Show THE CITYS SEWERS Work Was Commenced Early Yesterday Morning THE CITY AND COUNT1 BUILDING It The Wisdom of an Exchange of Corners The Benefit to be Derived Quarry Incorporation Work on the sewers commenced as was stated by THE HERALD would be the case bright and early yesterday morning and while the force now employed is small Superintendent Sup-erintendent James says it will be increased just as soon as it can be in the interest of economy At present he said we are so situated as to make it impossible for us to work a large force with due regard to economy We expect to and doubtless will strike considerable water as soon as we get at any depth worth speaking of and that was the principal reason why we commenced com-menced work at the lower end Under these circumstances the water will all flow away from the workmen and thus the working ground will be kept in better condition than would otherwise be possible Two carloads of pipe are now on the way and may arrive at any day The City and County Building The committees from the city and county who have in hand the question of erecting a joint public building on the corner of First South and First East streets now occupied as a park should have met for consultation yesterday but through a press of other business they failed to come together to-gether Another attempt to get together will doubtless bo made soon In connection with the question of a joint public buildings comes up the query is the props d site such a oneas is desirable or the best that could be selected circumstances considered l Some are opposed to the erection of the building for the alleged reason that there is not sufficient suffi-cient ground on the First East street corner cor-ner These urge that there is no reason why the building should line with the street that it would be far preferable if it did not Their idea is that it should be set back > some distance from the street and at least partially surrounded by lawns and flowers This the site will not admit of unless some more ground is purchased and it is understood that parties owning adjoining adjoin-ing real estate are roosting their figures on the silver edges of the clouds There is a way out of this dilemma di-lemma however said an attache of the city hall yesterday The property pow owned by the city might easily be exchanged for the Little estate one block further east The corner owned by the city would be far more valuable to the heirs of the estate tate than that held by them can ever possibly pos-sibly be and such a move would mean the extending of the retail trade of First South street one block furthereastthan it will go providing the building be erected on the proposed site A real estate man who was approached on the subject said there was no doubt in his mind but that if the public pub-lic building were erected at the city hall corner it would mean the stoppage stop-page of business right there It will never press beyond it because there is too great a jump Place the city hall however on the Little corner and business blocks on the city hall corner and the result is at once changed It will be to the interest of all connected with the street he said that the exchange be made and the idea is one that should commend itself to the favor and attention of the city council and the representatives of the county |