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Show I hunt in: ix a iitiimt Tub rnweil attempt, In anolbrr frni,lolnJuceLh cltjr to bind or Hi Mock known mDM Kortrbiuirelo lha projeclon of rllro.l coiniii-',ti inailoiiultea stir In tba community. V publlsli communication twin which we bIIfi earn tbotltw of Urgs ruajorllr of lb clllieii. Wa rrifaril Ihrra M lb Irojr arblU r In lh dliiulo Hint Uuarlavri aleut thl .lw of ro.rtjr. Wo rambler tho I j n J brloiixi Ui Ibnm unit nut Id the City Council. It I an liuiwrtant Irtfal question .nether lhal toilX baa " U- b) ghe, till or olbrwlwllWMof tint -.roiwrty without tho consent of the owners tint l, the io.le. Tint question ought to I ileibled before njllilnt furthi r Is ilone In tho mailer. I film City Council lis leita! power III llliJOH. of Lo HUUM, II will Ibeii be In order to detenuln vrbetber It outfit lo b m.1.1 ui Kll. l'ul.Mo iillcy, ) ubllo lui.1 and l-ublle opinion uuxbl to I July coiiildereil. I It wise, ! It new wiry, li It In ccorJ wlUi the wlihc of the majority to H that io,iir7 If 10, lhen tho prlre offered uiuit bo fairly wtlxhnl. In connection with that tho ibllc boneflt to be UerlTod from tho nllRHkl I'lujnt which tho transfirof tho land liciectcillo aaslit mutt bo Inrnlliratid. Nothing should lo ilone rathly. There; li no need for terrible hurry. OfcuursotheKeiillemeii who want the land want It bndly, and they want It now. Thatliterjr natural. Wc ay Nolhlugaiialuiltheniuor Ihelr anilo,1. Hut the City Couuclt need not Ret Into a flurry. Iletlerbe a little alow ll.au to nuke a. baity bluniler. Tho rli renre which la being, male to what haj been dono III regard lo rail-roada rail-roada la not good argument In relation totlie ITceut. What was ilouo In the old time waidnno under tho linprrn-lion linprrn-lion that the Council had more power than later deilslon ol court bare ahowu they poteil. It waa done with mi honcat and ilnceto belief that It waa for the public ta-nellt. Tho body of tlie ooile ondoraul II and there waa no public protest against lb What night liaro been eminently iniHr then may oslbly beviry Improper or IuillUu vow. Properly, too, w ai of far leu Taluo at that time than today, and therefore tho disposal of land for audi rtinuaca did not assiim (he Importance Im-portance tlint attachea to It at patent. Wo hare no ilUpooltlou to ,ait a atraw III the way of any enterprise that, turnover protltable It may promise U. bo to Individual, ll likely lo l of iub)lo convenience. Of court the projector of the Deep Creek railway eijiect to make money out of It. If the eiitcrprUo la to lie of publlo la-nett, that should bo enough to ricumniend It no matter bow much money Individ. uala nuy make out of It, ao long aa Ibey do not git their money out of publlo property or In an lmpror way. It aeeiiii to' ta generally conceded that tho Dnp Crrik railroad w 111 bo of great prollt to tbli city mid Territory, That being to, la It ncceuary lo the aucctaa of the project that n i ublla iNjuare ahall bo turned over to the (Join, i lony? If ao, will the publlo Interest l Utter lotuervcl by holding the eiiuire, aa originally dvalgned, for a publlo ck wlibln tho city, or rilln-luiihlng rilln-luiihlng It to a railroad ronipnuy for a deut within thu cltyT llavo.wo not too many depot blocka already? la It gooil jollcy lo multiply them; C'anuot new rallruada obtain dejiot ground outilde of Killed dUtrlcta which will anmir their pnrpoao, without piiiitratlog too near Into thecvutroof town? We preeume auine ol theeiitbualaiitlo ivnouiwlioaro urging on thla hIriuo will ivmj lain of thien iUrli mid all thriu ulatrucllve. We car nothing for that. They aro proper iiuettloni ami ought to I. coroddered. And they aro not the true frlenda uf tho publlo whodealre to ruih through nuy acheme to divert publlo piopetly for private uo without full and liupattlal lu.tl. |