, 1872-10-23
a QUESTION OF TITLE.
Property in East St. Louis Worth
S500,000 EKlvOlved---Elae Connecticut
Land Co1.1pa12Y ard its D.,cratic1as.

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A2tno Vosai R3la.s A'.u ~. us S2e1.tttoaaS'
from ING =. =. Loa.s "a 11mcs, oet. ~.
me cltlzsos o. East oI. LOUIS are Gonalue5a-
y 10 1;l.a, 20 ot n a9ot tisa t?t "a
Wnlcn Is nkely TO hot only anect tne Tue tit1e 20
tarse snoun: " .ne ,t ;s u 1at plaGe, W..
a1so 10 exercise no Attio lnnuence on ING 1ueafe
oes9.ny u ~ 1nn1 - ii3inS ;,s'si1 cl.si c, Do-
meEais, -, ,, u onaS1 -. - nal
1pm, ~ 1an ~ Na VIII ~, J ari
lolu, Lpnn, anu oniuoi ~ tnts
Piopaus leplese.is Us 1n'cn capi'ai ~ any otnea
eia men @ snat eoau po naancu IL ene Gnasea
nsates; uaso, 1or hu!upe1 u yeal6 past eiail1ea
tho 1lte TO- ana exercised exclusive con1fo1 over,
laree au1ounb OF Ieal es1ato III East ot. LOUIS,
comprising iots "ltnln, ana farming lanos ana
9enel Ins1Dae p:opei.y outsue u .ue c1sy alnlts
oesotal stais w h,n'ese Moie uiauo aau ces-
we're again divided INTO LOIS, = large number OF
Tncn nave peen sola or loased on long TERMS 10
oo'.d lade test0e9ts. warranted Geeoa "cre e1FeI
and almost MI tue purchasers nave naoo SUI SUP
In fact, we Lclieve some of the costliest build.
lngs IN the CITY nave been erected on properly
thus acquired. oo, :, ----
onttl 9ne year loo9, a. 1ne con'ey5,nGes II were
oaeeutsa oy Tue IolSlaust owners ahu 1ne WIVES
" s4Cu ol tnet1 as "e1e A1atlleu, bul I!iuluS
tnat II was lnconsenlent TO maze transl ers N
tias way, these gentlemen appAeo to the Legls-
!ature OF lnlhois 1or chafter OF incorporation,
- ~ olueI W 1ae4141ate tIe ttalsacIton " suEli
business; -, We remember rloht!y, me
speclal p1ll OF lncofporas1on passed po1n
branc0es q tne Leglsiature, put was vetoeo "
governor faliner, On the GROUNDS thae IL ancctea
700 nuch property: ano con1c1seu t9o mncn 1!a
po"cI upou d nouop9ly, MHich IL ~ lelt ~ u,s-
poseo, coala Cripple 1ne lnaqstfy anu retaru lne
growth oi East nt. LOUIS. iEe Ec'lon ~ tl1e
governor "as 1ully approved p} Lug nnnielpal-
lty o1 East 81. LOUIS, WHICH c1aiheu tnas alinoSs
every ordinance Pasaeo pJ tne Glty Gouhe1l,
LOOKING toward tue Improvement OF the CITY,
"onia pe contested py this po"er1n1 corporation
ana 1ts leeaity tested IN the courts, thereby en-
ta,hng great expense on tho CITY, ana other"1se
lnter1ef1n6 WIN 2ts ndFancemept'
MOI oauntea oy stas ue1eas, however tne COM
plnation turned their attention towards the East
TOT the consnmmat1on OF thelr project. what
1u'nols had refAsed to grant, Connectlcut fully
supplied: In short time afterwards the r.
CURED charter was ootained at Hartford, ana IN
September, 1869, formal conveyance was fled
Tor record IN the hecorders o1hce at BelleVl!le,
IN "tMcn = the corpofa1tors abose named transfer,
reg az ther ragne, tt1e, anu interest TO the real
estate IN -. clalr Gounty 70 the corporation
Kno"n ana oeslgnatea as the "Conaectlcut Land
company unoer ihs corporate name large
nu1nbef OF 1ote nave peen soiu ~ Ihe company,
ana valuable Improvements nave oeen made On
the Same ~ the purchaseSa:
Among the others, tue CITY OF East st. LOUIS,
year or t"o ago, enected a purchase OF ntty ny
one hundfed ana 1oTty 1eet on ihird street, be-
tween broadway anu MISSOURI avenue, intending
1t as 3 site for jail, and received warranty
deed therefor. 70 portion OF thls propertee,
however. Mr. J. B. Carroll cinima title bv yirtua