Evening journal., 1913-07-31


Delaware Turf Club, tenant. 1900
Total for Goodwin ...... 1920
Total valuation of the prop
critics fixed by jury and
I damages to tenants ....S119,200
There is no appeal from the award
Of the sherif's jury by the property
owners. The Joint Building Com
mission either has 10 accept the pro
perties at the prices fixed by the
sheriffs jury or abandon it's efforts to
get the block. II was stated today by
Harlan G. Scott. president. that the
: Building Commission is satisfied with
the awards as made by the sherlff's
jury
The only way open to any property
owners who may be dissatisfied with
the awards 90 intcrpose an obstacle
TO the taking of the properties for
a public building site is to attack the
constitutionality Of the law passed
/ by the Legislature providing for
erection Of the joint city and county
building. Whether this will be done
! is not known. Dr. Elbert asked
Z
/ original ju-y's award was $4,000
and the sheriff's jury places a valua-
! tion of S4S,000 on the property.
Whether Or. Ebert proposes taking
any further legal steps is not known.
/ II was reported today he might at
tack the constitutionality of the law.
/ DR.. Ebert could not be communicate
ed with by a reporter, as he was out
making professional calls all morn
/ ing
The following are the prices aasked
by the owners for their properties at the
hearing before the original commission:
/ Dr. Samuel G. Ebert ....... Sl25. 600
Hilles property, 1902 King
street ............. $4,000
Knights of Columbus Hall
Company. Tenth street ....... 10000
John Goodwin, 1906 King street D.. D. 500
! lotal .....'.............. S24b.5
The awards made for the property by
the original commission of condemnation
were in detail as follows:
knighs of Columbus Hall Com
pany-Hall Company. $4,000;
w. S. f. Society. $1,000; Santa
Maria Council, $1,000; total. sol 900
j. T. Hilles. No 1000 King street $1,000
John Goodwin-John Goodwin,
$4,000; Equitable Guarantee
| & Trust Company. $4,000;
Delaware Turf Club, $500;
total ...................... 1890
Samuel G. Ebert Eleventh and
King streets--Samuel G.. FL
bert, $4l 600; Montgomery
Trust Company. $500; Anna
Il. Springer, $500; total. . $4,000
Making a total Of ..........S .Sl26.sOO
The sherifls jury comprised seyen
citizens from the city and five from the
rural county. They we're: Horace L..
Dilworth, Fredericl, Brady, Richard T.
Pilling, Robert p Robinson. Severson b.
Cooling, William T. Purks. John II.
Dandy. Charles +. Dubell. Edward II.
Brennan. Jr.. William c. Phillips. WI.
lard A. Speakman and George NJ Fisher.
Harlan G. Scott, president of the
Wilmington Building Comission is
pleased with the finding of the jury
of condemnation and in an inter-
view this morning said:
II am very glad il is over so that
the commission may go ahead with
the work. I am. sure that the citi-
zens are satisfied with the finding OF
the jury. They certainly most thor
oughly did their work and the com
mission feels that every considera-
tion possible has been given the mat
ter and are satisfied with the re-
suit"
DR.. Ebert early this afternoon, on
returning from his calls. was asked
about the rumor that he might take
legal action to resist the taking of his
residence property at the southeast
corner of Eleventh and King streets
at the price of $4,000 fixed by the
sherih's jury. DR.. Elbert said he did
not care to make any statement about
the matter at this time