Chicago eagle. [volume] (Chicago, Ill.) 1889-19??, 1898-05-28

sioners to be collected from the prop.
erty owners Of Lake View.
The Supervisor Of the Town of North
Chicago, however. certified TO the
County Clerk only the sum Of S14O.OOO
for Improvement, maintenance. govern.
ment, and payment Of indebtedness Of
the park, to liz collected from the prop.
erty OF the Town Of North Chicago: n
sum much less than the needs of the
park require and not nm amount suffi.
cient to maintain the park and make
the necessary improvements for the
year 1903. The Park Board asked the
County Clerk to add S15O.OOO more to
the amount certified by the Supervisor.
to make the total amount required by
the Town Of North Chicago more equal
to the amounts heretofore collected
from the town for park purposes. The
County Clerk. however. was enjOined
from extending this additional amount.
! resisted the granting Of the injunc.
ton In every way could, but Judge
Tuley finally granted II. l filed an IN.
swer to the bill for an injunction on the
part Of the Park Commissioners. ana
II has now been referred to a master
In chancery to take the evidence and
report his conclusions.
The bill for the injunction was first
presented against the County Clerk
alone. ] filed a demurrer to the bill.
which was sustained by the court. ana
the cOmplnlnants required to make the
Commissioners parties defendant. ]
then fled their answer.
] have strong hope THAT ! will yet
secure that amount for the park. for the
reason. among others, that without II
the park will liz very seriously embar-
rissed for means to keep II In u respect.
aide condition during the year without
becoming largely involved. and be-
cause Of the fact that the amount Ger.
titled by the Supervisor II much less
than the Town Of North Chicago has
contributed to the support Of the park
In any one year for more than twenty
years past, while the expenses Of the
park have been Increasing each year
because Of additions thereto and add.
tiOnal streets taken ns bOulevards.
On the 18th OF November, 1907. the
Town Of North Chicago, by Its Super
visor. filed bill In the Circuit Court
Of Cook County praying for IN lnjunc.
ton on the same ground as was granted
In the preceding case. TO this bill
flied general demurrer. but the case.
ny agreement, was dismissed before q
hearing upon the demurrer. for the rea-
son that there was no possible ground
on which II could be sustained.
On the 31st day Of December. 1907,
Fred J. Pischel, the same person who
| filed the petition for mandamus to com.
pei the park commissioners to submit
to his inspection OF the contracts with
the shore owners. filed bill In the
Circuit Court OF Cook County alleging
that he was the owner, or had an In.
/ terest, In the land redeemed from the
waters OF Lake Michigan somewhere
within the limits Of the outer drive Of
the Ohio street extension and the shore
line. The Commissioners Of Lincoln
Park. a number Of the owners Of shore
property ana Mr.. Il. o. Brown were
made defendants and an injunction was
issued, without notice to any one, en-
| Joining the commissioners from dellv-
erlng deeds to shore owners under their
contracts. Mr.. Brown prepared and
| filed an answer for himself and the
park commissioners In this case ana a
motion was then made to dissolve the
Injunction. This motion was heard by
Judge Dunno ana mt the end Of the
hearing the solicitors for the complain
ant themselves asked that the injunc-
ton be dissolved AMI they given sixty
days to amend their bin. 1t IL the I'M
derstandIng that this IL the last Of the
| case.
On Aug. II, 1897, the Il. J. Cunning
Company, the advertising firm, filed II
bill In the Superior Court of Cook COun.
~ praying for an Injunction against
the Commissioners OF Lincoln Park
to enjOin them from hindering
or Interfering with the company In
replacing or constructing sign boards
on lot near Belmont avenue, claiming
the company had Il contract with
Henry Ives Cobb, the owner OF the lot,
permitting the use Of the lot for sign
boards. ! filed an answer In the case
and nothing farther has been done
In 1t.
On August II, 1897, Henry Ives Cobb
fled a bill In the Superior Court Of
Cook County against the Commission
crs OF Lincoln Park, claiming to he
| the owner of lot on the lake shore I'm
mediately south OF the point where
Belmont avenue meets the lake; pray.
| ing In his bill that the Commissioners
be enjoined from preventing him from
building a pier on the north end OF his
lot out $50 feet into the waters Of the