The Indianapolis journal. [volume] (Indianapolis [Ind.]) 1867-1904, 1898-07-21
PARK LAND PURCHASED
CITY CONTROLLER JOHNSON MADE
THE FIRST PAYMENT YESTERDAY.
Pays $4,000 for the Kirkland Property
additional Deeds DeIivered-Ac-
ton of the Board of Works.

The first actual purchase of lands for
park purposes was made yesterday. Con-
troller Johnson delivered to the Marion
Trust Company a warrant for 5000 in pay
ment of the purchase price Of the Kirkland
property, on West Washington street. The
trust company acts as the administrator OF
the estate of Anto;nette F. Kirkland. Over
a year ago the old Board of Park Commits
sioners bsrgained for this property and
deed was delivered, but before the warrant
was drawn the suit to enjoin the board
from acting was brought by the Indianapo-
lis Brewing Company and nothing further
was done at the time. The company in
sisted on interest from the date of the origi-
nal deed, but the claim was not allowed.
Park Engineer Power has made plans for
improving the Kirkland ground and it is the
intention to do something in that direction
this summer.
Additional deeds were delivered to the
Board Of Works yesterday conveying lands
in the White river park system to the city,
Deputy City Attorney Bell having passed
on the abstracts. The deeds were referred
to Controller Johnson, who will verify the
prices named before delivering warrants.
Mr.. Johnson has been carefully examining
all deeds He has found in some instances
slight errors in the acreage conveyed A
fraction of an acre here and another there
would have made considerable difference in
the sum totfl paid for the entire system
but for the controllers care. II believe that
I will be able to save a years salary on the
whole thing" said Mr.. Johnson to Jour-
nal reporter. 1.-THE errors are slight, but
when the price of land is $500 or $500, half
acre more or less makes quite a difference
in he 70 johnson nrnffV
well satisfied that the deeds are properly
fixed now. He has been assisted in his CAL
culations of the acreage by Park Engineer
Power and City Engineer Jeup. Owing to
the fact that the river wends its way
through portions of the system it has been
no easy matter to have the descriptions ex-
act and the calculations of the acreage cor
rect In another day or so Mr.. Johnson
thinks he will be able to turn the warrants
for the lands over to the owners who have
executed the deeds. Deputy City Attorney
Bell said yesterday that all the abstracts
had been examined and found correct on the
White river system except one. Those sent
to the controller yesterday after being re-
ceived by the Board of Works from Mr..
Bell, with the acreage and the considera-
ton to be paid, are as follows:
From Christina Emrick, 1888 acres: con-
sideration, 1857.
From Phoebe J. and Jacob A. Emrick.
1878 acres; consideration, $2,146
From Indianapolis Shooting Association,
315 acres; consideration, So, 500.
From Francis l.. and Newton Kunkle,
1878 acres; consideration, S., $50.
From Robert McClamrock, $40 acres; con-
sideration 81 AGO.
From Marion Trust Company administra
tor Kirkland property; consideration. $4,000.
From Hiram w. Miller, eighty-two lots in
Marion Park addition; consideration, $4,912.
From Ida F. Richardson, 1894 acres; con-
sideration, So 92S.