, 1874-11-10

Public Grounds, rclntivo to tho nalo OF unooou
Piled city roal estato, was tAEon up.
AID. Richardson moved to p'aco the report or
Aid, Moore favored this motion. uo Ind ,o
| fused 10 Hlgu tue rcpbrk,
Aid. 11,llroth oxi,tossod great surprise that
any, cotnnittoo should have ieportal III favor oj
sailing for $50, 200 tho NORTH Olark street ant
hammer for 800, O00. ''''N
AID. Moore atatol that tho old Long Join
onglne-lhoaao lot on Lasalle Btroet. wLicll the
Con''nittco PROPOSED TO sell for al 200 por front
city was otforod tint sum for L. A'S' '">' 'N''
IA, Mn iia!osh said ho did not charge anybody
WIN Deihg III oollnsiou Will, part,es who wanted
TO b'1y't'lo latd for lcas thni half wl,nt 1t yau
Moat1, pas ne was at loss to acoount for the
report OF tho Committee. except on tho theory
!taot tney Ind not propolly investigated tho mat
tof. Ho moved that 1t 10 rooominittcd to tho
Commttoo.
=, ,A!l. sehafrner said tho idon Of eclling tho
tinnIv u1oh utasm ste0t property for
deserved tho dignity Of hoing reoommittod, aud
ho moved to place IL on file.
:, AID. Mahr Expressed lis astoniahment TINT
tho Committoo on WAarvos and Public G,oundB
should havo p esented such Il repent
Aid: T. +. Bailey sta.ed TINT Groat expense Ind
been incurred III ADVERTISING tho unocoupiod leal
estate Tor sale, aud for this rcaBon tho Commits
too thought 1t best to recommend lhat tho prop
erly 10 aoid. Dettorgiyo it away than to keep it
Aid. Culc1ton beloved that II tho Comptroller
wero directed 10 sell the LaSallo street property
tho city would bo the gainor to the amount Of
91,000a voar IN taxos from 1t. Tic city would
DO tho ganos by disposal OF al tho uaocoupsod
AID. sidwoll regarded tho bid for the Lasaie
street l'roporty worry low, buthe thought 1t bad
policy 10 keep 30 valuable pieco Of property
aud deprive the city Of the taxas upon Ii.
AID. Jonns explained tlat 'lo had Higned tho
Council.
Aid Campbell said the pyatom Of dealing in
real eatato by tho city was wrong. IIoro was
offered for salo ploco ofpropeity at ono-thild
lion to Union Paris at moro than double It's
value. llo was. surprised to learn tint property
was worth but ,e25 por foot in front of Lincoln
Park, and was worth $500 per foot in front Of
Union pnrk. Thero was something peculiar In
this report Of tho Committee.
Aid. Fitzgerald favored tho Ha}o OF tho In
salo-stfcot lot, because. 10 aaid, lit setH thore
dormant"
AID. schafrnor favored division Of tho qucs-
tinn. 80 as to vote soparately OH tho two pieces
of property named III tho report.
Aid, 1diidrcth waa opposed to this. The Job
was the most barofaccl thing oyer brought iuto
the Common Council.
The Alderman grew oRrnast In his remarks,
and several othcrH laughed derelvoly.
AID. 1lildroth snid that it would provo a dan
gerous experiment. to attempt to laugh him down
for donnuncing tho report OF tho Committee as
Wholesale robbery.
There was mo moro laughing aftor this vg-
oruus thrust.
AID. Richardson said that tho Lasal1o.streot
properly would probably bo woitl, Mt east 81, 400
per foot IN two years. nnd io could not eeo tllo
advantage Of sellfngit now for 81, 200 per foot,
oue-fourth cnHll.
The motion to place tho whole mntter on flo
was adoptod.
AID Hildioth moved That Tho Council adjourn.
AID. Campbell hopod that an opportunity
would 10 allowoa for tho presentation Of the ne
tons, sgnel by 5000 citlzcns for tho roincor-
poration Of tho city.
Aid. Hildrolh pressed hia motion to adlourn,
and IL was adopted BY the following vote
Yeas-1Achardson, Warren. Fitzgerald, Reidy, Aic-
Glory, nildselb, oEDrien, + i. Bailey, Woodnan,
Eapassn9Sr EEa 9nss ss rnn Aa, Stout
Ndgs-Folcy, coey, sidwcil, NcGcring, Stone.
sehntts, oullcston,. II. D. Bailey, Clare. Miner,
Heath Moore, Campbell, schaGnor, Jonas, Mr.. pres-
dent-14.