, 1877-04-07
The Examination Goes Off in a
New Direction.
Nessrs. Bridge and Il. q. Gage Ques-
toned Regarding Buying in
Land at Tax-Safes.
A Practice Carried Out for Tho Con.
yeniencc mud Jleneflt Of tho Tax.
payers. 'o'.,
Commissioner Morgan on the stand-Mr.
Bowen's Examination Resumed.


MORNING SESSION.
st,,onr DELAY,
Tho South Park Investigating Committee N got
to work yesterday murnins at,out ~ o'clock.
There had ccn considerable delay, owing to tho
ab.encc Of sIcssrs. t,,ccnicaf md Bridge, who
oau ncen e5iee.en ~ w rt' .,a1 ~ !, t.t,..a
sentative TruestlclI Suggested tlat An l"tu!a
they sEioall subpoena threv or four ttfncs as
many witnesses Ms they uectlcd 80 US " be suru
~ L,,tn, .,ruo u,ntrrjn1 IN wnrt t,u. in n,ttlI
". - ~" .,'nr., ,va. .s.s
t'on 70 '1c % unir.o sss" % ,''' & ".'S ss-
worth. Mr. Morgan, of .hc rark Board, WIS
,,vrs vono.u '~"
,,,.. ,,As'. uA"h' ,''.,i au".'s"
,1cs'aea a. llyue la.S' an1 , na ocen tark Con,
s1nissoncr e'ave ls'4. Had 'csn n'c'nbcr o.
Committees and ia now President of tho Duur1,
.',,,,t. oor a,.uto,, ~ ,. ,,.. ,,,,,.,,i ,,'a..
a,''s -. 'Aa' A.ss
1.g u""e" some props11S on fntk street, heaf
on Corr>2ll street. nad no interest ID any prop
rrtv cxcnnt that nwncty In tIs o,rn name The
.oftot1ou In Uy,,c r,rtt chou, lin Ftftv.drst
.traa, H., H ,,,. u'u ,,.,,a @ ehn. nnn
etFceL Improvement au kue" Hltlo Auous. icFs
sonal1y ho had had MI communication with tho
authorities of tho Towns Of Lake or
IIv,lc rark ,r III. ,,ott.r Tho parb co,r.
.ys.,,.". ~" .,.,.au,,'a, ..a e,n non A.. % ~.
Filty-lrst street sewer, rs fio believed; but this
was before witness betame a member Of tho
Eoard, Owned p,cr on tho lake tr]1c nortl,
of Fiftv-9r,t strcct. Never s,rncf, .ny nctItion
getting ono up. Did not know what property
Nj. Cornell ,., ownel on Ffty.lrst street. Was
nos la''l"s w',m se s, oe,a' nn. oelleved rom
hesesay eVMehco tan1 these was certain lan'l
wttnn tho original limits, ~ also within tho
limits fixed by the second act, whicl,
lad not been acquired or condemned.
,s NV ~ w. .1na W., MnY III me''su'Is nau "ee.l
taken 10 eonucul'i luis property was bccauso tho
boar.l haa no money to pay for tic land when
thc Doari,. wf,,,l, was nassrd, dircct,nr tho IN.
sltution Of condemnation proceedings. This
was was aoo'lt Two seaFs aEo' In Sonic cases thoy
with owi,ors, beIug satisfied that In all
.n.ss ,,,",o,,,,Ito,, ,roc,.,Itna, h"a nrorcl
r ,n"n "rnen.,~ t',p 'tsu 'rn.e M c1~ ros.s wv.
no question but that the improvements
made by tho Park Hoard tended to enhance tho
value of propoyty adjacent 10 tho marks, THIS
tunrlrt.
III JaI,. Irtut,corfh-J snnno.c wn arc II, nos-
trssIop Ut q part OF tho Western boulevard. We
il thcy Wild 10 Io 60. ~ ''''' = '0''e' ''''''
&c ca A.: :; question of law and
Mr. Wcntwnrth~t nm i,c-c m n cjti,on md
taxpaver nu.l am a.knr nrstfni n,,nstinn. 1
vf thu witness. Yon l,,iehi Inv Iami
nn1 im,rovni IL nmt, rnsi bav,, WY mtt
Iourbt lin ,,s,,i unrth n,,1 .o,,tn ~ y uhi"i,
Ina bcnetitcti hy thrs.. i,s,nroyrincnts Ynm nv
yo1 rare nr,jers Ia huy: Hi v,,,, f,,te th",n
thc,m fnV dis.I,"icnysat' yat' VI n'''o s'u fcn'oSeo
Wilncs,~SitIer thc o,,e nor .he otbor
air Wsntwortt,-liayo You heard Of the ,e-
,n,,rt IN. tism.cf hr .u;u n.utnEs
rft aysnirI ~ '''ps'''''""s'S Y" veal
fan Nj .ss MorSa,7l% s9,, % 'nys only been President
In "nswcr % ~ H. @ nt,.,o.,' t'.esn
.,n.cr IL Wnanan n,u.eM;las pe1thac'9us 9ues.
sought lis of,j.s. md lint ~ y et,st ns H., us
frnm tx az n *ii mn @ Nv, .eaa IN. ~ Ioat h
II IL, i'n ,",, pGs ~ =" Sonttnnc N u.
inccn,!1 hc mn, h"S.. tnrar" ~ mo noasu ,on ~
lam. befero improving any. As tuf as l.c wiz
!Icn"nI rt"tt a VI "a''iG" tlc una c91l-