The Philadelphia city council considered, but made no decision about, the team's request to lease grounds for a ballpark at 26th and Jefferson. Representing the team at the meeting were sportswriters Frank Hough and Samuel Jones. One of the council members said that the terms of the lease—$1,000 per year for three years—were too low and a local land developer complained that a ballpark would reduce property values in the area and would increase vandalism, though several council members objected strongly to this assertion. Due to procedural reasons, the council could not vote on the measure at this meeting and planned to bring it up again in a week at their next meeting.