in the South
Division, between tho present Twelfth and
Twenty streets; and while the au-
ti.o1,sl,.s we're waiting for the Legislature
to correct SOME supposed informally in
ihn grant, the proposed site Wis
sr,1l.G AID built upon, and each hundred
suunrc fec, attained q value equal to what,
two years before, woall have purchased M
acre If the same land. That locality for
park was therefore abandoned. There
were htill within easy access, md within
sight Of the city, vast open prairies,
oyr. which the puhlic might drive or
-, $50, ,na to- ,no,r ,,;las
e~,,.,. - .,a 80. ,r,,,o.o,, r., ra-l
;,,,s-- ,,n ,-,;r;zs NV, ara a. d,nec,v
populated ns is t,at site itsclf.
The ta;lu1o to Get n marx ten. or eight or
ii. Years aco. has compelled tho selection Of
si,c for one more distant, it is true,
fro,n the Court House. but not more distant
from the settled norton Of the city than
Tu.ntv.s.cona street .,r COTTAGE Grove
.,oo ~ tbat finn In the neantinr.
t,,a .,.arc,, far ,es;1enees hcyonl the
husv limits of the CITY bas built IN
,r,s;a,. If tho cornorate boundaries a
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n'en' "N'' 'e.""s'sAnes e'uss ~. 'A0l,
hne Ano" 4 's' lAc e''s poant'NJ ~ '0es "o Nv
ceaEc 10 hc rtac'leal!y ea..zena' Residents
nno nea'y a''p-Sste Ana P'otS'
ffs ol .hies'so. 1ne oI1ecS'on toAe 1ues0
Fe"pie were A..o"ea " eo1e " 4no ques'4oa
=" i'sf" - !A' A'c.e.eneu 'ne' Ds,''u'e 'u'9o
ptop'e ne MI e11eAo A.A' "noes ICY
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'aan''neo H. WIN 'Ae Guy ,....,
Ah' i'a' - "4'.is .A'A' "e.A ''~''"'' :"
'he neaseh' VI WHICH 1i1e neeeS"'Ss "n1ouo'
oi lhna eoulo oe ptosuiea III az, 1cA9oH"-
me aanoan1 Q! expenditure. 4ne lana can
'e iofeDH'eu ~" tno "e'e
Senfs henee X WILL nave 10 Ut pufcnaSea oy
LIE 'fon' toot' !'' feino1e'aeAs II oug-
"es'' t'17eo ~ 'nos' "no'c Pio'toec ~
every community hse.,s ~ Us " @tsee'
every measure o' paenc oensnI' me
very &c" pefsoHs "Io 10" seek 10 oe'eat
TINS PARK measure Me the resaaafS
leeatefs aad surviving hssoclAses o. the men
"ho' hite1n sea1s ago. oPlosco' oy every
lma9snap'e !ess' a1u Pt'fsoi'a' ae''ce, 'ao
suFlnJ o' "A.es ~ eaS o'ne5 nsSIu0 taao
LOG pipes "no resisted VIII eqooi Flsos
every rfopos!uou 70 eapeua money III Av-
ing Ae sewers, which to-day afe as essen-
tial to the preservation OF Aa.1A1 Life ia
TO the people 10 use IN tnel h1snl Alau oe-
st1oy the government WHICH pfoFoseu' anu
the courts which tolerated, the change IN
the Crude Of the city ghich lifted Chicago
from mudhcle aud give it the means Of
drainage.
Then it Was predicted that to alter the
grade would entail a cost Of millions to
mise the shantios which lined tho streets,
md the constitution was invoked to avert
the same irrctnerAblc bankruptcy and ruin
which these very men now conjure up as
the certain results Of the park- Chicago,
with Ill her power, her wealth, her ASSESS
ment rolls Of two hundred md twenty mill
ions Of tA1able property, has attained MI
these only nfter On excited and persistent
struggle with the men who have opposed
every act Of public improvement with the
same hhor.-sighted zeal which they now
bring agains. the park
The people Of South Chicago have been
waiting for \ park for years. or the ne
cessity for t, md Of the c1pediency Of
selecting i. now, instead Of I've years hence,
when II will hnre to be located still further
of, there can be no doubt The same
men who oppose this park would oP-
pose the opening Of new street, or
the luying Of new sidewalk, or !he
purchase OF new hte-cnglne, or the
building Of new bridge. In that opposl-
tion the public have no share; they have
no sympathy with II There Is an
universal desire among the people
to bear their part OF the tax necessary to
secure the pt1k now Two millions e1-
pended nov Will accomplish more tnan n'e
maihohs VIII s~o se"-s nence, ana .ncs 'eel
more an11oos .nll't ever W 4'Afe lae pax
h"~' because lacy nave as commissioners !.
ooos o1 eenue"en N WHO'LL 1ney Lave aul
eounoehee'
Ane ooa7's Ill l1e etsee.s " LIZ opFo-
nehts d Inc pa1A mat tna supreme eou11
WILL oSc11orn 'ne s'<'otn e'ae fofS ACT nave
ploaaeea general anu profound regret
we DO not beheEe there Is any aotnoHtE
aos sucn poaseng' ine.Aeels'aeute OF taS
o'a'e gave 'ne hHp'ess Au'no",S IN 'ne
premises @ne Peos'e "uo aio ~ oe 'aAea
.o'en III 'ae mos, Aea1's 'n1nne1 10 aceep'
lne lt61aiAt1pu eNe e4Au1e Peopae LOW, WILL