Show LET US PROTEST I 1 have heard considerable talk the last few lays days concerning a move on the part of the honorable mayor and city council that I 1 feel should bring forth the disapproval ot of the citizens of this city and right now I 1 feel Is the proper time to affect a protest tor for after a thins thing is accomplished protests are too late v 4 YI the matter I 1 refer to is ua th at a of acquiring property on first south foi the purpose of erecting a city hali hah etc I 1 believe the officials of 0 ou on city will all hold that they were elef clev ted led to herve the whole of the citizens of this city but it seems clearly eat evident to me they at present are acting entirely upon selfish motives with a disposition to shift the business district in the direction where a majority of our city fathers are located for there are no reasons why the move would be a good one excepting for the purpose cited above on the contrary the city owns land in the very heart of our business district immediately north of our county court house and thai property stands there a disgrace to this fair city it comes on the cross roads ot of our two principal streets main alain and fare forest band and tho though ligh to us who have 60 i n t k up i P to see I 1 ft t alq as it is continuously it is no more than a constant reminder that our officials are not doing their duty by eheim neglecting it it is an eye sore to gr strangers angers who come up forest street and behold the mutilated fence and unfinished premises just try to see in your minds eye city fathers that piece of ground parked as in the court house grounds ground s and in the midst of it all a beautiful hall and fire department part ment the strangers get a much better impression of our city less leis than ten per cent of the strangers that come to town ever get south far enough to see the killam corner the disposition in most cities is to have the city and county building together but we would be separating them very much to our disadvantage As everyone knows the business of city and county is more or less correlated for the price of the hillam corner land liang immediately north of the city property can be purchased that with what we already hane hac would make a piece nearly it if not dot twice as large as the hillam corner where it ought to be and I 1 can proffer pr the assertion that there will be the biggest storm of indignation raised that our city fathers ever heary of it if they undertake to rall railroad road this matter through as is being contemplated again the reese square stands another example of carelessness and reproach to us as citizens why dont we begin a movement to park it and have lave in iii the center of our city a place for strangers to resort that would make a beautiful place and would be a credit to our city far greater than wo we contemplate if it were ware made into a park nicely laid out to trees and shrubbery with walks and grass spread over the face of it on all occasions for celebration we would have it a place to go to without filing out to the suburbs of the city so far as water is concerned the city council knows as well as we vre do that all that Is required is tile the will to 10 lo do the he test lest will follow spring is on us lot let us not see sec it pass until we have made a beginning trees could be set out with but very little cost coat and it would be but a few years till we would realize the blessing lt it was to our city that is a matter that will not dig very deep into our finances finance s and we can afford it right now CITIZEN y |