Wilmington daily commercial. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1866-1877, 1873-06-06


win Fooks agent for Salisbury. Mr.. Fooks has |
for some time been acting as the agent OF the |
Adams Express Company at the point.
OUR BRANDYWINE PARK.
ITS PURCHASE BY COUNCIL LAST EVENING, AT
COST OF $Sl,754-THE DEBATE UPON THE DUES
TON.
The Committee on Park submitted to Council,
last evening, plat Of the land in the valley of
the Bra .dywine which it was proposed to pur-
chase for park purposes, and an accompanying
report which stated the manner of the payments
and authorized the Committee, il adopted. to
proceed with the purchase of the same. We
publish the report in full
The Committee on Park beg leave to report
that they have had the various tracts OF land
surveyed which it is proposed to purchase for a
public park, and submit plat or map of the
same. Also the following statement
In the tract OF land owned by j. T. Head and
Philip Mcdowell, exclusive of Lowering Ave |
nue. there is little over twenty acres, Price, |
thirty Thousand dollars. or this amount, five |
thousand dollars in cash ID needed to pay To |
Mr. Head as first payment the balance to be |
paid in annual instruments, to extend over a
period OF eightsyears with six per cent, interest
On MIR. McDowelIs land, Blk thousand dollars
can remain for a term Of years, ON bond and
mortgage, the balance to be paid in annual in
stalments as in the of Mr.. Head.
On the east side Of the river, MIR. Edward Tat
nall has nineteen acres and eighteen perches. at
one Thousand dollars per acre, amounting to
nineteen Thousand one hundred aud twelve dol
lars. Five thousand dollars in cash will be need
ed to make the first payment to him--the bal
ance to he paid III annual instalments, with in
terest a. before mentioned
Mr. Joseph Tatna has seventeen acres. three
roods and twenty-four perches. Price, fifteen
thousand. three hundred dollars. payable in an
nual instruments with interest (S1900 per acre
MIR. j. Cloud Elliott has nineteen acres, one
rood and three perches, at nine hundred dollars
per acre, making seventeen thousand, three hun
dred ana forty-two dollars, payable III annual
instruments, with interest, making in the aggre-
gate as follows:
j. T. Head and p. Mcdowell, ........ $50 900
Edward Tatnall, Observation-Disclosures. 1912
Joseph Tatnall, ................-...-. 1880
}, Cloud Elliott ....,...,,,.........' II 3l2
Total, ISL, 754
Your committe would further report that the
City Solicitor has made a thorough examination
of titles, liens. &c, connected with the various
tracts of land before mentioned, and that every
thing is now in proper shape for settlement with
the various parties whenever Council authorizes
that to be done. Your committee would there
fore ask that they. IN conjunction with the City
Solicitor, be instructed to proceed with the mat
ter of having the deeds drawn and settlements
made with the different parties named in this
report, and in accordance with the terms re-
ported
SIGNED, H. +. PICKELs,
r. b, HuEsTED,
PULP QUIGLEY,
JAS H. PHILLIPS
ELI MENDINHALL,
john q. BAKER,
VIM. III. QUINN,
| j. L. RICHARDSON,
| Committee
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| ing members of the Committee, who refused to
| sign the report.
After some remarks by Mr. Febiger, explana-
tory OF the title of the mil owners to small par
cells Of land which were included in the survey,
and which the city would not acquire by the pur-
chase recommended Mr.. picAes addressed
Council briefly, in favor Of the adoption OF the
| report of the Committee The project he SAID,
| was not a new one. Ten years ago, 1t was moot
| ed, and at that time the land offered for
@l4, 800. The increase III the present price was
| a natural one and he cited instances to show
| where land had increased in value five times
since that day AT this rate, il the matter is
delayed i've years longer. the price now asked
will be doubled He spoke of public meeting
which was held in the City Hall four years ago,
when the report of Committee of which Thos.
F. Bayard was chairman, was presented, strong
ly recommending the purchase of this very land
and used this to to show that the project waA
barren Of political bias or results. The matter
fell through at that time because no one seemed
willing to press it,
Mr. Fnegan was in favor of the proposed
park, If it could be procured at reasonable tig-
u.e He presumed the report Of the Committee
| would be adopted, but it would be against hit
| protest, for IN addition to the original cost OF
the land, Isl 900, 1t would require 200 900 OF
S3OOOOO to fit it up for park purposes. In this
opposition he claimed to represent four hfths oil
the residents oil his ward. And further, ht
doubted the right of Council to create this debt
II the Water Works are to be enlarged, the
consent Of the Legislature must first be obtained
| or if tits desired to change street atOwn meet
ing must be called. He wanted to submit the
question to a vote of the people, the City Sole
ilor having first expressed the opinion that it i,
legal measure. He said he believed Their,
| we're parties 10 Council who are Interested il
this matter and he thought they ought not t.
vote upon it,
MIR pickles, in reply, said that Council was cleo
ted by the people to legislAte for them, and the
didn't want a town meeting called. lie denied
the imputation of MIR. Enegan, but said tina
whenever the r. W. Il b X. X. Co., his master
+ wanted to put any measure through Council, h
was always at his post urging it. lie regard
ed it as impudence to accuse man Of self-iu
terest because his father happened to own
portion Of the land which it was proposed to buy
The gentleman (Mr, Fmegan has his fast hors
and carriage, with which he can drive into tn
country, and sniff the summer breezes and per
fume OF flowers, NC but the poor people hav
. no place to go, and they wanted and needed
park.
MIR. Lynch, although member of Council
; for several months, made his maiden effort, las
night He said he should oppose the measure
a because he couldn't well act antagonistc to tn
. wishes OF his constituents. He couldn t see tina
park would benefit the poor man-espeeiall
the aborng man-tor he went home tired an
didn't care to walk to the outskirts Of the city
The park might benefit those who own faa
l. horses but certainly no one else. II il was tn
| poor man that Council was seeking to profit
then public squares would be the most es
pedient The poor people, who own their houi
| es, he said, are now scarcely able to meet tn
4 demands upon them, and il this expenditure G
money goes on, God only knows where Whining
ton which used to be good place tor mechar
les, will be. He thought that better judgmeu
would be displayed in an application Of til
money in the cleansing of the streets.
Mr.. Quinn had signed the report OF the Com
mittee because he believed the people did wan
park, and for several reasons Wilmington