Morning journal and courier., 1882-03-11
East Rock Park.

The Special Assessment Question-The
Further Steps Parties for the Next
Hearing-What is Said.
The people in the section lately mapped
out for a special assessment for the East
Rock Park project seem to be of one heart
and one mind III opposing the proposed spe-
cial assessment as unjust and they are to be
heard on all sides bitterly denouncing the
taxing of one section for what they say must
be as much of benefit for the entire city as to
those living in that section. The great ma
jority of those living in the section are small
property owners, many of whom say that
they feel as if they were taxed about all they
can stand now. At the next meeting those
parties who are expected to be heard are as
follows, by streets:
Edwards street-Richard S. Fellowes,
Sophia Goodman, James M. Morton, Richard
Fl. Wardell, Elizur P. Atwater, F. W. j.
Sizer, William F. Damn, Mrs William S.
Skinner, William G. Sumner Dora M. War
dell, Samuel Forbes, Agnes Forsyth.
Cottage street-Henry W. Cosgrove Will
liam Hofer, Mary A. Cosgrove, Victor F.
Hofer..
Avon street-Jane J. Armstead
Tinkey's estate.
Eagle street-Mrs. Ann M. Benham
Charles E. Earle, Marcia M. Hinman Edward
E. Atwater, Cullen B. Foote, Andrew Mar
tin, Charles W. Blakeslee, James Fl. Turner
William Button.
Willow street-W. w Waite, James Day,
Catharine J. Hollinger, Bernard Reynolds,
John O'Gorman, Windham County Savings
bank, Michael Mcmahon, Houora McGann,
Harriet NJ. Hayward, Smith & Sperry, Mary
Ann johnson.
Gamer STRAIGHTFORWARD Reynolds, John
Reynolds, Maria J. Martin.
Anderson street-Thomas Quinn, Ann
Quinn, William G. Davidson, Thomas Hoare.
Foster street-Union Savings bank, Dan
bury.
Nicoll street-Michael Cannon, Foster w.
Sperry, Catharine Kloat, Lydia Bartholomew,
Hubbell & Merwin, Strong, Barnes, Hart &
Co., John NJ. Lines, AFRO I. Ward, Peter Rey-
nolds, John Kennedy, George Bartholomew,
| Mary A. Smith, L. W. sperry, Samuel Hall
well, Ephraim Lane.
Martins estate, jeremiah Maloney, Joel w.
S. Peck, Timothy Sullivan, Edward n AL
| ling, James V. IRE, Stonington Savings
bank.
| Mechanic street-Patrick Willis, Thomas
| Forsyth, Margaret Hayes.
! State street-Emily M. Sabln, Chelsea Sa-
| wings bank, Franz Doerschuck, Bridget Har-
! ney, John English, Charles S. Jennings es-
| tate, Richard Scanlon.
| The property owners who are SO strenu-
ously opposing the proposed assessments for
benefits accruing from the park understand
that the duty of the Board of Compensation
| is merely to carry out the orders of the Court
of the Common Council to give all parties
| interested hearing, and then to make their
report to the Court of Common Council, who
either accept or reject it.
| A CITIZENS OBJECTION
| Mr.. j. Burton Hine was one of the throne
of citizens add taxpayers who protested
Thursday night at the meeting at the City
| Hall against special assessment upon part
| of the property in the city for what is to be
some day or other in the remote future East
| Rock Park. His name was wrongly given
! yesterday, having been mixed up with that OF
| another well known resident. Mr.. Hine has
the following additional to say
| My individual tax by the city for the last
| few years for grading the streets and for
public walks on State, Bishop and Edwards
Streets has been one thousand dollars, be-
| sides for pipe sewer on State street, $475,
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me as yet. Taxing individuals for the use
and benefit of the public and for what the
| individual is not allowed to control is afro
cious in principle and devoid of all constitu.
tional law and every principle of common
justice. =
IN FUTURE.
A correspondent says: ''Why tax part OF
the citizens for what does not exist? AS
Judge York said at the hearing all can walk
out to the Rocks and get the air and the view
| now. The park is not park at ALL Why
tax people for what does not yet exist
When the park is park it is time enough tc
talk of laying special tax for it. That time
is twenty years hence. Why tax part of the
public and not the whole for what, if bene
| fit, is a general public benefit and not sec
| tional and is all in the future? A driveway
has been built to the top of Mt. see-All
Well and good for those that have teams
The views obtained are grand and many say
can't be beaten in New England. But the
public in general can 'tshin up" the rocks
now pretty much as people did forty years
ago, and get the air and the views, but will
they do it in hot weather? Not frequently.