, 1877-08-14
HYDE PARK.
Opposition to the Carrying Out Of the
Pumping.Works Scheme.
What Its Friends Hare to Say for It-.-
4 Temporary Delay.

A. ANAHobNAl oShN5s
4 wcll.attcndcd meeting Of the taxpayers OF
Hyde Park was held In tho et,tb-roon Of this
Sherman flot,sc yesterday afternoon, tho object
being to oppose tic confirmation OF the nescss-
mrnt for tho erection Of pumping works for the
prrposc of draining the land around the Grand
Crnssinr. Among those pre.cnt were John
Mnrkcy, J. ". Eoslen, u. s. Taylor. II. I3ruoks,
8. \. Bcaiaaisa, Henry Mickey, 1ifon,as nrawn,
f. +. A'1,ce Isaac r. HIT, to!,n tiunsenhauscr,
II. i. {I"plrtch, Alfred Cowlc*, N. N. Lori, q.
". Waite, James n. Hit, j. II. swan, Col. E.
F. Rynu, Walter Cornell. William II. Zcart,y.
A.3f fcclcr. ". E. Egan, D. Qutgg, John For.
ssth. .1ofn Il. Uu,,sey,J i. Il. EIy, ". II. Raynor,
W. Y. Jacobs, q. johnson, ". 8. DunlIau,, J.
Prescott. Moses Wentworth, G. T. Waite, aud
4. Il. Neaels.
Tho Hon. John Wentworth presided, and Mr.
Jn1ncs Il. lsecs ncted ~ Secretary.
MR. GEORGE n. WAITE
nlatlc a statement regarding tho cost nnu the
advantages VI the contemplated Improvement
lie enttl sixteen miles Of dyke woull bc r..
qufred, at n cost Of not tcss that flGo,tDO anl
fifty mi'c%o sewerage, which would ncre.sitatc
M expenditure Of ut least $7I0,00o. There
would also bc pudding nnd running expenses
for the works, which wuulu cost nhuit 800. LOO
In atdition. lils opinion was That nil the parties
who favored the scheme wcru tnan1vcnt.
ana desired IL crcatc diversion for tic
purpose ri tfs!ng over. flc knew t',cy
werc bankrupt, nml saila they ml4nt
as well 20 'y tic board nuw as at any other
time. lie denied that the territory In question
was bclnw the surface, na lad been asserted.
While adnttting, rs III. engineer, TINT works
wcrG feasible which wotll1 drain tho land, he
thought TIC eost dtspruporsionats TO the be,'-
tilts To he derived.
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tile protector OF tho plnn. by request gave an
ou,tlnc of its history. Want or time, ho sail,
would prevent him trou, Eping fto tic matter
as fully as isc wst,e,t: anil he hal not nt tnnsl
The Village Ya1rl had Gunc to wuri;
slowly, An.i consulted a1 the engineers In
ilya'e Park except ut,c {tfaltel who had PRO.
noanccn the worls desirable and practicable. liz
did not believe the wlolc soat OF tho erection 0l
tho works would be tnorc than that Ut opening
ani maintaining stflel, into tho inkc.
Ehe Chairman asked What was the necessity
for going o.! now, w1!cn real estate was 10 DE-
pressed sfd lines go hard. 49,.
Mr. Taylor rep!ied tllus the iant was under
water, and the Bourl believed TINT another s,,eh
actsot, III that lust PASSED through would TO
more latnaru tn HYDE Park than the cost Ut tue
works. Some Ut the large manufactures would
be loss unless thcrc VIA clangc for The better.
TIE Chairman wanted TO know why the boaru
dhln't walt until they got the money.
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