The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1875-10-07

which wac orcanized by Senator Stewart, Of
Little Emma mine notorety, operated in con
june Ton " It'll the frs named taud Of swudlcrs.
turiis j lil,rr nd Thomas Sunderland two
Pacific coast spec latur-, were assuciated AT dit-
tetcnt dates the former In Way, 1871, and the
latter about NJ y, 1872 with stewart. Ihe opcr,-
lions o. stew AT Ia mining stocks rad 50 ctin led
MN mat IN Dccomb. r, 1877, he VS. compcheu
10 ret,r, irum the ~ e tate pool ~ pc IT,, re-,
profits la uc lcailcd. liuyer aud Sunderland re-
manned, ind L,tta conducted oil their oporatinh.
~ trustee in the 8 me secret mduncr whlch
kuhUurn originated for his cu-conspir tots.
The Hairs 81 those two associations WERE
however, evidently very Intimately connected.
Ills ~ shown ny n tran 'aciipn recurueu w -
1877. when Jas NJ. Iatt'. the ttus,ec oi the ia,
ciic coast pool, CONVEYED 23'm tduare ieet Oh
luaplc ground IN tue north"rs i'rh secuon'
on witch, accuriiuE to tue records, 1isn pay
mcnts To the amount ~ nearly sJO'.W haI uetSn
made TO II llet ktuonrn, trustee nl tne tonko
pool. for CONSIDER itinn OF one dollarl lhtta
when examined betOie the joint select commit
zee, va ISL "a vain attempted to cxnl u, ms
trans ictiun. but the most he claimed W that
hc had r.c,Ncd FROM Jay Cooke Co. bank
about 50, ~ on the order of hiihourn IN he
the Purchase. On TIE other side, kilb urn,
trustee. conveyed IN Nay, 1877 .qure l56 for
a deed Of trust Tor sSlsO Crtal, Sdt 1iN TO
j mes N l. tia, tiu.tcc. TOR sg.i2V su'J 90 10
the nhov". mentioned deed of trust, making a
total II $lij.li'.
To MisLEAp FtiTtrRr CUSTOMERS,
and settle with their secret allies numerous
h, gus transacuuns were nat on record; for in
siuc'. stow r. ant Hiilv.r purchased ~ Jane,
ioug out stewart he kcpt piece uf LAND from
NC aNov., winch was proprrtlonateN worth
$GJI, and conveyed the rest Ia March. 1913 for
&C nsidcratinu ut Sl-jNO SUBJECT to "A decd OF
| irus' for $ll5M, To- JAS. NJ. Lltta as trustee.
Again, the lois which few weeks before the
investigation " 1874 was ordered, were con
yoycd to L. = Or ~. are recorded as having
been bought for Sl7.tOs 5j. subject To a deed Of
trust Tor SiUtll.sj' when would maze total
cost Of S2,1iUjl, Dat Liua testified that tnc-e
lots were bought. for simpl' Si'.lCs % his
me tn * entered into the deed by which the
! lots were convened to Grant.
Tho tides to thp rest 81 the pool purchases os-
cilit between the three, members OF tne
nrn of kilbuurn ~ Litta tJOhn +. Olmstea
being the third mcmutr, AS tue necessities OF
! covering thor transactions seemed to dictate.
| he glrcratc purchases Of the two pools from
lly. ISL To- lu,, lS73, werc 2ii60iG square frct
| Of ground. for which they y I'D S7Oi, 26I 30
about one fourth in cash nd the balance In long
| notes. This shows An AVERAGE Oi aOO I ~ cents
! per foot There were IN 1873 bona MI, sales
| pol properly recorded, amounting TO 3U,Gli
squar' feet. Welding over S2l1,Wn, or an average
| ui nearly 20 cents Ter foot anu 752S3 squire
! feet were Withdrawn ~ sites Tor the palaces Of
! Mcssrs stewart ana Hillyer. AT this uate there
| are 2.u,3-lH square feet standing IN the nam .
| uf kllpourB, L1tta, and Oiinstead, trustees,
whtc1, AZ the prices asked, aggregate fully S.
JcotCO They are assessed. however, even now
| 20. Gems per foot. whicn simply represents the
| cusl price 81 the ground when II was unimprOved
| and some II u under water.
THE PEOPLE HAVE To FOOT THE BILLS.
| The improvements IN thts pool district. which
! were paid for out uf the tnitcd states Treasury,
aud from the general fund OF the District, az
| gtegate fully $i.Wo.COO The profits ON these
| nj = transactions must amount to fully one aud
| a half millions Of dollar, but notwithstanding
this ct kilbourn AYERS that Of the 2,Oy0O
stead only 25i.l23 square feet belong to the
Cooke rool ana proDosed to settle WITH tue
! trustees II Cookies creditors for $4,000, and
this proposition, II not accepted, Is seriously en-
| Bcsides the direct pool operations the most
| trusted ri nds u the RING In and out Of Con-
| gress spcculated largely IN property situated IN
| tn, pool district on their own account. in add
fn fltaiF tori Is IL
tons.
] e mpbcll Of Chic 20. bought In MAY. h.. square
lg containing l5,55G square feet for $79,S4l.
jcet To the payment Of heavy MORTGAGE. Part
| ~ this SOU re he has since exchanged for Little
! Enma stewards old brown stone house 'front.'
| ing on the Fourteenth street circle.
| SecOr * ibesuns bosom frteud y. q. Cattell.
! bought in August, ls'l. about ,5Un SQUARE feet
~ ground IN square lv5 for about s&i.COl He
was Boss shepherds first choice for District
| Commissioners but failing TO get him ketchdm
was taken as second best.
stewaft's pal IN the Ii tie Emma Mine swindle.
! Robert {. Schenrk. bought In April. ISL. square
! 30 containing D,gls square feet. MS IL ada
cent To Stewards new mansion.
l.. {. lnsersoll. eX-member Of Congress from
| Illinois, formerly Chairman Of the District OF
| Columbia Committee Of the House, aud now
! notorious lobb list and dabbler IN street con-
tracts. bought la the spring OF 1873 square ~,
containing leiito quar-, let TOT sSlo' subject
owns besides over 2O,oD square feet IA smaller
'%sels tn.osieoS1 t9f Ro,,l district.
! l37. containing 5si 10 square feet.
Ex-Attorney-Gcnerai Williams purchased the
! larger portion OF square lj9, and has advantage
| ously disposed Of the greater part OF IL.
Ex-member Of Congress- Pierce NJ. B. Young
OF Georgia owns square north 81 lsp.
John o. Evans, the Buss's "squarest con
| tractor" owns square lgO, containing li92Gt
| square feet besides numerous parcels, and nas
| lots in various parts Of the pool district.
FIX sen tor Patterson and ex member Young
Of Georgia speculited largclv in connection
with boss shepherd In property situated In the
pool district, but this il now In the name of
either Kiloourn or LItta trustee, perhaps to
cover NJ interests which the honorable gentle
men DO not desire the public to know about.