, 1869-01-25

1AA pAo1tS'e Lave dEAQ pfeu l1e Icpac cs
greatest irtcrsst curing the past week anoaR
pcrsons Interested IN reM estate. The only ones,
ho~tTcr, which hASa assumed tumclent dednite-
less 10 convey Ao idea Of what they contemplate,
ere The South Side Park BILL" which will prob
ably be introduced in The LcEtell.ure to-day
tsafuret1, s3th AID The bill reported to the Com.
mon Cont cil on Friday, aud drafted By the Com.
mite on Whtrvsa md Public Grounds. Tbs
etneEal deas of both Of these bills II to the sya-
I. n Of tittributfoa Of puolic grounds about the
city il very much the easae, being to make
1tf1tk OF parks containing fIom 400 1900 perts
eaeh cfpe7ct IN al directions around the present
ctcuroie1ence Of the city. and to connect there
paris bJ streets Or dtlyea Of from go to sol feet
In Width.
Tbs "south Side Park bill" eonteup,4tes,
artt, park Of 100 ae1ee, extending touih from
Ftfty"sesenth erect about mile aiocs the aako
shore. ard from this p4sk dsise. 9tu feet wide,
rurning westward along tho line Ct si1t.ath
stteet 70 park Of GOO acrca be located betwser
Fin, -nrst md Sixtieth streen AID between ksn-
kakee akd Cottage Grove aTcnues- From this
rtrf kankAfee avenue il to BE- widencd to 90
!eet q tas north - Douglas place, with also \
d'ive, OF ao feet In Width, running NEST aiorg
The line of Ftfsy eth s,rets to contcct
With tho similar system ot patks
to Lincoln Park on the north, as contemplated In
the II tItepofted 10 the Common Co1Ieil On Fr..
day. The souih Side Park bill provides for H.
etssin9 the lands frotunG on and adjoin,rg tic
parks atd d1tEee, ard which shall bc bcltn.cd
BY their eon'tgulty shereto, to. tie coa. Of tho
ssme. The bill or tic Committee en- WhlrEss
snt Pnhtc Gtouadf, which, IL before mentioned.
1se continuation Of the same plan OF arranging
tic grounds, Ii much more sweeping In the pow
CIR It would eoLycy. It provides for ! Board Of
Park ConnlsssoneEs. ana gtves them almost m
msted toTef In tie selection OF locations Of
parks 6nd ctreeuo<s OF drives, giving them
r0Htr for that purpose to condemn or
otttr~tc acquire utlc for The city to any land
lying within E.le Of the present city limits,
end TO lay OF through tie ground thus obtained.
tuch drives and parks Is they ttal1 deem beat;
Al! thu surplus ground thus obtained, shat II not
occupied for The parEs ard dives, TO be laid OF
INTO lets. II tb!d at aucttn By the city as fact
Is the parks al d drtvts are Improved. 1t Is un-
dtfstood teat eumcthlrg Ike The lollo ming plan
u ARRANGEMENT is contemplated IN tho Aastlbo.
ticn Of the ground: 4 park of, say 800 Acrcs Ion
the North Side beJoEd toe city ltmits and west
Of Clark strickland possibly to be connected
WITH Lncoln Pr1k- From thence drive 800 feet
wide 10 I park OF, eay ITO acres, to BE- located
tousShefe IN the tit9naty Of the Jun elton Of Nil
Taakee asetuc AID the city limits. From thence 4
drive 80 feet ~idc to park OF, u! 400 ae1es, to
Relocated orulde OF the city limits, and where
It thal be accessible By tho Archer road horse carr
From ihe1re \ Fdttve 90 rett wide to park Of.
tsy 400 seree, to b located somewhere about the
cce already contemplated b. tho south Side
Phk bill. between Flfty trst Apd slKitt.h streets
and co.tags Grove and Eankakee avenues, and
here. as will be roead, II conflicts wtthshe plans
Of the "Sooth etlo Park bill" which u probably
already before the Legislature.
The Advocatca Of this last tehcma clatm thlt
for some,htrg LEGS than halt million dollars The
city can acquire the who:o syetem Of parks and
drives and have them improved, and the follow.
Ing approximate estimatea have bsen made In
That connection:
The land Necessary for |" boulevard
and lots iEontspg thereon, say Is m,les
long By 1.0oo feet wide. 1.5i7 acres,
sssass e i :2eis E: Is s:i yxd:
through the eame, at eeoo,ceo per
For so:i p.rI:, contai1i:e IN tho sssre.
gate ], 400 acres, In the various loci.
ucns tpectncd-. -.+....-. 1900 900
Total frs. cost. ............&6,4i70oo 900
| BJ this arrangement II is claimed that the city
would acquire lie, ,0G0 feet Of frontage Of sesi-
deree ptope11y, which Would eei for $50 peg front
foot, and Let $4,000 Nhleh, deducted from tho
eoss Of tho land ard Improvements, Wou.d leave
tho net coRt 10 tho city In the reighborhood Of
| hall a million dollars.
both shese projects arc. however, In oeo yet
| ard It II possible that nettheE onc Of them vii
hath out
There has been very active icquit1
FOR property this week, especially II the quarter
where bc1cats wcrc expected from the pazk
| schcmts noticed above. hat N thcsa locations
nuch oi The property has hceo Withdrawn ftou
/ nNket, and on eonae the pEtces tave been ad
vaIeed so thas buyers held Oh. and thers Was ltfe
done than Was anticipated At the beginning Of tht
week.
TIC following table shows The volume ard tan
deucy tfraleAc Ions in real estate situated within
d racius extending seven miles from the Coust
uoutc, during the week ending January %. th<
| aggregate ya1ues IN each direction, and tho tota
in all. hciIg compared with the saue for l1s
| week: