Pike County press. (Milford, Pa.) 1895-1925, 1897-04-02
THE MILFORD GLEN.
This Beautiful spot should be Preserved
for the Use of the Public.

RUS beautiful spot Should be Preserved
for the Use Of the Public.
In the correspondence from this
place to a nearby cotemporary the
statement is made in substance that
Mrs. l.. R. Mott the owner of the
glen has received an offer for the
timber and is advised by her friends
to make sale of it. This, of course,
she has a perfect right to do, and
we do not wish to be understood, as
advising in the matter.
The glen is an attraction to Mil
ford and has been such for years, no
one disputes this. That the owner
who pays the taxes may prevent its
use by the public, may fence it in,
or otherwise occupy it to the ex-
clusion of everyone, cannot be de
MED. She is the owner and may
put such restrictions in the way of
rental or enjoyment as to her seems
most prudent and profitable for the
sole use and possession of her prop
erty The point is, that the matter
should be finally settled, and that
the annually recu rring difficulty as
the the use of this property should be
determined.
If the glen is indispensable to the
prosperity of Milford as a summer
resort, then the people would be
remiss not to secure it, in fee simple.
We oppose the renting because that
settles nothing and only prolongs
the trouble, and postpones the in
evitable. 1t is just as well to make
some final arrangement now as to
defer it. Mrs Mott and the peopl @
should each be fair. If she would
accept a reasonable price for the
glen it should be bought, not by the
Borough, but by some society as a
village improvement society organ
lied for that purpose If the timber
is cut off the land becomes practi-
cally worthless for any purpose ex-
cept goat pasture, and it would 80
remain. Mrs. Mott or her heirs
would in the end be losers and so
would Milford. Both parties would
be irretrievably injured. If the glen
is no adjunct to the village pros
perity then drop the matter and end
the agitation by allowing the owner
tP naaiiRaefHles Hseac-,t jasCort, 1ot
chicken ranch. Let it be under
stood that Milford is not dependent
on this attraction, and stand by the
result whatever it may be. If the
glen is an absolute necessity then it
should be bought at any price, but
we do not so view it. It's value is
wholly incidental to its location, it
has little intrinsic value, practically
none outside the timber. If as before
stated the owuer would accept fair
value considering it's present and
even prospective worth, then the
town should buy it. If she will not
but prefers to kill her goose let the
AK fail, and let the people dismiss
from their minds and the hotels blot
out Of their prospectus all thought
and mention of the glen, and the
people turn their energies to some
scheme to adorn the town and rem
der it otherwise attractive to sum-
mer guests. Milford will survive
the amputation of the glen but the
glen without Milford would be a
dead toe financially speaking.
We suggest tRat meeting of citi-
zens be held, committee appointed
to confer with the owner of the glen,
and if a satisfactory arrangement
can be madeas to price and terms
of payment that permanent organ
ization be formed for it's purchase
and the payment. If not, then let
the whole matter drop and let the
subject be forever banished from
our calculations and let us turn to
some other method for the adorn-
ment and beautifying of our town,
and perhaps in the end we will be
just as happy and prosperous.