, 1877-04-02

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made br him to the Park Commissioners except
MIS- Dsso he s 1 . ns9.sss nsstss 70 4S.s Mr. va1g s as1
tion salts, which werc settled u Tho Gommis.
scaeF' W Isss E,on: "ny ri, 9'%a ~ s sonts,
D. MeClosd. Wcrc Williams and bis tjacG.
sou'sl sister IN Chicago at that tmce The wit
swcr to slr. Icrrsvk, witness satl he paid $4,000
wards va solJ 10 thc Boar,i. lic gase irts..dee,l
r Of TIC 'nd a. sesnTty q u.
This was before he transferred to the fark
Board.
The mex: witness was .---
&tIs. CNAuNcEf 7. BOWEN.
tho Committee having decided to 90 Oh With
tho snyestgation an hour or two longer and
then adjourn until Monday. Mr. Bowen being
os.f ;ss,s Il is s1e S vi g.: s spss e Eth
May 80. 1S7o: lIewa* fcappotnied In tho spring
of 1877, and had acted rs President since shs
resignation Of Judge Wson. Fer long Tiny
the var1oua piats of land rcqutrcd fof park par-
poses, and hal tnkcn action In such purchases
since he became President. As 70 tho jackson
t;n c h.a bss soncstea wlth he pusHsGs
to the credit of acquiring the IIonore property:
In every case whcrc the Commlsslonefs desired
to purchase land, they plan Of procedure wa, to
terms on which he was disposcd to sell. The
first effort Of the Board was to buy
a. pa, the md lang II n hi. the they yls"ssa ssa Of ia the
measure succeeded. They had obtained q legal
asacss'icnt on all the lands included in the park
system. tho amount being estltnatc1 Mt 81 ,335,-
/ what thcy considered rs being tho actual value
OF each lot Or tract OF land, thor idea helng to
! acat'lrc all the necessary property within the
I first year oi thclr existence as . Board. Un.
fortunately the period Of imitation supcryencd,
au.l hundreds Of pcoplc rushed into tbs market,
near thn parks.
As naiura! consequence, ya1ues werc materl:-
showed M incrrasc In valuation Of about q mill
lon aud quarter. Tho account given BY Nj.
Bowen Of tho Eaton purchase differed In no
KimOark, sni tew, It any, ircsh points were
/ As to the Jackson tragt. Judge Dunlevy wanted
70 knos, how th9 negottstions we're carried : On:
Jackaon's creditors were scattered all over tho
country. lie could not Of his. own knowledge
! say whether Eaton owned another twenty acrcs.
park, s Sut IL did "a not know il ~5osa faror tbc
IN reply to Sir. Trucsdclt, witness said he
handed a noto Tor .$ll GOD to tho creditors OF
said.
Gen. Rowett asked x the witness purchased
tho Sutcr tract. Mr.. Bowen answered that he
was not member of the Board at tho time OF
that transact!on lio had heard tho particulars
ul,out the Eaton oa-acrc lot ior tho tlrst tlmo
that morning rs tho COMMITTEES had beard 1t.
llc knew nothing wllatcver about ths details;
In answer to Nj. Mason wltness sald 10 had
half ot Soc. 9, containing, about twenty eight
acrcs, Just north OF tho Reform school.
The, pr!ro OF that cntIro section Wis hxctl
by tho Commissioners at &i,o00 per acre, at,d
tho ncighborhood Of the boulevard. lie wished
to add that, while tc received 81 per front foot,
psopcrty Just agross the saisroad-track brought
| $50 pcr foot. This Was the only property ever
sold BY him 10 tho Park Board.
At this point matters seemed to get Into
soncwllat Of Enuddlc, and tho Chairman waa
ofs s compelled To- Srpla'n tnas s% tao GGin r.
rules Of evidence rs held BY the courts. Mr.
Trucsdell sa!l that lie, for one, intended to sit
Just as long rs 1t was necessary to elicit the
facts.
RETURNING TO THE JACKSON DuslSsss,
Mr. Bowen bala That hs uado tho negotIation'
on The part Of tic board. lie tnalc tho cash
payment Of $1,000 on his own account, having
borrowed It from the sato sayinEs M r., lnstt. st
Tha jan was az bourht M eond a tioaa!j On Oh tho sp
proyal Of sle Couuty Court, and he acted a
lfu6LGG lot [nG Du&l1t ku0 OulGek DEuk W 6GENEe
the land before ;ho prices advanced. Thu
's ss% -, 3. r. r. fl
llaye obtained It without hls security. Could no,
Tx tho exact 'late NJ tho repayment. but It was
during tho summer oi 16T5; thought tho CON
sss.sa wa, asstf suaS rsess r sns' w ';s s ssS
Witness went with Jackson whom tho matte,
was aAa!ly wo,sn,l Mn. Jackson presented ths
!ess lie slo,G0 and intercss, il tash
at tho tlmc to buy tho land, the CIRCUIT Cour
not having approved It. nut L vas held that \.
land at once, speculation running very high 9
act was probably bcrallsc he had been very onc.
Il was understood that II the Circuit Court dit
| not confirm tho transaction dnckson should 10
. my tho $40, ,00o. There was nothing binding ol
, obligatory on tic EoaFd until tho date Of thE
In reply to Gen. Kowctt, witness said thu
/ Mr. Sidway was ut tho time trustee VI th'
State Savings lnstitutfoll.
Witness sxpta!ned 70 NJ. T1nssdeM That b b
Had this Iccn douet he would hare placed th
! contract IN record, and thereby clouded III
title. iIo know nothing whatever about Will
eas as' VIII tie fii InoWiedse and nd spprosa
the board.
rus Committee then adjourned until 10 o'cloe
!, on Monday mortiMg, tho Chair expressing th
! hope that everybody would bc promptly OH han
! at that hour.
4 Lion md Loopard Flight.
The Geological tGsSs Gsfaeas a'st 4 pesth hare Jus
|. hecn Tho sccie ot . combat worthy Of Nero .
!. E!pgaAalus. Thu ea1e trnantcd by lion an'
J i!onrss happencd 10 10 ucst to that In wh!c