The daily morning journal and courier., 1907-08-28
JACOBS SCOPES
 AT TALK OF GIFT
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15O feet of land in the line of the street which was now practically valueiess. While fifty feet of this he said would 1 be taken in making the street he de- clared the remainder would be worth about $2,000 more to him than the present property. He made manifest i that the street was desired for the sake of building lots in his statement that he would build three nice houses on the land with nice verandas for his tenants to look out upon the beautiful park and the swans in the fountains and so forth. Asked if ne thought the street would be good thing if the park was there, he said that he would favor it any way.
 Mr. Kendall was the single opponent of the street, and the third speaker on the question. He stated that when he purchased the property from the Forbes estate he knew nothing of the existence of the layout across it and did not learn about it until he had re- lceived the plans of his purchase. II did not buy the property because l wanted it." he continued. T bought lit to prevent its being exploited, as l was told it would be" He said that the street was not public necessity at all, that 1t was only desired by the people who wished to exploit their property and added that he intended to give his land to the city some day. He said further that he was not ready to do this year, as he wished to set out trees and arrange the park to suit himself, but that after that he would give it to the city. He declared he
 id not want any building lots on the property. The street he declared, would ruin the property for park purposes.
 In conclusion he declared that he intended some day to buy the property of the Stiles sisters, if he could get it, and give it to the city also for a park, but he said that he understood it was Impossible to get the land from them unless they were paid four times It's value.
 If the city will condemn the Stiles property for park purposes l will at
 the same time give the city a deed to mine, he finished.
 On the matter of the Grown street extension which was up for the sug- gestion by the public of come method which might be used for obviating the present delay no one appeared, and the matter was passed by making what was considered one of the feat lures of the hearing a dead matter
 There was lively support for the application for the running of a street through the old Shore Line rail- road property.
 The chief reason that. the street wal urged seemed to be the fear enter tained by the residents in the vicinity that the railroad intends to use the Iline as a sort of storage place and fol "a similar purpose to the present use of Railroad avenue and they desire tc prevent any such use of the line. Will | liam H Graham represented that the proposed street would form an idea outlet for the Humphrey street exten. sion and that another street through the district between Lombard and Pine streets was necessary He called att tentlon to the addition to the city tax | list which would result to the city il the street was put through
 | Attorney Benjamin I. Spock appeared for the New Haven road and outlined the position of the road in the matter He raised the legal question in the case, holding that the city could not condemn railroad property for a street and that the road had never aban- dcned it's right to the line of road and thai the line between the streets was held by it in fee simple instead as had been stated under lease thai caused it to revert back to the owners if the property were no longer uset for railroad purposes.
 On the last matter the committed | concluded that the question was essen tially legal one and decided to asl the corporation counsel for an opinior on it. On the Forbes avenue new street petition the committee intends t' make an inspection of the property in volved before determining its report
 The application of George D. Miller for permission for cellar doorways ir frcnt of 1101 to Ill Chapel street wa; granted.