, 1879-05-01
LINCOLN PARK.
Annual Report Of the Commission
ers for l878-'79.
Some Interesting Statistics Concerning
a Popular Resort,

lNE ltl1CQiH InEk AOIHtn1hHQHEF8 nave jtet
| presented the Mayor ant the President Of the
Doar1 Of Trustees Of tho Town OF Lake View
Will, their annual report for the year ending
March 81, 1870. It starts out with brief re-.
sumo Of the Lincoln Park Commission ant1 III
thr work thus far accomplished, which will be-
OF general interest
The Board Of Commissioners OF Lincoln Park
Is created by mn act Of the General Assembly Of
the state OF Illinois, approved Feb. 8, 1860, and
aets supplementary and anlcudatory. !Nercto.
IL Tie oIiaina1 act, L. 3: McCage, ]. b. Turner,
son wcrc ''snlel as the first bourd Of Comtnls.
1rgantzcd by the election Of +. D. McCage rs
President. The time of the Board for the 1rst
ycar was n,niuly devoted to topoKraphIcal
study Ut the territory to bu embraced within tic
park-prerarinE plans for the future improve
:nens, men, aiIa startl,E the machinery which had
Of note wh.ct. wis ordered by the Board was
the construction Of The Lake Shorc Drive 'front.'
Ing the nnrk, md which was partially completed
nt,,i opche1 to tho nMbIc during tt'clr ad1ntuis
!3nurd suffered y acrtous loss by the death OF
members.
By an net Of tic Ccncrul Assembly approved
June III. 1871, proyls!on was ,nnle for tic no
polntnens VI new Duartl Ut Commissioners
question having been raised aa to. lie power OF
tile i.esis!at're to ',aino the Commissioners IL
pointed us SUCH Commissioners Samuel II.
N!ekeraot'. Joseph Stockton, Bcldcn r, Culver,
Mi,an1 .,i!;l IL. ltra'isy a Francis H. KaIes .
original law. The ilrst meatng of tic new
1,oar.i was held Nov. oS 1871, n.1'i organized by
the election ot D. r. Culver as President. ufi-
der the administration Of tIlis Buasi, proceed
inss scre Instituted for acquiring title TO tic
various tracts of laMl embraced wIthln tho
limits Of thu park. In February, 1H14 Cou,tnIs-
sloners Nicscrson Bradley, nl.d Kalcs resigned,
F; Y. Winston, A: 6. lIestu::, md Iacob Rel,n.
A. tue meeting OF the Board Feb. 2i 18Th. g. r.
Culver resigned as President, md i. IT, Winston,
was elected az President Ut tile board.
During the term ut tllIs Board the condc,nna-
tlon proceedings were completed, nntl the t.tlc
acquired to NIL the territory tU he embraced
Within Inc parkt except as to a snlnlt portion Of
the sctnctery tract. ami the rinc-street drive
vas so far completed rs to be opened for tIls
nunic use. Commissioners ltchm and Ileslli;,
reslrnc1 iu July. 1876 aud tho Governor ap-
poin'eu s as '''tlr Successors + + Withrow a'Nl
.lune. 1876 amd tlle Governor appointed slax
liJortsbcrg as hts successor. The present Boarl
consists of F. II. Winston, Joseph Stockton, i.
F. "ithrnw, L. J. Ka,lfsh, nndiAIox l1JortsLera,
four Of whom reside in North CnIcago. md opu
rcstlcs In the Town Ut Lake View. The report
then goes on to spcak Of the litigation growing
out Of tho speetal assessment in 1S75 on oil lots
nu.l lantls III North Chicago by which tho Doaru
hns been pnabed to secure the lands
EMBRACED WITHIN THE pANK LlMITs.
In The character IT the improvements, the re-
pntt continues. tEc board f1as steadily and sue
eesstnlly cudeavore.l TO keep the expenditures
trclurn, riist,nv un,l urci"r,;n,r lin .;mrina,
mud most cct,ut,urni trsatment c,nsis,cnt wtt1
rood taste u1nI thu pu,,iIr reuujremcntss AZ II
result Of this policy ti'rrc .ara to-dny no OUT
u,,Inr liz Inv II, tln n,,rrnan ri ~. mn; ~.
Fur bonds soIt. sfiGI,HN,: fnr haismrr sln ~,
Judgment for, la!n s:ssss,.t: total, sSo5, ,oosQ.
conversation or derived anv utlvunfnf,a .nrrn.
ncr,ly or rthrrwfsn from fbrlr ,nn,,pr,}o, Win
,llr Commission, except the peusuru rralIztsi
irun Tic t,,,blIc a,,nrsr.ution Of thrir fnbnra
Thr rSpprt niycs In detail tbs nrncr,itnrcs of
The Comlnission ir,,m its nrrnnIzati"n ~ Gotn
witch artsrcvntr 81. .r3i.aIt. 'rl,c rcrsfnts ~
tlu, pcrlotl have amounted to s{}1i,TiI' ,vhiIa
liz pcopie hive .olrIb,twl In taxes s7tUsss
u,ul in sne.iui ascsstntnts SOL 81; Hr in,i ~
81, i,7l7,9.5i. In thr npiu[ou Of liz Doari. lin
! cnjoy,ncu. afforded to tic public by tic POSSES
e,, tc exoeudtl,rss tnado for It's mnrovcn'snt rru
uuJ ,,ulntrnatIcr.
Thc report contuIns soue further statistics Of
futprcst The nnr'; [,u.1t,lIuw ,l,s .jr;vn a1on,
'rheru pre tk mics Of drives s,nhrac,n.r Z;
ucrrs: .n;fs.. Of walk. nr \ "rr.s.s III.
iukra within tie nnrk ,,nt,rnro 70 nrr.s tHe
lnw,s l. md Il arres aro vet IL, hs ttnar1,yrd
Nrnriy r-{,t1rits nf ,fe Irrritnrv wttf, tI,.
poyIs limits ii utw un,lrr i'm nrrrrnci, Nh, sn,no
iden nf In. pouuiority rf liz, rrsnrt nnw ha i,ai
irota thp fact tint l,5VO0W persons yisite,i It
Iuriu.. lin. ,,as, vcnr villa ~ u,nnr ~ anx5
vehicles ayc i,ss.s.l ihroel Il fl n Inv W o 'ruo
trow1i, ,nn1 itim, ~. tim nnslt nn ~ Snmd,ra an1
fcfn tInys tIurIr In last srns,n i,na nrcsssitnn1
rnlnrrcI fnrIli,ics for liz. r,1,hiIc nn1nvm"nt nnd
nroa,tci tliu Co,I.,ntssiNncrs to fn,nrnyn n,,I n
, @ to a te ~, ar. t rniare esl aisss Ill., n @
pruvclucnts thus fur have REQUIRED 10, 0oO cubic
3inv. ~ '~~N '''0' -
.ii,, ron,,t nroccaas n .,,.,- ot H.. 1,,.r