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plans and argnnients, showing the pictnresqne beauty 

 of the lands, their charming location, the advantages, 

 and relative position of the neighboring vilhiges, their 

 proximity to the city, the constant communication and 

 rapid transit by two railroads ; and being convinced that 

 all this valid reasoning had proved inelFectual, I finally 

 concluded that further delay in the prosecution of my 

 demands against the city, would be futile; therefore I 

 resolved that there was no alternative but to pursue my 

 action in court. This I knew would be a hard struggle, 

 with all the inlliiences of City ITall employees, office 

 hunters and favor seekers against me. My counsel had 

 already pi'cparetl the necessary declaration, and we 

 launched our barque on this proverbial sea of troubles, 

 a court, with all the uncertainties of law, and which even 

 at this time of writing (May, 1887,) are not yet ended. 

 Subsequently on the 17th of May, 188(), Moorfield 

 Story, Esq., was retained in cooperation, or as junior 

 counsel; thus adding to our legal force and acumen. 

 My arduous labors involved in so important a case, be- 

 came, with every ste]), still more and more earnest and 

 ponderous. 



During these many months of tedious, oppressive 

 labors and painful anxieties, I called upon more than 

 fifty prospective witnesses, while wearied and exhausted 

 in mind and body, an ordeal that 1 could wish not even 

 an enemy might be obliged to realize. 



Franklin Parh. 



The followino^ are extracts mainlv selected from a 

 letter written to the park commissioners, hoping to 



