The Stark County Democrat. [volume] (Canton, Ohio) 1833-1912, 1909-03-18
NO LIMIT TO
FARM PRICE
INFlRMARY DIRECTORS PUT PuR-
CHASE UP TO THE COUNTY
COMMISSIONERS
COST REAso NABLE

Only Stipulation and Some Say $685.
600 May BE Psd--Mr. Correil Still
Believes 5000 Should Be the Linn
it--And There Are Others.
The board of infirmary directors at
meeting yesterday, reconsidered the
resolution recently passed obtecting to
the purchase by the commissioners of
the Keasey farm at any price exceed
ing $40 600. 1t was decided to request
the buying of the tract at any cost
which the commissioners might deem
reasonable.
The situation, by the turn of affairs,
has taken on aN altogether different
aspect. 1t is entirely possible that
the farm may now be bought. The
county may pay as much Rs $25,000
for it.
1t is said that l.. E. Keasey, owner
OF the farm, has other offers for his
property, exceeding s22,5OO. If this
be true, it is certain that the county
will be compelled to pay much more
than that amount ii it expects to Sc
cure the land. MIR. Keasey declined
to say anything in connection with the
reported offers
! S. i. Correll was the only member
of the board of infirmary directors
dissenting when the objecting resolu-
ton was anulled. He likewise took
negative stand when the board de-
cided to favor the buying of the farm,
at such price which the commission
ers saw fit c. Il. Jarvis introduced
| the new resolution, by which the
board decided to reverse it's former de-
cision.
Mr.. Correll said 81 think that the
county will be paying too much for
! the Keasey farm, if it gives more
than $4,000. / do not know whether
or not it can be bought for that price
| but l think that to pay more would
be an injustice to the taxpayers"
The commissioners, it is stated, have
received fiattering offers from local
real estate men for the sale of seV-
| en- acres of the infirmary land, lying
on the opposite side of Cleveland ave-
nue.. 1t is probable however, that this
will not be disposed Of until next fall
The Alliance Leader" gives the fol-
| lowing analysis of the situation:
| AII6T IL DSCdiii6 hHOWu dDOuI Sdu-
ton that the directors at the meeting
Tuesday had turned down the prop
/ osition to buy the tract of land men
toned above there was much disap-
: proval expressed
ct was learned that one member
of the directors favored the purchase
of farm considerable distance from
J the infirmary buildings. This would
make it necessary to use a convey
/ arce to take the inmates OF the in
! firmary there for work and also the
I carrying of dinners. The Keasey
tract adioins the infrmary farm and
is we'll adapted to farming. The ad-
ditional eighty acres can be worked
! in connection with the present farm
and all the work done by inmates in
/ the institution.
"The board intends selling seven
acres of land across the road from
the present farm, for which they
have an offer of $1,000 per acre. Mr.
Elicit favors selling row of lots
from the infirmary farm fronting up
on the road leading TO Canton. The
| Canton-Akron street railway line
passes the farm and it is near to Can
| ton, making this portion of the farm
too high priced for farming"
OF course the Leader" is, fully cog.
infant of all of the facts of the case
but, truthfully, aren't the people pleas.
ed rather than dissatisfied over Mr.
Corrells stand upon the question?