, 1875-06-15

WOuj LnkU lH3 FlpOE fRll ITO H6ulO UhFp w I
tske him to = frcnd of h!s, and they procscdcd
10 snide shop on Randolph ssraos. wlieso tha
auctioNees Eald tho watch wha worth al ionse &B0.
aud that hc woul soil It for ESQ at anetIou, and.
any commission. Any way tho watch vas put |
up aud waa Btruck oll 10 aIoil,or roper tor e55.
and i,c olfescd 10 put mp e'5 or go az depoRtt,
aud pay tho balance III = week. Tile frleud WA
Eong ul,t of tho city tue uezt day. aud would |
not hgrco 10 that nntl so1t! hin to put IL ny
again. 10 up tho e29 watch was put AMI,
after one or Two h!ds was struck Oh 70 roper
aor st.5O Ill. friend rctnobsira.od, but thai
wan oil tho gooi 1t did. 1Ia evan cotnpl4incd to
tho police, but thov evidently Eeen to 10 IN with
theln. " ID wonder that til" proprietor Of tho
E1chsngo llnld.nK would ront hin place, for
sncl, u husinoss; hut, strange to ray, hc does.
ho secs this viii sl,l,t the place up. Vii, not the
police attenl 10 no: liz Clark skfcot7 1t would
10 good thing 70 haVo 20 oicenaan 20 to ll,e
place aud warn all porAonB ~!io tho sale waa
going au that Everything shout the ooncorn WAS
rotten. and that tho stur thoy PIT up WAS equal
y 80. Tic bess tllsng that casl bo dono IN to
"sbut thotn up" OBSERVER
wEsrEns AVENUE norIEvAuD.
TO tae Fditer Of TIC chtcaao r,unps:
CHICAGO. Juno 14.-IIayiug soon II announced
In your phper, weok ago last Sunday morning.
tlAt the South Park Commissioners lsd con-
| cludod not 10 inake tho contemplated improyc-
ment on tho Western ayonuo bouloYatd this sea-
| son, for tho rcaaon that thoy could not obtain
tlto to tho la,1l At fair price, aud feeling sosno
what disappointed by sueli decision. rospect-
fully inquire OF tho Commissioners how much
longer time they will require to obtain the title
to that l&ud. 1t Ia over five yoarh Binco tie paA
sago Of tue law creating tho South Park and
Ipu.ovards. The fourth section of tho law
| provides that tho Commissioners shall
| Within ninety days after st!er organization.
or ~ soon thereafter aB 10 practicable. select"
tad r., ntI 81 That
tended by tha word Eotcct1 1t can hayo ITO
otl,er meaning Than that Tim Commissioners
ahatl acqultc title, as tho law designated mud
fixed the boundaries. And there wns nothing
| qlrs tho tllio, aud that was to be dolo within
uinctY dayH after tlleit organization, or aB Eoun
thereafter ns practicable. Hayo tho Comm!a-
aiorora thought 1t necessary to wait fvo ,yeara
before It wAA practicable to solucs tllA land
Such an Interpretation wonld laavo II dlsesetIot-
ary With them 10 walt 1yo years longer, Or oven
for all timo to conn. I can hardly bel1ovo my
such dlacreti0n naa vented In tue lark CoEnrns-
sionors. But, from all tho information ! mn in
possession Of at prcsent, MN compelled 10 be-
llavo TINT many Of those who hayo heen paying
| asnss4menta and taxes for ts1iR improvement will
not live ioun enough to nee it accomplished:
How lave The Commissioners aseol taIod that
they could not buy the land at . fair prlc02
There arc but fsw, ifauy, of tac1u posted regard.
Ing the rnIuo ofland on that lluo Who Aaa tlxod
= standard value that cnables thom to nay that
therefore, t!loy will not DO any work there thia
saasou? This 10 All oasT way of gettinK on.
13ut those Interested IN TINT improvement Rro
mol Satisfied with such excuses, Are there not
some provisions whereby tho veluo Of tllase lands
may be determiuol by othera7 Aud laro they
| ayailod themselves Of Buch provisional : No !!
They have liked vhluo themselves, aud tell the
oWlloss Of tho lsnd tlRt they must lake thst or
they will Aot make Rny Improvement tLGro tlis
Benson.
The owners Of property In tho southwest
portion Of tho city xna tic wost half Of tho
Town OF Lake, Wlloso land has boon asaosscd ior
benefits and taxed for improvements for the
last three or four yaarB will not bo roconolled
much longer by B,ch oxoAscs.
They arc unwilling to continue to pay their
money. year after yoar, to be applied to enhailc-
tlink thoy haso watted long enough. Tney
think thcY have right to lugulEo why aomo oi
tl4esr money to not expended for thclr benefit.
They thiuk tile Commissioners Aaya acted nar.
tiAllX aud are nut dealing fair with item that
tho benefit tloy woro to receive for tho largo as
sosBnlents against their land 10 Imaginary away
In tho fuluso, and depending on men who olaln
disefe!tonary pouor to make the improvements S :
at such ttmc ~ nay seem proper to tuo.l. This
: being tho caHc, their property naturally Kinks
and their Indignation rlaoa.
Now tAere arc some othor reasons withhold
why thoy have not acquired tito to the 1Auu OF
! tue price being too high. It IL nell known thai
all tho money t4at Was authorized to he borrow
ed for tho purpose Of buying tho lands for ths
park aud bouevards was expended long ago IL
tha purchase Of thn parks and bouleyards nea
tho lake shore, and all tho park taxob that have
boon collected Lave loan expended In improve.
mant OF them, 30 that the CommitsioncEs have
, not had any tneana that thoy felt wilng to us.
: in procuring the rlght.of-wsy. on Western ave
J nuo. The owners of tho land, knowing that fact
} and seeing no prospect Of their eyor having
! funds TO purchase the land, and being An1iont
that 1t should be- improved, camo forward, oyers
) Yeat ago, and offered to sell them their land ct
such trno ns would suit tho Commissioners; and
Hincs that time, up to tho preseuh there have
taen negotiations Go'ng on fos tho purchase u
; Thu owners and the Commissioners boing
apart in their yoWB In regard to ths vh1ne. late
las. fall many Of tao ownors, finding tlat tho,
.. could not agree With tho Commissioners, urged
them to procoad to condosnn tho land, promising
! to take thoiE paper On tmc, the satno 81 tho.
had agreed to do In case thoy lad nRdn tho pur'
cl,aso OF tlom. It WAS woll known to tho CON
m!ssloners. lost fall. that thore xero several
, tracts Of land along that limo that, under snJ
circumstances, would laYo to bn condonuod Ia
order to acqlttre title II tho Commissioners
were in earnest when they uaid they wanted tt
] coTnmenco improvements thero early this apsng
why DID shoy neglect to haso tlto land c9n
| de,nnod? There wns no otlIcs way to acqulre
title, and they could not mako tho improvement
conte,nplAted Without title. ;,
T Tllosa ara fac1a thRt are lard to reconcile Il
, ORDER to boltaye that ths Commissioners dtl
seriously intend making auy Improvement thl'
Roason. Tho, reason assigned for roatpon,n{
tte work Is not satisfactory. II has loft a, iIa
prosson UPON many minds that tho Idea ho!t
ont by the Commissioners that tl,0y intondsd u
work On that ayenue tlia season waa done for tht
purpose OF koopipK tho Taxpayers IN that local.
, ~ QUIET yoar or 10 iongor, aud cause them tc
t pay up their asaassmeilta.
: begin to doubt uhotller 1t was 9veE intondol
r by those who figured iu drawing ap tho Law 10
= eating the South pa.k and bouiovar1a to expont
! anything there, and begin to helieye that Il
was lecktol on that tius more With vuw to lar
n,onEzo tho people aAd procure their yotcA Il
! sanction tho law and their .nonoy 10 lmpror
: tho rosks mud maka their own land vhluabl
than il WA for boulevard OK any other purpose
l And, "a wo have now waited ay0 years, And att
: told that We must walt longer, what other con
clu4iop EAU No arElvo all Il. MARls.
CORRECTION.
~ III Editor ef 9hs Chicago Tribune:
Cu1oAao, June 14.-ln nv letter ooncorntn
thn Eu1larenn NYNDun e0u1ptt tha nfirripst min