, 1879-04-27
REAL ESTATE.
The North Side Boulevard to Lin.
coin Park.
Meeting of Property-CWners to
Consider the Project.
The Principal Real-Estate Sales
OF the Week.
Loans and Building Permits---A Success
ful Binding Association.
DEARBORN AVENUE.

THE NORTH SIDE BOULEVARD sCAEAE.
An adjourned meeting OF North Side property
owners, particularly those having possessions On
Dearborn ayenue, was held last evening at North
Side 1,nrner Hail. for the purpose os hearing the
report Of Committee which had been interview
Ing the Lincoln Park Commissioners anent the ded-
fcation OF Lincoln avenue and certain cross-
for the PURPOSES Of bonlevards. and OF taRlns
whatever action was deemed advisable IN refe-ence
to turning over such streets to the control OF 'no
Park Board as made possible by recent leglslation'
Mr. F. B. Peabody called the meeting to oroes'
and stated that the first business was 10 near .ne
report Of the Committee appointed at the mee'1ns
Tuesday afternoon to confer with the Park COLL
missioners.
Mr. Gait, tha Chairman Of the Committee, said
they had met portion Of the Board last Thursday,
had talked the whole matter over with them, anu
found them very friendly to the proposed proceeo-
tngs. The gentlemen had said in SUBSTANCE
that they considered themselves the trustees OF
the people Of the North Side, and would 90 any
thing they might ask them to do; and II tne prop
erty-oWners on Dearborn avenue were Wiling 70
dedicate that street for driveway or approach to
The park h would ss ssa that 0F pa
sacdeA such Would s' be the decision OF the; fnll
s. 6e to
the dedication Of cross-street connecting with
the Pine street driveway. and then present the the
ooAAo
general talk the conference to how the street.
after irs selection, should be managed aud con-
trolled,. and the Question OF nights "as a;,
Of the opinion that the road,bed should should
remain intact as now,-thet there should
BE- no ana ha th e1
restricted limited ordinance rescrytng the right
Of control over those matters, IN which case, OF
course. they would take the street subject to
No formal action was taken on the report but
expressions of opinion were called for from rep
resentattyes Of cross-srreets. 1ir. Thomas Mack1n
put in claim for 1ndiuna street. He thought all
the property holders east Of Dearborn avenne
would be willing to pay the assessment for the first
Mr. E. H. Sheldon, in order to get the business
before the meeting in definite shape. moved that
Pine from indiana to the intersection Of Oak and
the lake shore drive be selected as additional ap-
proaches the park. and that Indiana street, from
Dearborn avenue to Pine street, be selected as the
intersectiny street east and west.
There was apparently no need OF any discussion.
As matter Of fact, there was none, for the motion
was adopted without any waste OF time and with
1ir H. F. Waite inquired as to what the prop
ertyowners would hare to pay for the proposed
The Chairman said the Park Commissioners had
not given any definite information OH thar subject
but he understood, from al he could learn, that
the first assessment would not be over 81 so or 81
per foot, or about the cost OF ordinary Nicholson
pavement
Mr.. Sheldon said II was very desirable Inat lQe
work OF securing the improvement be pushed as
speedily as possible, and for that purpose he
erty owners to canvass each block on Dearborn,
Indiana and Pine Streets and secure the requisite
NUMBER Ct signatures or consents for presentation
to the Cornell in connection with the petition.
The motion prevailed, and the Chairman ap-
pointed ns such committees the following named
gentlemen.
Dearborn avenue, from North avenue to Schiller
street-Messrs. Gait, Wilson, Potter, and Bros
seau.
Schiller TO Dtvision-Messrs. Appleton, Loeb,
Yoe, and Temple.
Division to Maple -Messrs. Dekoven. Hubbard,
Hoyt, and Scott.
Maple to Chestnur-Messrs. Towner, Erskine,
and Lewis.
Chestnut to 0nta1io-Messrs+ Burley Mcdonald, |
and Wichmeyer.
Ontario to 1ndiana- -Messrs. Muller, Hyman, and |
Wait
Indiana to Pine-Messrs. Mackin, Huck, Dali,
and Lee.
Pine to Oak-hessrs. Adams, Quan, Pool, and |
Arnold.
The meeting then adjourned until next Saturday a!
evening. at which time these committees will re-
port what success has attended their efforts.