Evening journal. [volume] (Wilmington, Del.) 1888-1932, 1922-06-24

GOT DISCOUNT
OF 10 PER ct.
ON GARDENS
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ITO the Editor of The Evening
Journal,


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ITO the Editor of The Evening
, Journal
Wilmington, Delaware.
} Dear Sir:-The action which you
have taken towards exposing the
truth of the Union Garden situation
IS truly commendable and quite APP
propriate at this time. As one of
the purchasers and residents of that
property. and, therefore, a bene-
hciary of any action of the nature
taken, l feel obliged to thank you
heartily for the part you have taken.
particularly the story in yesterdays
(Thursday's) issue of the paper.
at is too bad the Government did
not live up to its contracts made !
with the Auction purchasers. There |
was clearly no good reason why, at
ter making bona fide sale in Feb |
ruary, which was properly ratified |
by the Shipping Board within a few |
days thereafter. the Government |
! should have made another sale else
where of the property already sold.
| particularly when the second sale
carried with it a 16 per cent. dis
count.
III the Government felt Il was
willing to accept a discount so large
as 16 per cent. and 1 understand
this Is correct, simply to obtain cash
settlements. why did it not offer that
proposition first to the auction or
su bsequent purchasers? l antici-
pate few would have failed to take
advantage of such an opportunity.
1T is hard TO conceive how the
second sale can be considered to
have been to the financial advantage
of the United States. for would not
the mortgages have had far
greater selling value had the orig
inal sale been consummated and the
properties transferred with the titles
cleared, and the latter should have
been easy under the first plan of ,
sale. The second sale was purely a {
violation of the first contract, and {
its consequent results, so unfair to
the original and subsequent pur- (
chasers under the auction plan, is a =
blot on the good business ability of !
the present Administration. Those Z
in governmental authority respon- !
sible for this, present unsettled con- !
dition of the Garden properties {
should feel ashamed of the way they
have betrayed the trust and conf {
dence of those who have dealt with r
the government. or with its former
customers at the auction in good Y
faith. believing that their contracts /
were contracts in reality as well as
in name.
Very truly yours,
COLIN HATTPEPT
"402 South Sycamore street. r
Wilmington, Del, June %. 1922" 9
More Deeds Filed A
Careful count made at the Office =
of the Recorder of Deeds today re-
vealed that exactly 32 deeds for :,
Union Gardens properties have -
been filed L. for recording. This
means an increase since a check up
made yesterday. and indicated that =,
the agitation of The Evening journal 81
for speeding-up of the transfers of :,
dwellings to their purchasers is -
being needed. =
When Eugene Cornell. representa-
i've of A. NJ. Greenfield. Philadel- =
Dhia. to whom the entire Gardens =,
properties were turned over by the =,
United States Shipping Board. was -
lsked at the office of the Liberty y
land Company 2104 Lancaster ave- ~ =,
Tue. whether the office force had "
,een increased, he replied: II have -
lothing to say"
At the office in the Ford Building 81
# Caleb E. Burchenal, who is assist al
ng the Greenfield Company in maxi III
ng the transfers, it was stated that =
ir. Burchenal was at his home i'll.
nd would not be at his office I'M p'
II Monday. eI
1t is apparent there is now an al
fort being made by the Greenfield G
taft to make settlements for the p'
O3 dwellings at the Gardens more n
romptly since publicity has been
It loose. p'
a march was stolen on the Green GU
cid management of the Gardens. DC
when Arthur Jones a NJ
employed by the Every "
ivening, moved into the dwelling at l."
O31 Barry street. which he bought
t the auction sale, although he had Nv
cen refused possession until deed TO J."
i'm had been made. py
Mr.. Jones and his family have AT
wing in Chester. The tenant in the Oh
AIRY street house has moved out. Sc
esterday Mr.. Jones endeavored to no
btain deed from Mr.. Cornell, at nj
he Liberty Land Company. but met
18th the same reply that has been IN
lade TO scores of other home buy GU
RS. "you shall have to walt until IN
e can get the papers made out" GU
Seeking out the former tenant OF De
he house. Mr.. Jones asked II he D'
ad a duplicate key to the premises. Ia'
ne tenant having turned in the keys tn
, the Liberty Land office. The In
nant happened TO have a duplicate. de
nth this. Mr.. Jones opened the av
ouse. and moved in with his fam ne
y and furniture. ins
It is doubted II the Greenfield WI
will take any serious Ga
cps to Gust the Joneses, now that ua
ley have possession of the house COZ
ley bought rat
stu another feature OF the sale no
: the Shipping Board to the Green an
id firm cropped out today when II Mi
as learned that Young and Com SUI
any. real estate agents with offices
the odd Fellows Hall. Tenth and loo
ings streets. are advising clients of
no have purchased homes at the as
ardens not to accept full deeds and
lie until the blanket mortgage of pc
100000 which was given to the ag,
tipping Board by Greenfield in pr,
lrt payment for the properties is ma
tisned in