Show from he calif of 5 THE CITY NEEDS IT one reason given for demanding alie bale of union ia that llie block is three times too large an that one quarter of the tract will be ample for all time fo boine another view is that alie bite is not a KOOI one for a being too close to the ansi nero centre and to the calm and restful enjoyment with which trees and gras and flowers in popular combination are always oso os o still another argument h that the land is worth too niu h to be lying waste and idle when be made in amate fiands to produce a handsome revenue and a fourth opinion uttered n ith a solemnity that is painful is that the city is not only poor to improve the land but is also too por to keep it in oilier words that the municipality needs money more than it do 8 und and const dis poe of t he latter to cupply its immediate want of atie former it nuy be bebau e of uncommon dull neta or uncommon our pirt but we are unable to accept any of these bents as good on the c xit each one seems to us to suggest infinitely stroner et roner reasons against its acceptance than for it take the first one mentioned and alio ever beard it spoken of as a fault to devote ten to municipal anres and grounds while the cooking cooping of everything on a two pr tareo acre spot was lauded as a high evidence of og the second what better spot tj establish a breathing lace for the dir rounding population at the intersection ot the two leading streets the too on baich the city buildings stand the spot where the county will stand a spot by hotels aej schools a in which by merely crossing the street a man ill be able to the current of his thoughts from the hard self ieli details of business to sweet naturel arguments three and four may be answered together valuable as the land nay be it is north as much to the city aa to any one alae and it will never again be quoted at as low a figure as it id today to day it may not be making much luss about it but it goes on increasing in value each year lister indeed than the money would which its sale mi abt realize besides as land it is property which cannot be foolishly expended nor misappropriated appropriated mis it does not cost anything for taxes insurance or keep As private property it would be good to bold on to improving it as fast as possible As public property te earne policy applies w ith double force finally ogden ia a city opportunity tunit es to grow are unlimited A boua diess territory ear rounda her w acting to be taken in every year she makes new aggressions on the country and already the hum of her is heard in the farming districts one of these days everybody will be milling to admit that union square ia none too large none too valuable for the city and not in the wrong |