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and why we think that the sums now claimed are un- 

 worthy of any consideration, and are manifestly, in a legal 

 sense, fraudulent. In regard to the acreage claimed — 

 which as a rule is nearly correct — there are some slight 

 variations of a few acres. Of coarse, the Court will accept 

 the measurements of the engineer of the Commission, and 

 so will the City, and I presume, so will the land-owners, and 

 therefore there will probably be no issue as to that. In 

 some cases the variation is two or three acres, and some- 

 times more, but as a rule the estimates are nearly correct. 



We shall show that the value of the Bartow property, 213 

 acres, or 21 Yg acres, instead of being as stated by the ex- 

 perts $467,953, is only $131,000, and that that is the full 

 market value of the property. 



We shall show that Mr. Duryea is entitled, for his 92 

 acres of land and his buildings, to the sum of $39,000, or 

 thereabouts, instead of $197,000, as he claims. 



We shall show that the Furman estate is entitled to not 

 more than the sum of $121,000, instead of $314,000, 

 the sum claimed by its experts. 



We shall show that for the Twin Island property, the 

 total award should be $63,000— $48,000 for the buildings 

 and $15,000 for the land— instead of $150,380 asked for. 



We shall show that the Bayard farm of Mr. John Hun- 

 ter, instead of being worth nearly $446,000, is worth 

 $106,000 at the most. 



We shall show that the Hurst property, instead of being 

 worth $177,000, the average valuation of the experts on 

 the other side, is worth at the most $32,750. 



We shall show T that the fair price that the City should 

 pay for Mr. Iselin's place is $175,000, instead of $575,000. 



In regard to the Marshall estate, we shall show that the 

 honest valuation for that property should be- $88,000 in- 

 stead of $236,000, as claimed. 



