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Mny 26, 1894 Record and Guide. 839 public to private ownership, if it finally appears desirable, while it is far more ditticult lo retrace one's stejis and to pass from pri v- ateto publicowneiship. The city of S.avannah, Georgia, offers at least a suggestion. It apjieais that it has been customary for the city itself to extend its bounds by the purchase of outlying lauds iiy the acre and then divide them up and either sell or lease the lands. There are many of the most desiiiible lots in Savannah that now piiy a ground rent to the city, but as the city did not retain the right to revise these gronud rents at intervals it does not receive the growth in increment. The treasures beneath the surface of the earth have in many liiuds been regarded as public property. It is an exaggeration of tliecliariicterof jirivate property m England and America to regard the owner of the surfiice as the oivner ot all below the surface to the centre of the earth, and indetinitely upwards into the sky. This exiiggeration of private ownershiji is no essential jiart of the jirinciple of jjrivate projierty and iiccoinjdishes no useful piujio.se. The treasures beneath the siu- face of the earth hine been treated indejieudently of man's action and private iiiopci ty in them is not necessary to encour¬ age production. All measures calculated to give to the public any surplus over normal returns to labor and capital arising from the exjiloilation of these treasures is commeudable. The details of jilans to iiccomjdish this end must vary 'with time aud jiltice, and their elaboration requires most careful attention on the Jiart of tlie best minds. Clearly a great deal of trouble would liave been obviated if the anthracite coal supjily had alwaj's been regarded as jiublic property. It could have beeu mined ou jiaymeut of a royiilty which would remove any surjilus over normal letunis to cajiital aud labor, aud mining could have been made free to all who would jiay the jirice for the jirivilege. Chautauqua, in New York State, well known as au educational centre, is also in many resjiects a model economic community. It so organizes the various businesses which are conducted on its grounds so that they yield a surplus. But this surplus does not by any means flow into jirivate pockets. Those who have Jirivileges on the grounds jiay for them. The land is leased at market prices and those who conduct .a business jiay for the Jirivilege. It is said that a year or two ago the privilege of sell¬ ing ice-cream on the grounds was .sold for a thousand dollars. Booksellers, bilkers, butchers, all pay for theii' opjiortunities, and any loss arising from competition iu pursuits like the sujijjly of articles which are natural monopolies is avoided by a unified ownershiji and iiiiiuagement. No oue has .any right to compliiin, because after jniying for his jirivileges, he still receives normal returns on labor aud capital. Did he not do so. he would not, of course, voluntarily make the payment. The mode of manage¬ ment is. however, by .skillfully devised taxes and charges to take away all economic surjilns, autl to nse it for the general gooil— that is to ijay for the promotion of the vast and beneticent work whieh Chautauiiua is doing, for all the revenues of Ch.autauqua are used for public purposes. Notice to Property-Owners. Edgecombe road, ojieniui"-I'liiiu ir,.",th stieet to 175th .street.—Bill of costs, etc., incurred in making tbis iuiprovement will be preseuteil to the Supreme Court for taxation ou 4th prox. Aeciuiremeut of laud iit the iuuetion of lOOtU street. West End ave¬ nue and the Boulevard.—Parties interested in real estate to be taken iinist preseut their claims ou or before 9th prox. it it n it ■208th, 209th ami 210tli streets, opening between lOtli avenue ami U. 8. Channel line, Hiirlem Kiver.—Hearing of objections, etc.. will begin on 4th jnox. and appliciition made to the Supreme Court for eouBrniatiou of the report of the Coinniissioners of EBtiniiite anil Asse,s.sment on 14th pro.v. 1 ^ it it Cooper street, opening t'roin Academy street to Isham street.—Bill of costs, etc., will be iiresented to the Supreme Court for taxation on Slst inst. » # » i, Public notice is given, tbat the following assessment lists for regulating and grading streets and avennes in the 23d and 24th Wards are now under cousideration by the Board of Assessors, to whom all ehiiiiisaud objections relating thereto should be seut before the Slst inst.. viz.: Brook avenue, from New Vork &. Harlem Railroad to 1.12(1 street. Morris avenue, from lo3d to loGth street. 1.^4tll street, from Courtlamlt avenue to Morris avenue. l.'JSth street, from Courtlaudt avenue to Railroad avenue. lOOth street, betweeu New York & Harlom Railroad and Webster avenue. 139th street, from WiUis to St. Ann's avenue. .Jennings street, from Union to Stebbins avenue. I70th street, between Web'itcr and 3d avenues. ItiTth street, from Vanderbilt avenue East to 3d avenue. Vanderhilt avenue East, from UiSth street to a point 270 feet north 6f 170th street. Webster avenue, from 165th street to the north side 173d street. 101st street, from 3d avenue to Gerard avenue. lG3d stroot, between Brook avenue and 3d avenue. l.'Mith street, from 3d avenue to St. Ann's nvenue. 173d street, between 3d aveuue and VaiiderOilt avenue East. 147tli stieet. trom Willis avenue to Brook avenue. KiOtli street, betweeu Washiugtou nvenue and Railroad nveiino Kiist. 170tli,street, from the easterly line of lid avenue to the westerly line of Franklin aveuue. l.'">7tli street, from 3d avenne to Hailio.ol avenue East. l."sth street, from tin' .Southern Boulevard to Locust avenue. 155th street, from 3d avenne to Elton avenue. 152d street, between Conrtlandt avenue anil the easterly curb lino of Railroad avenue East. 172d street, Iroui 3d iivenue to Vauderbilt aveuue East. ('arr street, froiu St. Ann's avenue to Geniuiu pliice. (iermaii pUiCi'. tioiii Westehoster avenue to 15(5th street. 173d striet. betweeu New York & Harlem Railroad and Weeks street. 14.':id street, from Morris avenue to Railroad avenue East. Mct.'omb's Uani road, from 119th street to 155tli street. i;{4tli sireet, from Alexander avenue to Willis avenue, and from Alexiinder avenue to Brook avenue. 144tli street, trom Moll avenue to 3d avenue. 14tjtb streit. Irom iid iivenue to Railroad avenue East. Southern Boulevard, from Home .street to Huut's Point road. .lohn street, from St. Ann's avenue to Brook aveuue. Webster avenue, between 173il and 184th streets. ]li4th street, from 3d aveuue to Brook avenue. (■onrtlandt aveniif. from loUth street to lti3d street. It It tt It llie following will be triiusmitted on the 15th prox.: Sewer iu Kelly street, from Wales avenue to Triuity aveuue; Wales aveuue, from summit southof 149th street to KeUy street, aud in Kelly street ea.sterly to existing sewer; Bergeu avenue, between 147th and IfStli streets, and between Grove street and Brook avenue ; Fulton avenue and iu Spriug place, betweeu Ud avenue and ItiSth street; Solli .stieit. betweeu Boulevard aud Amsterdam avenue. Alteration iind improvemeut to receiving basins, northwest corner of Goerek anil Graml streets; uorthwest corner of .Jaekson aud Mon¬ roe streets and northea.st coruer ot .lackson iind Water streets; on the northeast coiner of Miilberrv and Biiyard streets; uortheast corner of Water street and Pike .slip, and northeast and northwest corners of Monroe aud Rutgers streets: ou the uorthwest cornerof Gouverneiii street and Monroe street, and ou the northeast corner of Gouverneur and Henry streets; southwest cornerof Walker street and Couitlauilt alley; nortli side of Bayard street, east of Forsyth street; northwest anil northeast corners of Convenieiir iimi Madison streets; northwest and southwest corners of Orchiird and Hester .streets, and on the northwest corner of Ludlow and He.ster streets ; northeast aud uorthwest corners of Monroe aud Pike stieets; north¬ east corner of Catharine and Cherry streets, and on the northwest coruer of Catharine and Water streets. Regiihiting and regradiug, recnrbing aud reflagging l:i3d street, from Boulevard to l'2tli avenue, together with a list of awards for damages to buildings liiused by a ch.aiige of grade on siiid street. tt tt it t* Brookline street, opening from Webster aveuue to Baiuhridge nvenue.—Claims for land to be taken for this improvement raust bo tiled ou or before Juno 2d next; on the otii the Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment will begin hearings thereon. » » » » 11)4th .street, opening between Edgecombe road and .Xmsterdiim avenue.—Commissioners will hear objections to estimate iiihI assess- nieut ou the 2Kth inst. Application to the Supreme Court for coiitii - iiiiitioii of their report will be made ou 1st jirox. # # # # Twelfth Ward Park.—Application will be nuide. to the Supreme Court ou the Sth jnox. for the appointmeut of Commissioners of Estimate and Assessment. tt tt tt tt Hearing of objectious to the report of Commissioners of E.stintiln and Assessment on the property required to be taken for school jiur¬ poses ou 4th stieet. between Avenues B and C. will t;ike jilaee on the '24th inst.; formal notices of objections should be tiled on or beforo the 20th inst. 1. It it tt Oue Hundred aud Thirty-titth street, opening between Anisterdaiu avenue and the Boulevard ; claims for real estate to be takeu must be presented on or before the SOth inst.; hearings thereon will begin Juuo 5tli. ft It * It Public notice is given tbat the foUowing assessments have beeu completed, are lodged in the otliee of the Board of Assessors for examination by all persons iuterested, and will be transmitted on 9th prox.. viz.: Paving Westchester avenue, from Trinity to Prospect avenue, witb granitic blocks. Have Your Eecords Bound! Wo will bind copies of The Record .kvo Guide iu 1-3 morroco. 6 months, por vol., $2 i-.islieop, $1.73.—Binding Departmopt, Record AJJD Guide 14 and IG Vesey street.