, 1874-11-17
Of Education to plirclnso acbnol Hto nt tho cor
nor OF ditpin placo and t,bloy street. Laid over.

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nor OF ditpin placo and ibloy street. Laid over.
THE UNION rAIK ADDITION.
Tho cngrossed order for Tho purchase OF tho
proposed addition To Union parl; was talson up.
ordor OH illo, IA tho people living ncar linton
Park thought Tho price too large. Tho city was
not in q condition to buy park property at tho
present time,
All. sidwoll was informed by gentleman woll
posted on tho value Of property near Union
parl tint s115,0D0 was tho roal cash yalto Of
tho land proposed to bo bought. whereas It was
contemplated by tho order to pay e20s s0Qo for It.
Even Mt 5ll5 ,ooo tho city was In no condition to
Aid. Cuorton said that tho valuation Of $685.
0o0 ssaH mado by competent, roliablo rcal.entnts
tlcn.
noyor been preaonte cd to tho Council. Tho val
nation WIS nude by Responsible citizens, and
was perfectly reliable. Tho land ought to bo-
long 10 luton lark.
Aid. Heath aslsod If tho propoa'tlon embraced
tho ontiro Triangle botwcon Madison street aud
lilo patk.
AID. Cannon replied TINT tho proposition did
include tho cntiro triangular piece.
AID. noath did not think TINT tho appearance
Of tho park would bo greatly improved. There
On Aghlald nyollllo, fronting tho pnllt, property
waa worth $500 pcr front foot; on Aslland ave-
nuc, south OF thu park, about 1900; on Ogden
arys.uo. frontng The park sl76 to EGO por foot;
was proposed to pay e3.G0 per squire foot for
tho triangutnr poco which for residence pur-
poses waH not worth M much aH property OH
Ashland or Ogden nvcr!uo.
follows
1'ras-Cocy, Slt1wcl1 Pickering, Stone, Sch1nltz,
hsa,y GlarE, Heath A1oore' auirf' Cleveland Air.
.saps-Niclarlson, Foley, warron, ateoory. Cutler
ton, A. u. Dailoy, iillreth. o'urldn, T. +. Bailey
Mooln'un, White, Miner, EckAardt, alahr, Stout,
se,ailner, Ionyaoher, oannon Murphy uorcoran~1o
So tho motion to place OH tla was lost.
Aid 1cidy hoped that tho order to purchase
would would not prevail.
A tpI0 sTEAL."
AID. Cooy said 1t seomca to him this was tho
biggest steal that oyor catno Into tho Council.
9l5n,Oo0, and my. man who voted to pay
9yGS 200 for 1t voted for etcal with Lis oyes
wide opon. lilo could not look ut it otherwise.
Aid Woodmau asked If tho Al1eman meaut to
s268u00 woro identified with tho steal.
Aid. Coey said ho couldn't help who was fden-
tiled with It; be WAS iirm in tho belief that it
wnH 4 big Rteul.
Aid. Sidwell said tho samo Committee lad
recommended tlo aala OF 4 largar ,,cco Of prop
orly boonging to tic city near Lincoln Park for
1000. while they proposed to pay 52Gs, coo for
tho smaller picco fronting Union Park. It
seemed to mako . diflerenco who owned the
properly to bo sold. uo hoped it would not 60
through tho Cnnncil.
The yoto on The pasaagc Of tho order author-
izli.g tho purchase was u follows:
Ytas-Toleyt Warren. a1eolory, Cuer.on, 1Iildrsth,
onEien, I. T. Bailey, Woaamsn. White, Miner, QMrk,
EckhaTdt aaar. Stout, se|'a1'ner, Lensasher, cat-
Xays-oSey, Fi!;aefaa, sl.lws. Pickering, Stone,
osnm,s osp 1!S osyyu NJ e. nsya o11 ueth Moore
Tho motion to pass tho order failed for lack OF
the twonty-one vosea required by tho Charter.
Tho Council adjourned