, 1875-03-20
THE SOUTH PARK.

tho principal DHehdets Fcfo lodEcd IN tho all ~
Jenoraon, md kept theto for oxamlu4tion.
THE SOUTH PARK.
A aEn1Es or FAnH1CAT1oSg.
A Tribune reporter called yesterday afternoon
at tho office OF tho South Park Commissioners,
on LsSale street. In order to learn thor opinion
Of An article published ID yesterdav'a l'ost and
Matt rcf1ecting severely upon then generally
and charging them with sending An attorney
down to Springfield to accomplish tho rasaage
OF bill by which tho recent verdict
agAlnst them Of s5oo.o9o for tic 8o-aczc
tract might bs avoided, and With schempg
to aocnte roesosalon personally or ano1nnr apo
acres of 1nnd commonly known as tho Phillips
tract. Tho rcportcr wae lucky. in that he found
in their office tho tllrec Commissioners, 11eHsrs
Chauncey T. Bowen, George ". Gage, and J..
D. stdway, md their counsel. Dir. u. I. Ayer.
The following co1lyofna ton enancd:
Roportor-1 sco by Tho Post and Mail, Eent1c-
nen TINT a1r Root is At present down At Spring.
tlola on y0t!r hollalf.
Commlsaioncr Gage-1 wsa not awAro OF 1t; In
fact, this Is
THE FIRST 1STrMAr1oS I HAVE nAp.
Commissioner Dowcn-And /.
Commissioner sidway-And /.
Commissioner Bowen-Tha fact Is, that Mr..
loot Inns been aick Ut homo for tho past throe
dayB. HIT can you lot me SEQ the article?
THE TRIBUNE reporter handed copy OF tho
Post and 1faflto tho Commissioners WHO carefully
road tile article headed It 1B Steal, aud COM
mcut0d upon 1t As foIloWs:
Sir, Gago-I soe the art,clo states that Mr..
I}oot has rons 10 SprinrGuld with d bill OIL our
account. I don't know auythinE about tho Bill,
THIS IL ali entirely malo up. Such tllng Was
mayer hnn1:nn ri in TIM fon,In;ssfon
Keporter-uow about tue liability Of S2,6o0,-
0o07 ..--..-
3fr, Gaeo-Tbere never was but 50, Oo0, 900
north issned, and portion Of tleso have been
taken up in accordance with tho Constitution.
ueyor testified that tllero was 3c 5u0 900, OF any
other nmount. In tho Troapury, but tbs Official
rcnort of tic Park Commissioners al last Deceu-
ber shows d casll BALANCE of al3, ,1Ul. .Uti.
l,opostor-What truth Ia there In tho ineiuua-
ton regarding
TuE 200 AcnH 1nAcr2
1fr. Gagc-Witis regard to that, may ray that
the Commissioners, iii 1867, under ths advice Of
their a:tornevs contracted to purchase 900 acres.
be mid for when tho title was perfected, Ut,dcr
that contract wo got ali tho tito that QUO Of the
parties in the CONTRACT could giva, anu that tito
wns considered tho beat title BY tho at,ornoya Of
ion That ws Wcro not to pav the $500 per aero
until tho tltts was adiudicatcd and shown good
in lie Commissioners. Tho matter Of the 200
acres IN now in contest IN tho United Statcs
Courts. and tho ot,tro history OF tho procccdurs
is on tho Court record, aud subject to
nubtto Investigation, Untlcr this titlo tho
Park Commissioners toot rosHcssiop in
the fall OF 1860. aud haso held It
cyer etncc, aud cxpcct to bold it permanently,
Tho wl,olo story about tho Park COMMISSIONERS
being interested in any mart of the phlItips land
ia sifnply ridiculous.
Toputter--WAero did It haYe its foundation :
Mir Dowou-It Is gotten up entirely
otJr or WHOLE CLOTH,
This idea Is to ecarp the Park Commissioners Into
q settlement In accordance with thu outrageous
verdict recently recorded in connection witt, tho
sQ-aere lot,-s verdict which allows IS, 750 un
aero for tho poorest aud lcast ynl,lab1e tract OF
innd in tho entiro park systom, Wlly. TIN Park
Commissioners lnye purchased tho lands on tho
three sides Of tls land at fG6G.GB an aero for
ono piece, At $80U m acre for two other picces,
and at s1000 an aero for fonrtb piece, NIL Of
them higher and more valuable land ttnn the
80.acre los I may add that AIr. Greoly,
| au ox-County Surveyor, testified thai Us OF
| tho 80 acreB WAS 30 lpw-ly1ng thnt It was not
susceptible Of Drainage, and waa utterly useless
| for residence purposes. When O,matcnd md
Vaux prepared tho original plans for tho i'm
proyenleut OF tho park, they found It necoesary
| to mike lako Of this portion OF the 90 acres,
mcnts upon it. Tue Comntssionefs consider
that Sooo hu acle u ia!1 sauHsou VI LUIS tano'
~. 9nu via W. 10y ~ n,,h1,r .Tct,nn 4''' p'' ap
III. siilvay-A piece Of land right south OF
anl adjoining this s0-scro lot 10 at present nd
sertiHed In Tuk TaihuSE tor sa!o At $4,000 per
acre anu on "ntt1 81 tnS aco s"aes Snn assooa
isa omt =, "t-an,a snnniied w,h Watarnna.
t~HS ,I,.....-. t-a....1iF 49, %0- l'feof