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-====== January 16, 1901 ====== +{{page>1901_news#january 16, 1901}}
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-• The Philadelphia city council considered, but made no decision about, the team's request to lease grounds for a ballpark at 26th and Jefferson +
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-• Representing the team at the meeting were sportswriters Frank Hough and Samuel Jones +
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-• 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 +
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-• 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 +
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-<prespan>[[january-13-1901|< Jan 13, 1901]]     [[1901_calendar|Back to Calendar]]     [[january-19-1901|Jan 19, 1901 >]]</prespan> +
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