Evening journal., 1922-07-06
GARDEN FOLK
SHOW ANGER
over DELAYS
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legal action to expose the whole
rotten deal" as one angry buyer ex-
pressed it, was heard on all sides.
Copies OF the resolutions. when
they finally are revised and adopted
and signed by the purchasers. are
to be sent to Senators dupont and
Ball, Congressman Layton and to
the Wilmington Chamber of Com
merce.
Meanwhile, the Gardens purchas-
ers will call in a body upon City
Council. at its meeting tonight, and
ask the assistance of the city faith
ers in obtaining their homes. in rec
tifying as far as possible the losses
sustained by the delay of four
months and in laying bare the en-
tire transaction by which they have
been bilked out of their rights
through the policy Of passing the
buck adopted by the Shipping Board.
Following the call upon Council
tonight another meeting will be held
on Friday night at the home of Mr..
/ Byram. at which definite course of
action will be determined in detail
and plans laid to carry it out.
Sale Terms All Onc-sided.
Matthew f. Dornes opened last
nights meeting by telling what he
had learned concerning the legal
phases of the situation after con-
sultation with John +. Malloy at
torney. Mr. Malloy, he said, after
looking into the terms OF the sale
at the public auction. had reported
that the contract was so obviously
"one sided" in favor OF the Ship
ping Board that there was slight
chance to do anything to upset 1t.
Nevertheless, he held, Greenfield
could not prolong the transfers OF
deeds indefinitely, and any pur-
chaser who was dissatisfied could
demand the return of the ten, per
cent. Of the purchase money paid
down at the time of the sale, four
months ago.
Mr.. Dornes suggested that the
meeting choose a chairman, and For
rest Funk, who lives next door to
Mr.. Byram. was unanimously elect
ed. Mr. Funk emphasized that only
10 deeds conveying 1OS different
properties thus far had been filed
with the Recorder of Deeds, as re-
ported in The Journal last evening.
and told how purchasers who had
applied to Greenheld's agent in VIII
mington for their deeds had been
bmntly told that il they would put
up all cash instead OF asking for a
mortgage, they could get them
promptly; otherwise they should
have to wait indefinitely.
r. J. Mcguire rehearsed the
transaction from the auction sale
declaring the Shipping Board
had "side-stepped" its promises to
the home-buyers. and that when
purchasers had written to the Board
asking about settlements, they had
received non-committal replies mere
ly acknowledging receipt OF their
communications.
He caused smiles by describing
how Gear" Cornell, referring 20
Greenfelds local agent, had told
him he must pay cash or wait.
and how, rather than fuss with the
Greenfield mortgage money at per
cent. he had obtained il at 6 per
cent. in wilmington to obtain pos
session OF his property from these
hucksters."
1--WE all acted entirely in good
faith" exclaimed Mr.. Mcguire, "and
we trusted to the government TO act
in good faith with us. But the
Shipping Board broke faith with .us.
1t sold us out"
Chairman Funk remarked that at
"the present at which the deeds
were being made out It would re-
quire a year to transfer all OF the
500 and more properties.
zone man has suggested" he
said. that all the deeds should have
been prepared and delivered at one
time. That would have been fair
to all. As it is. impartiality is be-
ing shown. The man with the cash
is getting the preference. There is
nothing fair about that"
Hope Lies In Chancellor.
Here another indignant buyer
told of having consulted with Ed
mund S. Hellings. attorney, who had
expressed the opinion that an ac-
tion would lie in Chancery TO COM
pei completion of the contracts with
the home buyers. and that Green