I had been spearheaded by a very few who held land near the east side location, those who stood to gain greatly by the increase in land values that such a park designation would bring. Even those whose lands would be taken had lobbied strongly in favor of Jones's Wood; they could not imagine at this time a more generous customer for their land than the city. Accordingly, Cooley recommended the passage of a law for taking the central location. Both reports were distributed to the senate as a whole, and for the next month they were taken under advisement as local newspapers kept the controversy boiling by the frequent publication of letters on all sides of the issue.87 Meanwhile, on the very same day that the senate made its report public, the New York Daily Times introduced a new complication into the controversy. After reviewing the many virtues that both sides had so strongly put forth in favor of the two sites, the Times editor re- 87 Ibid., 166; New York Daily Times, June 21,1853.