Daily Republican., 1885-11-03
Sand Lot Question.
NO SAND LOT WANTED.

NO bhlND LOl w n ~ EDs
| A represen tative of tho REPUBLICAN
was over IN the Ninth ward yesterday
| looking at the sand lots offered by vari
ons parties 10 the city for sale. Four
men were working leisurely In tbs bed
OF Twenty fourth street west of Market
with pick aud shovel, throwing out a
mixture OF gravel, clay and sand. They
the lot that the city was In the notion OF
purchasing.
Our old friend Patrick Gardiner, W h O
drew spade upon us once when we
were engaged in editorial writing, but
who was now using lis spade In a civil
capacity, showed us in a friendly man.
Der over ths lot. He took US to a hole th NJ
had been dug down ssinp ten or twelve
feet and fouOd good sand. We must
say the sand was good. Mr.. Gardiner
then took US In the cellar OF n house
that had been dug but never walled, In
the bottom of which another deep hole
was dug which revealed very good
| sand.
You sec" said our informant, "the
lot runs 1913 feet along Twenty fourth
street, aud 23i feet back TO Twenty
third s:reet, aud thero 10 q lot Of 80 feet
! more adjoining that can be- hal from
another party" We came 10 the con.
clu1ion that there was much sand there
and much clay mixed up with II, bul
then wo are no judge OF such mat
. ters.
The price at which this lot 10 held by
the owners 10 ~, 800, or about $50 pei
| foot.
The name o. "Archie" Reed, . well
known bricklAyer has been quoted a.
authority In favor OF the city buying the
lot, as the sand WAS pronounced by him
to be fitsg class. Mr. Reed now says he
has bsen misrepresented. When he re-
com mmended the sand he says he had nc
Id Ga tina. the city was to be apurcha ser
He thought the owner wanted TO sell the
6and to builders aud he recommended II
as good building sand.
! He say the city has TO need OF a
sand lot; thai the City Council can get
ssnd delivered in the city cheaper than
they can purchase " sand lot and take
| the Hand out.
MIR George Lewis, frema n ut the
brickyard OF Forrest x Pierce, out FL
lott avenue, lives on Twenty fourth
street where the excavations are made.
Mr. Lewis is = good judge of sand, and
he says there Is very littls good sand
there
II the city buys the lot at the price
named 1t will la cheated, says Mr..
| Lewis. He further states that ho heard
JoseIh TAtnall offer the same lot about
a year IRA little more ago, tor $l2 foo,
cash or Sl3 on time, and now the ownors
want $50. The city he thought ought
to purchase Joseph Tatnal's lot on
Elliott avenue, which was offered at q
much less price and there was no doubi
that there the sand was OF tip top
quality.
Coming away from the sand lots we
met John w. Hawkins. member oi
CouHcil from the Seventh Ward, the
Imam who only takes pay for one mo-.
ling Of Ceopoil 10 AZ afternoon, liz
lsaid Council would make great mis-
take by purchasing the proposed sand
lot At Twenty fourth and Orange streets.
THE city, In T. CT wants no sand lot ~ Al
Why, every load ofsand the city digi
,out costs two dollars, because you see
the men employed by the city ars EN-
ployed for political purposes, ana tney
do not care whether they work or not
Why, had charge OF . sand quarry q
few years ago, and had colored mar
employed who dug out 10 loads Of .and
q day at Is cents q load, and he did m
work very hard ~ thak But ! knew
four men working for the city In th'
came quarries who only took out hv'
loads . day.
Why, thtre is the Charles Warne
Company, who say they will deliver
Kaolin sand from Hockessin NJ an,
railroad point In the city for 80 cents
load, and II proposals. are asked for
,Jerseymen will deliver the best kind o
sand In tho city for so or 80 cents
load and 1t can be carted 10 any plac'
desired for IS or 40 cents . load. Tn
lefty loses rs cents on the average OF
every load Of sand IL takes out OF tn
quarry and delivers.
1 Yes, but there are - $50, the proceed
of the old sand lot, lying In the CIT.
Treasury that cannot be used for any
thing else. What are you Roi ng to d
about that, says somebody else.
AS for that, the opponents OF tn
sand lot say, let 1t lay until the mex
Legislature meets and get law passes
, TO apply i. TO the redemption Of cit
bonds.