Show s tein SAIT SALT TA T lare LAKE A CITY 1 march 1882 1892 led ted eafford geor stor deveret newe I 1 I 1 bel bei belleve believe levia there aire are occasional in stances when people may reasonably doubt the truthful truthfulness nes neL a ot of the ol 01 old oid k adage it is never too late to mend t A probable instance of that charac teris henis now under my observation one I 1 regard as of sufficient public in mp ortance r ce to warrant frequent no ilce sice ce in n your valuable val vai bable paper I 1 allude r I 1 a the rapid destruction now in pi 0 it cess ess of what has always been reit cognized by our citizens aa as one of the he best beat sites in this city for a prot building bull buil ding the arsenal ili ibi block lock it needs but a glance to con wince vince any person that that will soon t be in a condition impossible to 1 mend located at the north end of our principal street such a situation RS as is generally chosen in other cities ifor ioor for the erection of important and pretentious public edifices residents nd 4 visitors looking in that direction behold an hun lan sightly gravel bank and a crowd of chain gang men laborin laboring thereat one might readily imagine like demons endeavoring deavo deavor ring mg to make the unsightliness uness permanently irremediable I 1 our oar city council has been and Is composed of representative men worthily noted for tor honest and earnest labor in behalf of the municipality ity constantly aiming to make needed improvements in the most economical manner but I 1 th other mortal they can once ina ins in a while make a mis mistake dake fake possibly in the hurry of closing up the business of f the last administration on the day and night of their last meeting the committee recommended and the council adopted certain action in regard to the arsenal blockwitz bloche without at sufficient consideration the publia published bed hed report of proceedings relating to this matter a tates states the committee recommended thattie be city continue to procure gravel from the arsenal block the object for which it lt was purchased until it can do better e sew haro bare in reading leading this thib it struck me as peculiar that the city father fathers should spend city money bo to purchase the arsenal block eim elm pj ply jy for the purpose of procuring the kravel gravel ravel it may contain aa As stated a rew cew weeks ago a 0 by the NEWS the gravel obtained there is of a poor quality in fact in that regard the purchase of said block may we well weli ll 11 be considered a poor spec epee th the NEWS also called attention to the tt fact that there is a practically inexhaustible haus tible supply of the best quality of gravel a kind ki nd that packs readily easily obtainable near the warm springs bath house I 1 have no doubt there are several other places conveniently where good gravel can be obtained and assuredly without the disastrous results of destroying conspicuously fine building build hig sites or seriously depreciating the value of surrounding property as in this instance I 1 respectfully respect ully lully submit it can easily be proven that the city can do better elsewhere and therefore the excavations on the axsel arsenal elock block ana nna the street leading to it should be stopped immediately I 1 the usual condition of these excavations is a of alarm to all families in the neighborhood because of the imminent danger of accidents to children who are tempted to play there too loose precipe preci pl tous banks backs are continually crumbling and frequently cave in carrying great quantities of boa soil clay boulder boulders sand band and poor gravel into the deep hallow w of or course nobody has haa been killed there yet the street supervisor has been instructed to make and keap a substantial fence around the excavations and children should not play th tife re but nevertheless elesy there ia Is a strong probability babi lity of a co lamity happening some day if the excavations are continued or allowed to remain in the present shape there is Isa a tolerably good fence enclosing a portion of chii tha excavations now but it la Is ai an ea easy ay matter jor for chil ehll children dien to walk round or climb over it and I 1 have seen an apology for tor a fence allowed to remain for weeks insecurely tottering on lne the the edge of the crumbling banks the thought that child or a grown own person er up incautiously leaning against agal it would inevitably be pie 1 ted zed with I 1 it onto on to the boulders t thirty rt or orty forty feet below ha has afien made e me e shudder er i 1 I sincerely hope the honorable mayor and council will give the respectful petition and protest cotest of the residents on arsenal hill a favorable vo rable rabie reconsideration take steps to stop the permanent disfigurement of 4 that locality i antl anil andrut put it in decent 1 shape 1 li before it Is quite utterly atoo too 1 late a t an to mend truly y your ours MAC |