The sun. [volume] (New York [N.Y.]) 1833-1916, 1876-12-25
J0BBERY IN JERSEY CITY.
SHIRP TORK ny THE NEW COURT
UOCSE MINIPULIYORS
One Frcehoidrr offered 81, 600 for his Vote
Whit the Harrison Estate has been
Worth How the Plan may be Checked.

One Frceholdrr offered 81, 900 for his Vote
Whni the Harrison Estate has been
worth How the Plan may be Checked.
Although the Jersey City taxpayers have
been slddlod with bigger jobs than the buying
Of a new site for a new Court House at fancy
price when q new site Is not needed. this swim
die was Of such a barefaced kind, that none
Of them ever created such n general expression
OF Indignation by residents. The property
known a. the Harrison estate was bought by
Mr.. James Harrison, then tho owner Of the
Northern Hotel in COrtlandt street. for $1,000 an
acre lie laid out the grounds handsomely at
considerable expense, 1t being just on the rocky
summit Of bergen Hill. Mr.. Harrison was run
over by an omnibus and died OF the injuries
thus received. There are thirteen acres and n
half To the tract, and the whole was offered
for sale recently for sl5o.cO0 or. making the
usual deductions for streets, at about $1,000 n
lot. The sale made TO the county includes about
aud the Director and Frocholders FaTrier. Hall,
II rper, McPhilips. Blackwell, Ginocchio. Speer,
Startup, Smith, Cufrlu, Cook, and johnson have
bought the six acres for the modest sum OF
S2-D,120 This. Is after deducting the usual
allowance for streets, not $2.vJO, as pretended,
but S3UIO lot for land that, as real estate Is
selling, would bc dear at slOo0 lot on the aver
age, according to the general testimony, OF real
estate owners aud dealers. Mayor Siedler. ono
Of the partners III lorillards tobacco factory,
said ia the course Of his remarks at eIler Han
lty INFORM me that the lots are worth some OF
them $500 and some $l,tO0 apiece, or say, on an
average, $l,OvO a lot Two or three years ago.
whom real estate was much higher, MIR. Orestes
Cleveland heard that we wanted place suit.
able for tobacco iictury, aud he earnestly in-
Vited Mr.. LOrllard and | to see this Harrison
property. lie offered u a piece containing
about 'VcntN lots f9r $1,000"
When the Board II Public Works were about
to purchase the property IN ls,2. at nigh figure,
the late ID. :. Gregory made affidavit that the
owners bad then recently onered the whole l3S
IL
ton for Sl,jOOO and the scheme was defeated.
Me- CeSciinH, IL All accounts be true. has de-
voted himself e. this scheme with an energy
worthy II better cause lie has been the
heart and soul - certain magnificent boulevard
schemes. from time to time. for ten years past,
which have hl ,hctto been defeated; and tho
story zoe, that the ullu j. 10 run the boulevard
that he Is now contemplating through the pres
cat Court ii use, and thAt ms active Interest IN
tue change of site arises partly tom desire to
i9restail phblic disapprovd wnen the Court
ii use Is taken.
The Freeno ders met. aud the purchase was
completed ola lhursday last. On Wednesday
uigut Me-srs Cleveland, CHAMPION, and one u
Is. William. ii Prisons lawyer, until n late
hour. They were grrangiug to have the six
acrr- sold. released from the $ljOOO mortgage
held ny TIE hHr@oh- against trampton upon
tue whole estate. Ihe papers were drawn.
lilrrise.n agreed To relense on condition that
to Toe paid for the property should be held
lN his lawyer IN escrow a. security. and II was
50 delivered 40 a nut II O'Clock on Thursday.
According 10 the Mayor story he and the
other CiuLcu- wlO Interested themselves to Put
"A stop 10 tue job tried to sec Director Hnlsted
IN tho week tInt interyeued tefore 1t was
siguei Aud she jnn is completed. aud sent sew
eral mcssagt o. hiu.. but le lodged them with
cured an order ~ certipr.u from Judge KNAPP,
but before he could serve Il Halsted, well know
tu- what WIS .tuot. hfu signed the re-OlutiO on
aud ex it"I On. deed ihAt mad been preparo u
two days b fore. ana County Collector Kings
Land tad delivered the county bonds to Cranp-
| ton 90 payments aud the attorney u the board,
whom the resolution directed to search the