Show dully of december 11 UI ur hs 1 U ion acx r IN vei id i d or ale re t the h otiest bidd r though atie to ej c any a 1 I all aids is 1 t tha all t f h da will be rejected and t a loibl that an at ill be maiac to transfer the greater part ot the pr arty from its present ownne the corp ration of city to private ler ona whether there are legal s in the nay ot his action it is not our pur now to discuss but we believe ibe sile even if legal will be by the popular verdict and are bold to effly that a time will BOOD come it ft ill be regretted by all the city will need the whole block and the citizens will blame the with whose permission the public needs and con lenience Teni ence were ignored the council take a different view their opinion is that in union square the city has land which it does not need but which represents a considerable amount of money that i has not at command in chrt that he corporation baa no use for the land but plenty of uses for the money it is a question of revenue fience the clauce about the rejection of any or all bids in the discretion of the authorities they know what such land is worth and propose to get full value for it in this connection we recall the proposition submitted by the chain tier of commerce it the council would give them one quarter of the southeast quarter of the block for a nominal consideration they offered to construct a chamber of commerce building which would be a credit and an ornament to the city and within it an opera bouse which would ba the pride and glory of the territory their request was not for a bonus but merely for a spot on which to spend their they proposed to furnish ogden with one of its moat pressing public needs a temple of music and the drama and in doing this they would virtually add twenty five per cent to the value of all the remaining portion of the land As a stroke of finance it looks as if the council ought to have entertained the proposition the longer they consider it the snore plainly we think they will see that in rejecting it they blundered certainly the knowledge that an opera house was gained would silence the objections of many who in their feelings oppose the loss of the square |