Show Sf Wy UNION SQUARE g plain ta Talk from a ete 1 atlle business man in THE HERALD IS APPROVED popular approbation of the ro quest for a superb city hall la in aidan EDITOR HERALD 1 know that men who ato aro laboring in in a good cause desire to know that their la a bora bors are appreciated auld an d therefore I 1 take tho the higerty of informing you that your conduct of the HERALD meets with universal approbation I 1 hear nothing but good words for couo yon on n every ve rv side ide political frienda friend 3 a and nd foes fee alike W k approve your course an and d will unite to in yo you U I 1 desire to add a word further apropos to your article oa on city hall ball the city owns all of the block south of the broom hotel except 21 2 acres in the tho northwest corner of the block where hie the tithing yard and office is that land laud should be secured by the city without any delay dejay and the entire block consecrated seers to the use of the public as a park a breathing place for the people right in the heart of the city in the center of the block should be built an elegant city ball halloo cot not less than a building that would be a credit to the city for forty years to come of course all thia this can not be done at once but the land should be secured the lessee leases on the other property fronting on ath street should be terminated and all the old buildings and rubbish abound be removed the grounds should then bo be laid baid out with an idea to beautiful effect broad gravel walks winding paths path grasa egrass plats shrubbery fountains and artificial ponds all then hould should be arranged fl for or and when fi finished Dished we would have something to be proud of all over ver the land laud east andrest and we men are getting the idea that ogden is far a bethe bet en omaha and and sacramento they vao come here with that idea they get git off the cars at the old depot an and d look around they begin to get discouraged but when they sec see the new depot foundation an and d learn of the elegant structure that thatis is soon eoon to stand thereon they pi pluck uck up spirits but as the istran stranger gez passes up ath street and sees the old old rookeries that disgrace td that thoroughfare ho lie loses heart again the schoolhouse properly which would be a credit to any cit cita X comes ones upon his like an oasis oasis in the desert 1 but its e effect ie is immediately c counterbalanced by the sight eight of the haystacks of the tithing yard and be bays 1 I have made madd a mistake I 1 have got into a community of moss backa backs instead of alive a live city I 1 will ni not dt atop stop here herel suppose that instead d of that cow corral and aid those haystacks he were to sea such gro grounds ands adf euch a building al as I 1 I 1 have been describing cr cri what would he say may this is the place I 1 long have sought and mourned because I 1 found it not of bourse course he be would and nd he would bring ill his I 1 a money here and aud invest it he would write to b his i S friends and stud they would come and invent their money and ogden would take on euch such a growth that e everyone would aou ld be astonished bed the tide which staken taken at ite its flood leads on to td fortune 01 app applied litti 0 cities as well asid men ogden is is on the rising tide if we do our part the flood will land us high and dr dry on the we firm bhore of proa put if we fail ail it we allow bickering and strife and narrow minded economy to bold us ua down the ebb of the tide will carry us back and land us among the wrecks that e taud flats ts of lost op opportunities port unities Y rs truly V 5 CITIZEN Starch March 30 20 1887 |