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POSSIBLE SETBACK FOR NEW TRACK. At a meeting of the Board of Commissioners of Kenton County yesterday, M. H. McLean, representing the parties supposed to desire the property for race track purposes, requested the commissioners to convey to hint thirty acres of the County Infirmary property in the rear of the buildings and running back to the Licking river, at his option price of 000 per acre, says the Cincinnati Enquirer of yesterday. Ed E. AValker and Co. presented a proposal to the commissioners to buy the same land or any part of it at 700 per acre and to accept a deed for it, providing that it should not be used for race track purposes nor any other purpose which would in anywise interfere with the County Infirmary. This was received and filed. Judge Uced seemed of the opinion that the deed should be made, but Commissioners Linneman and Cody were of the opinion that a race track constructed on that ground would be very injurious to the County Infirmary. AAritten remonstrances, signed by between 400 and 500 residents of the neighborhood and property owners of the county, were presented, remonstrating against the construction of a race track on that property and against a sale of the infirmary property for that purpose. County Attorney Fra,-k Hanlon opposed the sale of the property without limitation mid offered to the commission, and they tendered to Mr. McLean a deed conveying the property, with a proviso, however, that the property should never be used for race track purposes. Mr. McLean declined to accept this deed, although he stated lie was not sure that the property would be used for that purpose; that Mr. Rhinock had not paid any money as yet, and he did not know whether he would. Mr. Hanlon stated that the fact that Mr. McLean declined to say that the property would not be used for race track purposes, and the fact that he refused to accept a deed with a clause prohibiting its use for that purpose, seemed convincing proof that the property was to be so used. He also stated that the property was necessary for the infirmary; that the inmates raise crops and garden, and that the cows of the infirmary were pastured there, and if this property was sold all this would be a very heavy expense upon the countv. Judge Read finally offered a resolution providing that the County Judge be instructed to convey the property to M. H. McLean, according to the option, unless he was prevented from so doing by proper legal proceedings. The commissioners thereupon adopted the following resolution: Be it resolved by the Fiscal Court of Kenton County that the county attorney be, and he is hereby directed to institute suit at once to test the question as to whether or not Kenton County can be compelled to carry out its option and execute a deed of the infirmary land to M. II. McLean, it having been brought to the notice of this court that said land may be used for race track purposes. The county attorney will accordingly prepare an injunction suit, and it is not at all improbable that some of the residents in the neighborhood of the proposed track will do likewise. They are very much onposed to a race track in that neighborhood, and claim that they have built up their properties for residence purposes and that a race track would be very injurious to them.
