, 1875-12-02
A REJECTED SURVEY,
Something More About thu Illinois
CeAtra.'s Land West of
the DEPOT.
Effect on Dr,nnmond's Claim Against tho
Company,


ssanafs. OF thIs eily. from ". ", Il. Lhwton.
custodian OF Tho Eniteh Htstcs Land Survey
records at Sp,inaieid, which brings to tho sur
Taco botnathlt'2 not generally known In regard
to n ph1t of tim Ii.uis Centraf property. III
this letter was contained n.te found upon the
1.nt pago Of t1lo Geldb No. al. uaod by
Edward Il. Talcott, gsn!lnman who made
survey Of tho Randbss formerly fe1nE III front
Ut tho city, nearly parallel With Michigan avo'
nue, ns welt ar ground lying In tho irnrnc1iasc
vicinity. Tue cuel1dnn has previously been
under tho impression that the fnid-bopk en1ol
With Sir. TncJit'B AlGnA.nr0 to tho 1lotct, but,
in making n COPY Of tho notoH recently, i'n dig.
covered Tho following iibto OH tho ne1t paSa OF
!ne bput
suAvtron's osr,cc, .sr. Icrt1, 37h Of nt"on'hsr,
lol1-Tlp foregoing suEsry nt aanl-Asr IL tejertd
hy order n1 ,e t:onnltnhfNner II III" General Land
oIlee. TAc survey is 10 L. Il! ,,., FIR. u,,,r,x
Bvevsycr u rulllr Lands in slt,4 sl,l M,tnri.
'rho 1iu!d notos wego piGheA b.: alr. Ia'rott in
1886, aud this note wEs attached. as tito dnte
sl:owr, December. 1"4l. TIM description uf the
notnH nnd tho land surveyed Ia Us lol,ohY:
.onu aots. ii and ID. Tossn+i, 81 n7ti,. EAhge ii
east Of tho shr;s t'tlnt1pal 1arr.s!ia:,.
The custodian NOW aa..ls tnis no.o 10 Mr..
Stewart And detites him u atlas'h it tD this ta.
aud ilcld-noteH of the auryeyrc-sntv ne:,: to Tho
Chicago Office. 1nah a,urh ~ the a,,rvev was re-
jected by tho GoTesnmcnt II anpcarA that there
IL now 10 uhic:Al aur:ef in existence. Ender
thcsu ctictlM.tlac7s, tito qurttiun naturally
arises, " 70 wi,utn dot1 t1s !a,rl be.oug?'
4 IHNuSE reporter cuilad on
MH. 1..!.t CTR
ut bis residences laHt eytn,. WHEN, iron refer
rnK to tho lotscr. The following; cou, ersation
ensuea
E.-A1r. falcotl, hava called to aah it you re-
tnembor anything III connection with .u!s aur-
vcy and tho noto to which Ectctenca llas bcop
1uasie.
but do not recolleet aarth!ne about this noto.
1 nlada the SURVEY IN 1890 under n letter Of in
struc:oua from tho Sutueyor. General. l male
shn survcv, constructed tho plat, md retnrnod
it aud tho to-boos 10 hIs otEic- at ~. l.o'iia.
R.--Ulti yt,u tl4ye anything further to do With
tin book after tlnt7
Mr.. T.--So. Inayor lad nnythinR To do will.
tho book efior II parsed out ef my hands. Tan
onlv further transaction had in tao matter was
To draw my pry sumo tthlc after this.
N.-TliA Nute HtatcH TINT Tho survey waH Ta-
jcctcd. ...
Mr. T.-YcH. All heard Of tho 1natsc. at.sr-
| whrda wus through common r'sElor to tho effect
that tho a,1rv'y Ia't p'as .wero scot from IT;
l+ouis sa Washington, gher9s they woFo rsiecod
asd rc-trrnel TO tlir city.
1.-Uuf anything occur while the surrey was
| under cniidiuolt!iuI b, tho Gorcrnnhas.
| Mr. T.--Iu tho meantime ths land "ss entered
Think, " James ktnnoy and ncoreo Walkcr.
| money ordered to bo refunded, but. Ms under
[ stood, tnasc gentlemen refnscd to receive it, and
| lilo ,na..r haI been in this condition fr'm that
| time to tltA, US sar know. Within q yesr t,r a
| year and IaE aflcr this sand.bar was eutToycA
tho action Of tho current carrlei It at away md
| anlcd all alntravcrky foT tho tImo being. Is 10
| tito tsIo. subsequently, tlo 1lltneiB Central
Hallway obtained Fo:seAson Of thi9 seetion, and
hy successive tilltr:n, hare n,als enough land to
nccon,modsto their warehouses. freight de-
| rOts. ete.
E.-Who owus tho land nov? Would tl1ia ro-
joction Of tue old uurvc3 mako any difference in
Sir. T.-wot. the illinois Contral has posseu-
strongest cIlln. II built up tlIe plscn IONA
tsno ago and laH bud ntlllisturucl roess1Rihn
Of it over since. IosavBnion il the strong
paint Of tho lnw, believe, Isn't il? III fact,
aud the oaly voutler to mo ID taht there hns not
bocn snluo different action IN TIC couits to settle
.le title absolutely.
| 4 PROMINENT HALFWAY ATTORNEY,
who ia wci ac cl,iaipted will, everything pertain
Ing 10 tho LAks-Front from tna time TINT ChicA-
70 was tirat settled uutil the present time. glvcs
tho following Information in regard to tho
property which is spoxen Of IN lug letter
| Of tho Custodian Of Uuitcd States Surveys
at Springfield: Tho first Government survey
| Of tho main shore waa ualc In 1881. Tho nvor
ut that tuna tnr,,ea south just west Of wllore
tho prcuBnt 'ficligau Central freight depot IL
now located and ran ont into tho lake nehr Mxtit-
Ron street. uotwocu the river aud the lake WA
a sanI.bar, and tho land occupying that location
IL tllo property In question. s1r. i. u. irh!cott
surveyed thIa sanl-bar IN 1915 aa . scpa,ast
tract, aud put it on rccotd, Mr.. Mara Noble
entered thia land in 1876. Thls ontry WAS Bol
aside aud vacated ny the 0oyornment IN 1915
upon tho gruuEl that thore was no public land
subject to autry. this being Az accret'on III Lake
Michigan nos subject 10 survey. McsAfs. Grny,
Triton /, Drnmmond, Of Washington, lAyc
located the Valentino acy1p upon t!lls saHlo trncl
surveyed in 1886 by Mr. L. u. TaIcott Tho fac
ttlat thu entry Of this survey hnd been rejected
By tho Government was nut known to the Itineit
Central RaitroM otfscials Until about q month
ago. whon. wli.ls searching the records At Wash
instou, tl,oy found that TaleottB survey wa.
rejected BY tho Surveyor Genera, of tho tnltct
HtateH for tho seasoa given. This ia tho fac
referred to BY tho Custodian Of Ficld Surseyl
which ho wAiltH to haze placed on record, ~ th'
n,attor, wil Layo 4 boaring I'LL tho SUIT betwect
Dtumnnnd md tho Illinois Centra! Railroad
hinco 1t Rhow~, tucbaLly, that tue land coycrst
by tho Illinois Central's tracks. eto., never wal
suhlect to entry under tile Valentino nr my othe
SCRIP, mud belonEs to tho Illinois tientrnl-whlcl
.el i up-by y!:tMe Of 4. riparian f!gG,a:
HORSES AND CARRIAGES.
ucrION sALEx or. HuHsRS CAHIlIAGtig
n and hsrnes. tssts Tuesday Tha,sda7 and SATURDAY.