The Jersey City news. (Jersey City [N.J.]) 1889-1906, 1889-05-18
of what / have seen in the papers only,
and on my general notion of property
MIR. VAN wINKLE's VIEWS.


MIR. VAN wINKLE'S VIEWS.
Mr.. d. Van Wrinkle, of the firm of D.
Van Winkle & Son, whom l next called
upon, said
at is rather difficult matter to fix
price for that property, as / am altogether
familiar with the exact piece it is proposed
to, take for park. Some of it is more
valuable than others, and while one por-
tion may not be worth more than 81 900 an
acre, another might bring 5000.
'fhe tendency OF property in that v1c1nl-
ty is upward. IT the owners should go into
the market with it and put it under the
hammer, it would lot bring high price
On the other hand there is great de-
mand for the land, and If the owner could
hold it until he received his price it would
be worth more. On the whole, however,
should consider from 81 500 to $1.S00 an
acre a good price tor it,
WHAT BAYoNNE's MAYOR SAYS.
''If we cannot have one of the parks
located in Bayonne," said Mayor John
Newman, of that city, 1--WE want piece
of one, and the Currie estate is the prop
erty which makes the latter idea practica-
Bile. As Bayonne has got to assist in
paying the fiddler, there Is no reason why
she should not also assist in doing little
is increasing rapidly and she is get
ting to be a place of some SIZE:
Bayonne notoriously needs a. park OF
some kind to accommodate the families OF
the wage-earners as well as Others OF the
community, and am deeply interested IN
the matter. If Mr.. Peter Henderson
knows of any land in the vicinity of the
Currie estate which con be bought for
81 600 an acre | wish he would tell me
where it is, and | will very soon find
purchaser for it.
Property in Greenville and Pamrapo
has developed rapid increase in value of
recent years, and 5000 per acre is little
enough for the Currie estate. II the prop
erty is selected for park site, there is, in
my opinion, little Ganger that its beauty
and usefulness will be destroyed by q
railroad crossing it. The railroad will
then have to find another route. Some
justice should at any rate be done to
Bayonne in the matter"
$1,000 AN ACRE FAIR.
II am greatly interested in the park
project, and have read and considered the
report OF the Commissioners, remarked
eX-C Councilman Alfred w Booth, of Bay
onne, who has been for years at the head
of O large lumber business in that city.
my knowledge of the country leads me
to say" he exclaimed, "that think Cur
rie's Woods to be one Of the best of the
sites which have been proposed.
We have no better place in
of property in the section that is undulat-
ing and fitted for park purposes without
requiring much alteration in its topog-
raphy, or artificial Identification, l be-
lieve $3, 900 per acre to be too high, but 1
know 81 900 per acre is too little. | deem
land recently sold for SIS, 900 per acre, but,
of course, it was purchased for and
is adapted to commercial purposes.
It appears strange that property like Cur
ries Woods, laying idle so long, should
suddenly jump into such demand. The
people want it for . park, beyond q doubt,
and the railroad company wants 1t for the
right of way The people should get it. I"
THE KING OFFER REASONABLE
Exc Councilman Richard Galbraith. of
West Hobokep, is largely interested in
North Hudson real estate 'I think"
said he in answer to my query, "that no
better site could have been chosen for a
park than Kings Woods. Four Thousand
seven hundred dollars an acre, which I
understand is the price that the county
will pay for the grounds, | think Is very
reasonable. Lots have been sold in that
neighborhood for $1,000 each quite re-
Gently, and think that, considering the
beauty of the. land, the county should
consider itself fortunate in getting it for
so little money"
Justice Schnueriger also had word to
say in favor of the property.
1.-THE available sites for park purposes
are very few" said he, land l think
Kings Woods the best of any so far pro-
posed. The price is very reasonable. The
purpose which causes the county to de-
Sire to buy it enhances its value. The ad-
yantages that will be derived from it by
our people in this vicinity make it very
cheap"
RUH DIFFERS
Councilman Charles T. Rub, of Union
Hill, was up to his eyes in business when
l called. but he managed to say few
words in answer to my enquiry.
81 have been very much interested in
the selection of park sites III the county"
said he, "and think that the Kings prop
erty is probably the best that could have
been chosen. The price asked, though, l
consider exorbitant; 81, 500 an acre is the
market value of the properly as 1t stands
now, and il any one should buy the prop
erty at that figure, lay it out into city lots
and then sell it he would lose heavily On
his speculation; s., 700 an acre is an enoi-
NOUS figure to ask for property whose
market value is SO well known"