Emery County Progress | 1902-03-08 | Page 4 | Gracious Act of Queen

GRACIOUS ACT OF to centore to of the hori pl on the dam queen wilhelmina is again considering her project of restoring to the city of amsterdam the royal palace on the dam say a d from the hague to the bew york journal and american this place which has soro etin es been described ai the eighth wonder of the world was built some years ago and until the beginning of the nineteenth cen tury was the headquarter of the al ty of amsterdam louis bonaparte however when king of holland established esta blishel his residence there and it has ever since remained the abode of the eign of the netherlands it is how ever rarely occupied by the queen learn ng that the city was about to ie aled to provide at a large cost a new town hall the ix sting hotel de ville baing no linger adequate to the requirements of the mun pal ad ministration she aenoi i pen her in of restoring the e palace in dam to the use for wh ch it was origin illy intended and to turn it over to the authorities of amsterdam her action in the matter hag greatly pleased the people of amster dam