Show arcin SALE OF THE SQUARE there is an sion that the city council at ita session on friday evening will take favorable action ap on the resolution asklof that a portion of union square bo ellered for sale we doubt whether the city fathers in the short time be matter has been before them can hire riven alt ita aspects the consideration which a question 0 BO much importance merits without such con eide ration it is that they will be prepared to take alie decisive step much stress baa been laid upon lie legal difficulties which would embarrass the disposal of any portion of that property for ourselves we hope that these obstacles will net have to alty the part which many are in advance marking out for them in other words we should like to ate worthier reasons given for holding the property than the legal inability to sell or if the determination mi be to beell we would preter that no compulsion such as this phase of the question presents be used to prevent the present council from making its record the city by its elected officials ought not to be compelled to keep what it does not want and if it only retains it because those officials have no right to dispose ef it the property will not be appreciated the obstructing law will not be approved and the officials will not be entitled to either credit or blame for the exercise of their agency but to our mind there are sufficient and excellent reasons why the square should not be subdivided the city and its citizens in a corporate capacity need it far more than they need the money w aich it will bring in the market the longer we live and the larger oden grows the more ridiculous will be the comparison of value between money and so desirable a piece of ground for public purposes if it should bo sold and in fire years we should desire to buy it back ten times the purchase price of today to day would not touch it who knows but what we may want it back in less than half a decade certainly we will want it back some time or else in our case the experience of every other large city in the world will be contradicted no the council should decline to accede to any request so shortsighted short sighted and no selfish we live for ourselves but we should build for our posterity public spirit of pure type and of a high order can prompt the council to but one course we still hope they will listen to wisdom and take that course |