Evening journal., 1912-01-04

pprOacn !
d to
EET AGAIN
for he Penn
ether sith C. w
ecr Of that com
Iossih t. car-
os G. Z lrlz and a.
roai esl tc men, ap-
cons blsslon ap-
ind o. site Sc
orIkc at Third
hc gNrisUana river
frug and Safe De-
day afteiN oon.
jrurtz and lfeirce
faiircac company
be grounI the
approach t0 the
teU WIZ
hou tr.sl.
aO nosfef q ds-
mai = t3at and
ou|auY ccusId-
me qrcuud. afior
viewed t made
sniued IS The rail-
De cnnsi idered by
del alrations Of
the Commission
Ar trae of land
40 uf t. included
le bad of Pr ora street
rpf belong % The raii-
ny LNc commission had
nos p ar % con-
Ngf bno Dri ia al nam
comn ssmsr won't ors
He lsnd ia leodod an
remaining VIII
of ihH lhH bounded
rin Brdg fni chur
lIggs sain fht after
Tor tba a fse IS faf
lcallq fiw toe bloc
rcna ground wa
In value
faluahlc
ihg c ssion's atten-
ticu m railroad CONF
S. Carpenter.
value on the
tIn as follows
f1 nlm sH n3. 2. Sl,5Sl2o;
$as8 d $40 sS,672 total,
,3,L
lie said tha ile All Dad company
ced the follo' llues on Tho
ronaiuing 70 Va the iow
No 4, nc 20 Bridge STREET,
iJ. no ?. on 'hrd street. $1,000.
= the corie- sf Fourth and
cl streets s, poe and no the
ceie troiiid at Fourth
sean. i6lS0.
In from ke value
t 0n BY the 20 pany
l HIers said na auotter ding
M 0ls aared was the distru uctioii
the siding nre Ridge troe'
vfirr uns nio fhf q liant ~ BY Dia-
ford sate see Coup lis s'ii
a.. i rot cIcel hft ras
bped T., aln le opc and
ihen this cay 80 pass. nrH siding
would be neeo~ tff a"
TO r.-n into the " Giant
from the other end 10
commission to take into n
the expense of laying suci, e
and also the loss OF II -
Tie submitted figures 81 rnT l1at il
would cost $3.50 10 lay the siing
and in ddition IS 400. l'e cost Of a
strip of land, 600 feet org and 30
feet wide. at 80 cents a SQUARE icot
on which to lay it malSii 0tal OF
81 $50 which. added to WI 7t fne com.
pany considered it was en- leo 90 fci
The land needed for the I 'ige viii
make the grand total S44,.3i
Mr.. Biggs said that the CITY as'esg
ment on the tract No. I. nearly al a
which will be required by II county
I'm 1908. was s34.5O0 Sir rr
time the company has paid o
on the property in question, Ha
become park property. He le,
that this assessment figured bose
cents a square foot, whereas
road company was asking
with the exception Of the
property which was figured
lIn's. He gave figures of
,HgSed value per square foot
bining property.
II was brought out in the disc
tiSat the county assessment OF
pr6lS dy was $4,000.
Basic Sn Square Foot.
AlS~'S u Moore a member O. D.
,onfen' .an commission wantt
know hd' he reai estate men
pWed by .he company
tufc1. hy thc assp
rl also lDe actual value.
Calnaater "a he and his
eefa hal lguf taaf tne prop
a0rlh $40 a loot front ON -Four
ct and $50 0n Third street, max
S125 a foot.
lr Biggs explained that the valu
he ground was not reached o.
worth per linear foot. but by th'
ne foot. If based on linear fee
id, the figure would have bee
more than estimated by squar
Questioned by some of the member
of tho commission, Mr. Biggs admitte
iahat the property could not be use
fol railroad purposes again. He saiC
n yconclusion, that the railroad com
paly did not want to place a stra'