Show THE FIRE STATION bright and early monday morning tile the mayor and members or of the city council architect andrew funk and supervisor al L nichols met on the square north of tile the court house and staked oil off the ground for the erection of the fire station it was finally decided to place the building 16 feet feel east of the east main street walk line and 16 feet south of the north side walk line ot of the avenue aveline running east cast and west the street which will be opened up between the fire station and the oseph joseph J V F hansen building through the block will be 4 rods wide 16 feet of which will be taken ul up in sidewalk eight feet on each side park avenue as it will be called will be as wide as the regular city streets running east cast and west excepting forest street which will make it plenty wide enough for public traffic by placing the building 16 feet back to the east and south from froin the north cornel cornei it will have the advantage of being located almost in the center of the square to be parked which will be beautifully laid off and graded on oil both sides to conform to the general landscape of the court house grounds the al 1 I A library will be moved south IG 16 feet also in line with the fire station which will place that building nearer to the present north line of the court house grounds the telephone poles now located on the square will be moved to the edge of the curbing of park avenue sidewalk where they will be out of the way of both traffic and pedestrians in laying off the grounds it is the intention to seed tile the square to lawn with w ith provisions tor for flower beds and a I 1 row of trees along the north side i bunning east and west the west front of the grounds will be enclosed with an ail iron fence and coping the same as tile the court house fence and granite granit e posts will be used making the whole square uniform the same scheme wilt will be followed in fencing the north and east sides of the city square the excavation work is now underway and as soon as it is finished contractor lars hansen will commence the foundation work when these improvements are completed I 1 feted our city can be justly proud of 0 f its public buildings and grounds for the combined county and city park will be a thing of loveliness and ail joy forever |