Year: 1860

the erection buildings there they have thew hone snf
% eenehted the city at large. With regard to thu
ety OF the site, and its fitness for the object there car
De no question. Commanding it does a noble and ex
ehaen view OF the city the river, the distant bay and
the surrounding country, "fatersons Park Enlarged
vh ~ the memory OF the eminent merchan
VINO made theorgina devise will become an ornament n
nalnoe and place OF general resort for numbers who
dy hhu te larger Park, necessarily had Ia
De lnconvenien 70 frequent Legislation by the city au
horites viii be required however perfect the plan
ny closing the streets within the purchase and
when Tins Shall be had the Commission propose 10 under
take as in the case of the Druid Hill Park its gradual
Improvement, the their command i'll rerit
1t remains, in this connection to speak of the nrcas
hey nave agreed 10 in city stock at par for the
chases made by the Commission In this they had
to use their best judgment The case was not one in
when they were permitted to take a matter of course
The lowest offer Price after ALL but the con
believe that having lost sight Of it. they have duly
weighed it, and that under all the circumstances they
to have been expected


1t is impossible to state at this time with absolute
assurance tne amount to be paid because purchasing
ny the acre, has become necessary have careful sur
veys before it can be ascertained.


The Druid Hill purchases amount, approximately how
ever TO 5d acres, costing s497 00 which average
OF s96l 43 per The Patterson purchase is %
acres at $4,000 acre. S44 00O making the
OF purchase 5394 acres at s54 500 little more than
$1,000 per


During August the SURVEYS to verify the estimates will
be made. "
1t proper to say here that the Commission having no
right of entrance until the 1st September is earnest
in the interval f'''
Having thus fulfilled the most important duty imposed
upon them the Commission (which has been charged
with the Improvement of the property hope it may not
be out Of place to state their views for the future


by their agreement with the propretors the Commits


are 10 oe put into possession of their purchases
e lst OF September next, when they will at once place
II IN condition to be resorted to by the putc nnder
% regulations as shall be prescribed for its protection
my WIN then cause accurate typographical survey
10 De made and after obtaining all the information in
their power carefully digest plan for its permanent
proyement to be prosecuted the means at command
may justify What this may be- the Commission arn not
now prepared to say further than that will enrace
all which experience elsewhere has suggested as
or desirable. The reports which the ordinance rapni
them to make annually to the Mayor will keen the nnb
year to year. - " A
In the execution duty that they have undertaken
the Commission have not been insensble to the grave
responsibility that involved and their has
been to discharge it in manner that will be justified by
the criticism Of those for whose best interests they
tried to act The choice has been extent matter
OF TASTE about which proverbiay there is no dspung;
and that all tastes should accord with that of the
soners hardly to be anticipated. But, after ALL there
are certain canons which are generally recognized as
guides to sound judgment, and in this particular case
the Commission have stated in the of this
report those which they adopted for their
and that caprice should be the last thing imputed them
they have made this report long it is by giving the
arguments that have convinced them. The public how.
ever, must judge for themselves


But the Commission feel very confident that before
sixty days shall have elapsed the entire body of their
fello~-citzens will be most willing admit as thew
leave the crowded city which may then empty itself
INTO primitive forest on its boardersthat they al



what the expenditure of millions at the end of century
VIII not have been able to procure for the city of New
iork whose Central Park exciting done even
in its present condition. the admiration the country
has had so much to do in creating the feeling which has
given the Druid Hill Park to the city of Baltimore


THOMAS SWAMI


JOHN H. B. LATRoBE


WILLIAM E. HOOPER, | o.


ROBERT LESLIE, Noihihlsslohefs


COLUMBUS ODoNNELL


After the above prepared and adopted the Com.
mission were informed that Mr. Wyman was willing to
dispose of Homewood for 500 per acre possession to
be given in twelve months The Commission however
having regarded this possibility and already con-
sidered the Stony Run site though Mr. Wyman's place
formed part OF it, when they still gave the preference
to Druid Hill found no reason to change the conclusion
they had arrived at and which is announced in the
above report.