Harrisburg telegraph. [volume] (Harrisburg, Pa.) 1879-1948, 1914-12-15
e 'HARDSCRABBlE"
OWNERS ASK S152,5O0
City Solicitor Files Values Sub
mitted by About Half of
Property Holders

Prices aggregating S152, 500 have
forty-odd properties on the western
side of Front street between Herr and
Calder which will be taken over by the
city incident to the elimination of
"Hardscrabble."
The figures were submitted by City
Council this afternoon by City Solicitor
ID. S. Seitz, but action was postponed
for week so the city clerk can pre-
pare a statement for the consideration
of the councilmen.
In addition to the reports of Hard
scrabble" residents, City Solicitor Seitz
also submitted reports of the damages
the residents whose park frontages is
desired by the city in the opening of
Front street between South and Lib
erty and Harris and Maclay streets.
These claims vary from request to
turn over the land in return for the
payment of half the paving assessment
to prices per foot front ranging from
$40 to S275.
In the letter accompanying the
statement of prices received from the
'Hardscrabble" residents Mr.. Seitz eX-
plains that Council can consider the
figures after a thorough investigation
into the values. Witnesses may be
subpenaed for the purpose. Where no
agreement as to figures may be reach
eu viewers may De dppOiHleu anu JHe
benefits and damages assessed accord
ingly. Where the viewers cannot ar
range the matter satisfactorily the
cases may be taken into court.
In connection with the condemna-
ton matter Mr.. Seitz also submitted
n resolution authorizing the city to file
such bonds as may be necessary to
cover the proposed improvements.
Prices Submitted
The nricps submitted by the "Hard- =
scra bible" property owners follow:
Elizabeth S. Hester and Caroline S.
Baldwin, 100 Front, not for sale;
Oliver r. Lands, 1110, $4,000; A. p.
Dintaman, 110S-112S, $4,000; e. G.
Slabach, 1880, $500; John Yingst
Yingst, 1902, $4,000; Joseph Berrier,
1910, $1,000; Mrs. Anna Sourbeer,
1918, $2,500, and boathouse, $1,000;
Clara NJ. Spangler, 1920, $500, prop
erty and boathouse; NJ. ii. Smith, 1922,
1000; Fred w. Dinger, 1924, $4,000;
John II. Jacobs, 1926, $1,000; John E.
Kurzenknabe, 1800-02. $4,000; John II.
estate, 1910, $4,000: Lewis and Mary
j. Finifrock, 1914. $3.50; Mary A.
Reed, 1920, $1,500: William S. Reed.
1892, $1,000; James e. Reed, 1924,
$1,000; Marguerite Keim, 1326-S0,
$4,000; Carrie n. Dinger, 1882, $4,000;
odTdn n. fGeeu, vacant lOl, H@,uUU.
Compensation will be allowed only
for those buildings as have been erect
ed on the properties prior to 1S69-the
year the street was formally authoriz-
ed to beopened TO low water mark.
The claims for the other properties
incident to taking over unacquired
park land between Liberty and South
streets and Harris and Maclay follow:
John Fox Weiss $275 per foot front.
total $50, Mr.. Weiss says when he
gave this property for park purposes
he asked no compensation because the
city wanted the land for parks; street
purposes, he adds. is a different matter.
President Judge George Kunkel
values his at s240 per foot front. but
says he doesn't want to part with the
property; j. Austin Brandt. S240 per
foot front: II. b. Hage, $240 per foot
front; c. i. Long, half the cost of the
paving assessment: i. J. StacKpole, half
the cost of paving assessment; Robert
IL. Moffitt, $500
Commissioner w. II. Lynch offered
an ordinance authorizing the purchase
| by the city of a plot 93 by 131 feet at
| Cameron and Kittatinny streets, from
the McAllister estate at an approxi-
mate cost of S9,765 for the proposed
street asphalt repair plant.
The 1915 budget ordinance was in
| troduced in skeleton form.