Clipping:NIMBYism in Chicago
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| Date | Sunday, March 24, 1878 |
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| Text | A short time ago the City Government of Chicago granted a lease of what are known as the Lake Front grounds to the Chicago Base Ball Club, to be used by the latter as the playing ground the coming season. Immediately considerable opposition to the club taking possession began to manifest itself among certain real estate owners in the vicinity, a prominent religious denomination being among the number, and so strong did the opposition become that an injunction was freely talked of. Matters assumed such a shape that it did not seem possible to avoid an injunction beyond last Monday, but the managers of the club outwitted their opponents by going to the grounds on the day before (last Sunday), and taking formal possession. Of course, no injunction could be granted on Sunday; consequently all the real estate owners could do was to look on. A temporary fence was erected by the managers of the club, sufficient to establish lawful possession, and a watchman detailed to guard the premises. By Monday morning 20 men were on the ground engaged in grading, sodding, moving the club's property thereto, &c. The friends of the club are greatly pleased at this coup d'etat on the part of President Hurlburt [sic] and his associates, who have evidently learned the wisdom of the expression that “possession is nine points of the law.” The new grounds are much more favorably located for base ball purposes than the old locality on Twenty third street, being more centrally situation, and it is anticipated that the change will increase the exchequer of the visiting clubs a great many dollars. |
| Source | Boston Herald |
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| Submitted by | Richard Hershberger |
| Origin | Initial Hershberger Clippings |
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