, 1874-05-27
LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL LOT,

LOCAL MISCELLANY.
THE COUNTY HOSPITAL LOT.
Tho action OF tho County Commissioners ID
buying the Baldwin lot at e146,00o, whom It had
boon offored nil along Mt e19O,00o, md tho fhcs
that Col. W. II. ". Cusbman did hot POSSESS tho
lot up to tho hour OF tile moeting, but managed
Notwithstanding, to buy It Of Baldwin and sell
It to tho Commissioners at MI advance OF eli, 600
within ah hour or two Ii " OHIO Ut those things
which no follow tnn understand" ~ Lord Uttn-
drea,y says. IA consultation with claitsoSant
failed to c1car MP tho mystery. reporter started
nut yesterday to intorvlow tho Commissioners
tholnso1vcB regarding 1t. Tho following will glvo
Vic result Of l1ls efforts.
MR. JONES.
11o frat called on Commissioner JonoB, who
was Chairman Of the Committee on Hospital
Grounds, and nakod him how tho siIduon DO
niaion Of Tie Board to aceert oueflnan'e offer Of
she baldwin lot at e1t ono 4dshiiOo could 10 ex4
plnined on any reasonable, grotnttlIs; d.. .,.
Mr. Jones said IN reply that Baldwin hnd With
drawn his offor ut s1so,00o..
Rcporter-Ycs; l,o snya te got tired waiting.
How long has 1t beon sinca he Withdrew It
Qotnnissiohcr Jonoa-ol, about two mohtlis,
should think.
Roportcr--I am told BIO withdrew It In April.
Commissioner JoncB-Yes, gueHB SO.
Roportor--When did Cubhnah aehd In hts
proposition?
jonos-1 do hot know; 1t was before tho
Board. II ron Ind taken the trottblo to look
over tho action Of tlln Meeting, you would havo
aoon that tho Committee did not recommend any
hitc in fact, thoy couldn't asroe. Thou 5ohn-
purchaae bo Enado OF tho Matthews property Oh
Ashland avenue. Wo wanted to lcfeaf that, ab
no did not bo!ievo It to be suitable Of c1eap, ntid
70 offortd na gubstituto roBolntloh I'd aceopt
Cushhann's offer Of sl45 600 for tho Baldwin lot,
aud 1t waa agreed to by vote Of to !.
Reporter baldwin was hot CONSULTED ct all
Commissioner Jones-Not that know ot.
py tho way, i3hldwin's oircr required cash, mud
Cuehmnt's was tilado to 10 payAbld in twenty
year bonds; that had Its effect III determining
my vote.
Roportsri4 Tho bonds hrc worth about par, mud
Mf. jon }onss % neafly pUie swallowed tho end Of lis
oanes; bit responded sotto vocc. "ycA, yos,
SeA."
Ioportcr-I do hot CLEARLY sob how you could
overlook thu difference between Baldwlns and
Commissioner Jonos-Well, tho matter had
bocn ,beforo the Commissioners ionE timo.
Tho rbal estate MIN md tho doctors sore rush-
gstnH ng + nFosh M s sd H. Il h5 oSssa s as gh Maga tho
auite gacatinR two or three streets, ahd filling IN,
ann ill TINT.
klr. Jonoa at this point looked ahxlous, ab
though ho was aware TINT he waa wandering
Of n,sy lucid explanation, made h!s way to tito
door.
Notwithstanding olso, htr. Johos7
Commissioner Jones-No. with q bland
tooth.) That is good joke of The TnInuNh's
about 4 solemn political compact by which tho
North Bide gots tho Jail, tho South the Court
nouao. and tho Wcst THO Hospital. Not word
Of truth in IT. not 4 word.
Mr. ;Jones again fell into reflective mood, aud
the reporter withdrew.
MIR. ho0Ur.
Mr., DoguG WAS thcn callod upon. In reply to
In intotrogatory, he said that -ho had read tho
article in TuR Tn1DuNE regarding tho Cushmnrl
lot.
Repoiter-Haso you my explanation to mako
about It?
ps,sf s NsS' d s sss ssssB Bssss s ss sa
wards hlid forwards ID the meetings for yoar
past, md had beon nado this butt Of oil sorts Of
bargains in voting. It had boon said "if you
fSe Ss ss I'D ts9 s r & TSe T Ga you xas on ne
tltely sick Of It, a1id ,Yas glad to SOC chance to
the way.
bewees Baa~"s uuS1f asa onsas ;S aafsesS op
MIR. Doguo-Of COURSE it ls proposteroua TINT
Eo should hhvd phid Uushtnan thb $4,000 extra
ough1s t. to tr haye been bought 2ng agq Of Paid
Repnrter-Thon thbr0 Is no explanation Of the
Ray cuahman made tho s15oo05
Mr. Bqguo-None. ......, .
Reporter Simply Sharp orotatloh, In your
opinion?
Mr.. Dogie-That iB all.
col. Uus1ts1AN.
As tho reporter was passing along tho strece to
The otllco le met Col. CuRhmap, tho fortunate
epecuiator In hospital lots nud tho posaesaor Of
fhe remarkable gift Of second sight. Stopping
him, thd ropotter said:
:" That yas yery pretty operation Of yours in
lint tlero was nothlng Sot,lorful in it.
Reporter-ft accins strange that you could
hive known that tito Board would accept your
offer Of $l45,000.
Col Cnbhnlhn (ainilhg)-That iB one of tho
risks I took. I could fetal It out for more
money. They need not keep 1t it they do not
With this short remark tho sticeoasful Mr.
Cushman hiirriod on.
MI. ASHTON.
The reporter also called on County Commits
sionor Ashton in regard to tic purchase Of tho
lot, and to learn his REASONS for voting contrary
70 the rest Of tho Board. Mr.. Ashton stated that
lis reGgoh for thus voting MaB TINT lb tonsi1-
cred tho 6n.iay OF money impoiftlc. Iothought
tho Reform School grounds would suffice for site
that lie hnow nothing whatever In regard to tile
sudden rao in raal csthto which ,sa8 Blown ,ip In
yesterday n1brnfnEa TfIpUNE anQ that IiB sole
reason for opposing ,the purchase Of the CuHh-
man-BaldWin property tEaa AS boforo Btate1
JOSEPH HAVEN.
THE FUNERAL SERVICES.
The funeral aefvices OF the late Prof. Haven
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