, 1879-08-24

> OAKLAND, HYDE Park, H., Aug: '@.-For
some days past you havo admitted to The
Columns Of TEE TRIBUNE Several articles from
eut citizens bearing upon the great question Of
the hour here, viz: The railroad and otai
nuisances, uhirh ogerlay, surround us, and, In
fact, overwhelm us. -
The people here have read them all, and, in
fact, nearly oveEY one is gratif1ed that the IN
fernal nulsauccs are being not only aired, hut
fully understood by the general public OF CHI
cago, who hare almost an equal interest withus
in having them suppressed, and our beautiful
suburb forever freed from a1i occasion OF them.
: But why is 1t that at this late day, after ne
hsYe been taxed to the amount OF between
S15,0D0 and 20,000 to pay the lawyers, costs,
aud expenses OF vindicatlng the laws and oEdl-
uauces Of Hydo Park III the State aud Federal
courts OF this land, We should again be put on
the highway to similar or greater outlay and
burden for the same endss
=. How Is It that the Board OF Trustees Of HSde
Park find 1t excusable even to pass q "Eesoluc
tion ~ in which they authorize their Village
Attorney L. D. Condee, to retain not less than
four able, distinguished, aud learned attorneys
to aid him in finding; reading, and promalgatlug
the two OF three decisions OF the Supreme
Courts which bear upon thls . nuisance e n an,
known here that such learned counsel as Judges
Trumbull and Wood, and Messrs Hitchcock
and Wtllett cannot be employed and retained ~
Mr. Condee without mourning an eaorn.'"
himself s Is receiving about $4,000 now tor his
services as our Village Attorney; aid It has
not come to OUT knowledge that nis
duties as such require even the major
part OF his time now; and why should ne neea
the aid Of four other attorneys to vlndfcate and
enforce upon the attention OF our Judges and
courts the law which it has already cost Us 20
many thousands OF dollars to get printed IN
the reports and 1aw-books Of the landt
President Bennett, OF the Board Of Trustees,
recently said to our people that the whole qu.s-
ton OF what was the law in the case OF 'ede
ciared uufsances" by the "ordtuance5 Of
Hyde Park was we'll settled. and well under.
stood to have been established and confirmed
by these decisions!
If such is The fact, then why should We b.
compelled to go over the entire fight again In
the courrs and again run the race of tr1angu-
lar fight over "new ordinance recently
passed unon the same subject :" -
: But President Bennett also informs Us IN the
same address to the Board that the ''old ordi-
nance" and the new one" are substantially
the same; but that in the ''revis;on OF the ordl-
nances u Of Hyde Pa1K-which was done by y.
a. Willett, then Village Attorney, and now one
OF the attorneys employed in the present suit by
Condee-bad and made IN 1876 the ''old ordF
nance " WAS oMrrrEDt
This astounding fact has not been appreciated,
nor have our people had the remotest idea that,
Tor the omissions, MISTAKES, or negiect6 ot 1oS-
mer officials, they must now be mulct in un-
known thousands OF dollars and years Of 1ittga-
tion in order to yindicate again q new ordi-
nance - OF the village upon "nuisances."
Il seems to the taxpayers Of Hyde Park that
the time has come TOR explanation!
How Is all this ENHANCEMENT, omission, COM
mission, and mistake to be explained and vim
dtcateda 1tcerta1uly will need and require the
aid OF some Of the distinguished attorneys
ABOVE to satisfy our people that some Others
Of them have not already remanded US to un-
told experiences and sufferings before ne mar
hope to realize aud enjoy the fruits OF the
$4,000 to $40 600 already paid out and lost.
UREXEL BOULEVARD