Delaware state journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1870-1883, 1873-06-07

ance 10 De paid IN annual lnstallments
with interest as before mentioned.
Mr.. Joseph Tatunll has seventeen acres,
three roods and twenty feur perches.
Price fifteen thousand three hundred
dollars, payable in annual installments
with interest.
Mr.. J. Cloud Elliott has nineteen acres,
one rood and three perches. at nine hun
dred dollars per acre, making seventeen
thousand three hundred and forty-two,
dollars, payable In annual installments
with interest, making IN the aggregate as
follows.
j. T. Head & P. Mcdowell, $4,000
Edward Tatnall, 1919 |
Joseph Tatnall, IL, 300 |
]. Cloud Elliot, 1882 1
$Sl, 754 |
Your committee would further report
that the City Solicitor has made a
thorough examination Of titles, leiHs,
&c, connected with the various tracts Of
land before mentioned, aud that every
thing is now In proper shape for settle
ment with the various parties. Whenever
Council authorizes that to be done, your
committee would therefore ask that they,
in conjunction with the City Solicitor, be
having the deeds drawn and settlements
made with the different parties named In
this report, aud In accordance with the
terms as reported.
II. F. pickles,
P. b. HEusrsD,
PHILIP QuIULRY,
Jos. X. Pm LIPS,
ELI MENDlNnALL.
JOHN G. BAKRh,
W. II. QUINN,
j. 7. RICHARDSON
After reading the report he asked th It
instructions be given to proceed 10 settle
ment with the different parties, ia cOnjunc-
tion With the City Solicitor.
Mr.. Pickles also made few remarks,
stating that ten or twelve years ago
f14, 500 worth Of land had been offered 10
the city for this purpose that in '62 MIR.
Lowering offered TO give land II Council
would fence IL and put II 10 order, but
Council refused to take II. A public
meeting was held in the City Hall nearly
live years ago, end a committee appointed
to secure land, who reported In favor of
purchasing the same land that 10 wanted
now, but the matter fell through.
Colonel Finegan wished to purchase al
a reasonable figure, and entered his pro-
test against the expense of the purchase
and fitting up Of the ground proposed to
be bought. He doubted whether Council
had right to incur such debt, and
~sa.sS Tue wrs'fs iegiaa,3ahn INA tl hs ' liz
votes of the people.
Mr.. Pickles said Council was elected
by the people to legisate for them, and
the town charter tells in what cases their
meetings shall be called.
Mr.. Lynch said the expenditure of this
money for park would be antagonistic
10 bis constituents, and he did not think
II would beaeht the poor man that il
would be wiser to take the money and
clean the hlthy streets of the city ask
the working man II he wants to pay taxes
for park favored public squares the
fever for park seems like mania com
ing from New York TO Philadelphia, and
from Philadelphia to Wilmington. A
short time ago wages were good and
rent low, Dut u this expenditure goes on
he could not tell where it would end.
Mr.. Quinn said he signed the report,
believing that the people wanted a park
Wilmington is growing, and nav come
to be what New York is to-day iris
Council, with two or three exceptions. ls
made up Of working men a park could
have been had l6 years ago for one.third
the present cost, and the day will come
when Wilmington will need a park OF
per cent. Of the people who visit IN,
parks In New York, PHILADELPHIA AMI
Baltimore are working people the tax
would not be cents year on each
labOrlng man in the city; the pubit
square the city owns at Eighth stree
would pay half the expense II sold the
poor can enjoy the Injuries of a park a,
well as the rich.
Mr.. Lynch said he would have NO nh
lection to park if we could afford il Al
up thelnterior of the city first; he doubted
II the people intended TO invest so much
authority in Council, and said that n
least 1920 would be made by the rinf
within the ring.
Mr.. Quinn saia that Wilmington. by ,
wise dlspensatlon of Providence. wa,
| placed on a hill, and that Strangers h.,
said TO him that II was one of the clean
est Of cities he had no interest in Ia,
7 matter and was in no ring.
Col. Febiger said that We are to derive
all our drinking water from that stream
? that II the ground around 1t Is divided
into lots and built up, all the drainugl
will be running into the creek from tina
portion OF the town the quantities 0
dead fish In the Brandywine yesterda,
illustrate the necessity of protecting til
/ stream one OF the reasons Philadelphia
} had 10 have park was to keep her drink
: ing water pure $500 an acre would hay
' bought this same property two years age
p no" Il was $500; the town will have b
t buy this property some time, and thos
I who come after us will have 10 paw tel
I Nnw Al
e Mr.. Hayes thought the water Shout
a be protected but he could not see tina
I the land must be bought for that pur
g pose thought that we would eventual
c have TO go beyond that point for water
- a park would not give the necessary Orc
e lection was Ia favor of park, an
y would have no objection to paying th
A amount asked for this land If the cit
- was financially In condition to dc 50.
e Mr.. Baker was In favor of buying III
e ground because he considered park
e necessity for the city Wilmington Is
8 peculiarly situated city, laying nearly o.
a Mason and Dlxon's line, she combine
,. the southern tre with northern energy
r Is not poverty-strlcken, bankrupt or nea
j. the verge of bankruptcy compare III
/ liabilities aud assets OF Wilmington Il
e day and she will show large margl
b. and come out triumphant the argumeu
r has been advanced that we must moy
= the water works, but II would cost NOR
: to move them than To buy dve miles Q
,. both sides of the Brandywine.
e Mr.. Richardson said that there was q
9 Credit Mobiier or inside ring In regar
y to the matter. There are two classes
g people who grumble at paying taxes, /. e
e lhOse who live upon their m lney an
}. those who have no taxes To pay he ha
a atten led Council at times for years, an
e whenever question of public intere
e came up bankruptcy was brought Up
o oppose Il. The arrangement made /
is the committee was not one that wou
!, cause bankruptcy.
Il Col. Feblger said that II we move U
l. the creek further for water, and the TOW
h increases, IL will not furnish water en- oug
Il the gentleman who advocated going !
IS stream would give us pure water [
> giving us none the cry OF fiuanela
/, inability ls erroneous, the city being 10 1
o gOod financial condition as 1t ever Wa
Ia ar aVar uf1l he