Morning journal and courier., 1880-11-11
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of Eliza Turner, said that if the ,land was taken it would turn them out into the world. His sister, who lived there, had a life lease of it then the property would come into his hands,
 Richard Story who owns land in the town of Hamden near the New Haven line, said he had no objections to the city taking the land if he was fairly remunerated for it.
 MT Shuster, who owns piece of meadow land on the New Haven side of the park, said he had no objections to his land being taken if it was paid for.
 A. M Holmes, who owns a lot near the proposed opening on the State street side of the park said he had no objections to the lot being taken if it was paid for.
 Philip Pond who owns a lot on the State street side, did not object to his lot being taken if a reasonable compensation was d. lowed for it.
 Patrick Doyle had no objections to taking the meadow land belonging to him.
 Jabez Potter, representing the Potter estate in Hamden, objected to taking his meadow land He said they might as well come down to State street and take ell they had. If they kept up to the old road he would not so se- riously object, although he did not care to part with a valuable wood lot which he owned.
 Elias Dickerman, whose land borders the north and west end of the proposed park, objected to giving up his cultivated land He said it would take all he had except his house
 Richard Valentine objected te his land being taken but said he would not object Ii he got all the land was worth.
 Edwin w. Potter, of Hamden, said hls land was valuable for market gardening, anc he preferred to keep it. [ nhc 0f HQn0dnn posed line would destroy his market garden 1t was all under cultivation, and he had set tied there for life and did not want to give uI the land.
 Judge Munson, representing the estate O Henry A. Munson said he had no objection | to the lands being taken. Mary Clark, who owned salt meadow lant easterly of Orange street, objected to he | land being taken.
 Thomas Juniver who owned house ol the west bank of Mill river, had no objection to it's being taken if the city paid for land l buildings and improvements. Charles D. Potter had no objection to lam being taken if he were allowed a reasonabl | compensation for it.
 | Milton J. Stewart said he bought East Roc. | for home. Had been offered many time more than it was worth, but had refused t sell it. He was not prepared to say that h would sell if he was offered all it was worth | lie dld not oDJecI so mucn to the meadON l land being taken, but he had lived on tn | rock twenty-seven years and he did not wan 1 to leave there. If he was given a hundre I thousand dollars he would not know what t do with it. He said he wanted to stay there
 Eli Whitney inquired if the charter gay
 the city the right to take Mill river for flow
 age purposes
 S. E. Baldwin, of the Park Commissi oners
 replied that he thought it did.
 Mir, Whitney said he desired to object t
 the river being used for any such purpose. The Board having heard all parties in il
 terest who were present, adjourned the heal
 ing until Wednesday afternoon, Novembe
 24th at o'clock, when other parties will | | heard