, 1873-02-24
Two Moro Of SCOTS Liliputian SUBJ
divisions Rlattcil.
4 City Projected on tho Moraaaes
Around Wolf Luke.
Stately Drives Ten Feet Wide, and Alleys
Five Feet.
The Jury Law Agitation..-Moro Facts
and Figures.


1nte'ded Reconsideration Of q
$61o,O0O Estate.
Tho follovng lettor to tho editor callod tho at
tention of tho iaw ronortor to Tho oslra}ilItv Of
looking furtholiuxo arr, George ". scott'u mud
schemes |
Raper M Ss9h}. <hnk pur reroStor assumed hut iii
tna n. ~ II records from Scott anu vito
eapsr ~ ay 3, II names appearing IL yonr
Of cseott In Park 1igo sbd!yision Of Sec, 5. 'Tis
Tfsaing strango you never tpose such swinalng until
Tho examination Of theplats recorded sinco |
tho fro in the Recorders olce Of. Cook County
reveals no ouch subdivision as park Ri1ro,"
in Sec. +; and thozo wholnyo bought lots |
therein wil do vol to invite II. Scott, or WHO
ever they hold responsible, to 10 tho p1et with
'out dolay. Tho removed inyogeation Of tho
booka showed TINT tile buyers o. land who arc |
not "unfortunato dupos must b at least ,u-
lucky apeculators, If that term il psferroa, It
ia, Of courso, impossible for tho roprtor to nn-
swor for tho value Of tho bargain naa by each
individual purchaser Of land who st*lds on
tho grantors' books Of Cook County, as ,ayIng
received q conveyance from the SCOTS, he. ho
passed. tho afternoon in looking up ut loaat stuo
Of thou. Tho boulevard Addition, 1t socnla, =
not tho only crea.ion Of scott's fancy that hasI
devoted tho realms Of tho bull-frog and tho
marshy haunta Of tho wild-fowl to the Bpeoula-
tive competition Of progressive pooplo III the
swamp land Boutll of tho city. The matosticsix-
foot drives Of the Boulevard avenues tho COM
modtoua oghtco1l-inoh alloys through which
tho ooal-wagons, tho butcher, tho baker,
the coachman, tho nilkmau, and such
genre, should dispense to tho Boulevard
Addition tho necoBsacies OF life; tho
glorious oxpnnso Of wnring r1lshos, md
liquid mud, and oozy bog that 'yas predcatincd
unborn bouloyaracrs the magnificent piles Of
masonry, the glfttoring marble palacs, thnt woro
to towor to rds Tho skies on the Gx30 boulevard
lots, have been repeated elsewhere on noarly
similar Liliputiau ecalc.
Sixteen miles duo south Of tho city limits, aud
eight miles oast, the hardy, ardent, and rropres
slhle Chicago sportsman, may he found FROM
March noxt, up to his salst IN water, gaily pop
ping away at tho wild ducks us tley riBo,
Wolf Lako; and The sound Of lfs deadly shot
guu md tho shrek Of tho wounded duck will dio
away In the solitary wastes Of tho groat swamp,
and shelr echoes seek III vain dry resting-rlaco
in all those soisudcs. ASne sis upon each rot
ting log, the frogs croak u pospotnal chorus Of
"Wero monarch Of all We survey" and human
ifo Is ouly possiblo by tho blessing Of copions
aSns Soss # has te't y sssas IT, a 2S@ 2hs psfsas
arise thnt 11r. scott's customers spcc,i-
lated on when they bought beautiful
lots in " Park Ridge snbliyiaiaion OF Sec. 35"--
in that glowing valley Of the shadow Of rheu-
matism did those who aro not tho unfortunate
dupos Of tho Boulevard Addition lay tho aub-
atantial foundation OF their fort,nos iu the slano
ofinvestmonts in land. Away south ngain, is that
other oegantly,pattea region, whoso engraved
presslbly fascinating to the budding butinnocent
speculator, whose motto it hns been, since youth
up, to save the price Of gass Of lngor, that
may somo day possess lot Of my owns" Its titlo
county map in tho Racorlotfs Office, to-wit !:
"Park Ridge swindle, Or, more geographically
speaking, tho south II of the eaet Is Of tho cast
Il Of the northwest i OF Section So, Township
Of III. scotts making, and mny bo one Of thom
T. that e,,1 meant y our correspondent US spark
"Park Ridge Subdivision Of Bee. 35 is tho
first book Of records complied since tho llro. Il
is of tho earliest efforts Of MIR. Scotia fancy
before ho got things down to 80 Ane point "a
$3.50 # lots, six foot strcets, and oghtoon-inch
alleys. Those lots are reasonably large, COM
pared with tho enterprise of moro mod
ern times measuring IL $40 by Il feet, with
atreata vida enough to admit the passasa OF
two poramhulators, namely, ten foet, and five
feet alloysi Thoro aro fourteen blocks, con-
totni Of 63a los most Of wllici, have been sold
to unfortunate dupoB" and uulucky Rpccula-
tors"
Thoeo who may hayo purchaeod such lots, in
happy Ignorance OF their real size and yaluo,
of record for themselves.
TIE JunY ouEsr1os-uow THE NEW r1.As WORKS.
The report published in yest terday's Fn1nuNE
Of the proceedings before the bench Of Circuit
Clerk Of the Court to jury1non, will surprise no
one. Tho Judges nro not prepared to decide d
question involving 30 large sum OF money as
e25o,ooo year without consideration. It is q
question Of law, cortainly, hut aa the meaning Of
this particular law seoms to bo 30 equiyocal,
perhaps the Court will giyo heed q littlo
TO the demands OF public policy. In
discussing the mattor, counael for the 5urymen
nal. He referred ct come length to tho charges
OF extravaganza; my, tho rh:t,oua expenditure,
involved BY this law. Ho did not nttempt to
combat tho facts and figures put forth by THE
tho blame on tho shoulders Of the County Com
pliBsionerH he could not disputo tho very sori-
Gus Btutemonts advanced In those columns, but
be insisted TINT the low was not responsible.
Let US SEQ how tho law works The County
Commissioners aro called upon to find 1000
fereut courts. They do 10. Tho bare names
arc handed to tho bniiifTa, without addresses
The bailiils cannot tnd the parties, and fail to
produce tho Jurors. The courts are delayed for
days. Tho Julges iauo special yenires for jury.
men; and tho ballins 60 forth into tho highways
and byways to got men to aeryo. Businoss men
ln tho city, rcfuso to servo or coax or beg theit
liberty. As pts-aAer reeourse Il haa to til! ths
now, nto brought III. At tho ond Of tho week
they rceoive their "pay ,"-~s25, $50, Ss5, ani
Jurors; tlozons of farmers nre in attendance. Til
bailiRa aro relieved OF trouble and anxioty, ant
naturally enough fill up tLeir lists with thu
uamea Of those who are pressing around, Willing
to serve. WHO liz to blamo7 Cortainiy not th'
bailitfa, whose first duty it 10 to 1nd Jurors