, 1881-03-26

1nut, III my o!1ce. My recollection Is that tic
street at t'nrk placo WIS some ti0 or 100 fc!,t
% sSes s e ns aasoS M wS it'TSt It sIson fr no. syss
tl,at MI. JoiIn Wright. who then lived
Mt tho southwest corncr Of Madison
street anil Michigan nyenuc. inclosctl
VII VIII fec s%ss qd Spfs" pantea i w III trees s''fsf fer
or,un1ent .attl protection. The lnclosure
constituted nntte q large field east ot good
,wtltc roadway. anu tia trees grew up to 10
a,teitcc Of the extension Of tic plurs tllc tll
rcctlon nf tho Iake current was thsnwtl
ngainst Michigan avenue. anil very consitl~
crnbie, mrtiun Of It wase.l nwny, which
K Oh Massn Ss s S@sr to nka u Fsa, Ss s eSs
tlons by building projections md cxpendlhg a
great tsaI Of mnney to prntcet tic street,
Mayor t;nrney,, who hatl 1l,Ie Residence Just
s3 q s 8 BED f It net 70 Gse @ senstas MeS fa S
tOct tho street 6pi'Ostt hts house. Thu banks
were ,crunlbltng awny so t,lst Tint 1t WIS
feurcd that not only might tfe street be
sss1 wsss i; nWay; 1at rx n. "eF eT resre as ynr r
my protense TINT what is caltc.! Lake Park
street, md Tho lots fronting on It were up
praised BY Tho Canal Commissioners
ArA MUCH HIGHER rnlcE
than any other lots in Fractional Section Is
Street an'd tio like, l aud were sold at q nlnc1
!ligileE price IN consequences Of that fact
Col. Wtll!ntn Tl,nrnton, wI,o Nas t!en. l'rcsi-
dent Of tho ,l30ard Of Canal Commissioners,
map III his hand, while proelainl!ng, the saIo
md Offering the lots at auction, declared to
tho purchasers That tho street extended from
tic Gust line of thu lots to tho lnkc. and could
never be closed up or diminished except. by
tho consent Of tho propusty-nw'1ers. And
tho luts On Michigan avenue. brought cor
responding high prtcc.-.t think Mo!p than
double that brought by lots In my other
closing any portion, Of It rs park originated
clltisrty With mysulf. l wrota a petition and
sent 1t to the Council. askMg permission to
incloso tho east ln,rtion OF the street, leaving
snitable roadway, rs
\ TEMPORARY rAilK OR rUHEIc GROUND
during the pleasure Of the Council. Tho
permission was granted. l got up silC-
scrtptioll paper tn rnise Tho necessary ,u0ney
to inclose It. L. II. liaslttuck, E. II. williams,
Il. f. Bristol, a,ld others nnitcl with me ii
FULTON to build the, fence which fnclosed tho
Temporary lake. pnrk. have il my ptl!cc thu
original Subscription paper. md, think, tho
ORIGINAL petit!on which shnt to tho COUNCIL,
Fulton for tho money expended in building
thu fence. Tho title to that property Ia III
tho city Of ChiraEo i, trust, atltl III noEday
else. .'rhe CaIml Commissioners have no
more right. or Interest. or clMtn to 1t than
they ,laye IL Lake street. Ihu tltie Of tic
two Is tho salae no far ~ tile canal co'nmis-
a!nhcrs ,lrc culccrnHa.'
"I!ut Lawrence, Campbell 4 Lawrence say
S mk y o% SUi wns @ t ii mi t.s ~ sir ,itr 1"0
'''fhcre were Ill the map two lines Il,
| cast and west linn Di Michigan avenue. The
West ling Was tl,e line "l tle pts nl,d TIE east
"Bnt they suy the city
NEVER AccEprED THE WHOLE or IT AS 4
BTIiEEr"'
,"That Is not true. II he city always re-
gnrtlei It MS 4 street, n1,u protected i rs u
iast ios e 's BE- rs'a"Se'. S H rsc"siize;l @ ] as
street wien ii Eayu s,s. permission to incios,s
| teninrariiy Tho cnst portlun 6t It fur park
during tho pleasure 0f the Council" -"
ut cnultl not have intcrfvreA with the
rights tile prnpurty-owners hnt 10 the wflot,
street. Tho Legislature nf 1ettt expressly
recognized Michigan aycnlle Ms n street. n,tl
thercti. All these pfotnllsus to stcal Mlctl-
gan avenue. or to convert It to any other
tho Iot-owners oil the street, are, In my
a4aro%.. nl1n,en; FRAUDULENT, AND WITHOUT Ayr
PLAUSIBLE FoCSnArtoS.
ject among thu ointment lawyers wiio LIVED in
ChlcaEo whan Frarl,onal Scctlon Is atldition
cailptt l1pon to nuke, and did nlnkl,, nppro.
priatluns to prntcct Inc slreot; aid ti!ure WIS
up Dt,or opinion, SO fur IN ey0r hoard until
the alyert of Dis era Of tlls 4i.ake-s!oro
steaf.' ,lCuiRe Dt,ll,l,u0ld md every Otilur
judge ,yuysu Intention l1ls ever pcun called
to Tic subject Ii,s held It to be street; i1il
mora thuti Thirty ysars ngo tlle Circuit Court
s,1 ,s eo aGii On " or eone
parttes Win weys hrck(us to buijd batil.
i houses 0,l portion of tic street, The I,rc.