v ou are excused" 
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there? Yes. Have you taken it? Yes. I thought so. 
.And then everyone laughed. 
^his was not really a lawful case, "acoma gave a contract 
to a promoter to buy the needed property for |300*000.00 and in 
case he could not buy it by private sale agreed, to loan him its 
right of eminent domain. Whatever the promoter was able to save 
out of the stated price was to be his profit- Ey this the city 
used its right granted it by the constitution for the benefit of 
the public for the private advantage and profit of the Promoter. 
It was very difficult to get this into the testimony, but we did- 
The promoter went first to a corporation which owned the bulk of 
the property and paid it a large proportion of the sum allowed h 
the^ had to squeeze the small Private owners in order to make a 
profit and I am very glad that we were able to shave this profit 
as we did. 
This is all I will have tine for tonight. I hope the 
trillium reaches you in good shape and proves of interest to you- 
With best wishes, r am. 
Very sincerely yours. 
