| Show A RIG BIG f f avlan C to double ii it Buil liess B locks value HIE MONEY MAY 1 street to enn run it angles through 1 the heart of th the pal stuart A afra t LD representative in fit searh of item on ara 11 II nelson at ilia office ill fit the commercial national bank a and round found linn lihn as al 3 s busy but like likewise as always i willing to pause from hie ilia labo s and favor tho the scribe with any information for nation in his pomes sion of which ho the searcher search er after newe news may ilia y ba in want the info information mation wanted on this occasion aws with reference to tho proposed new street through block twenty five and on that subject sir mr nelson became eloquent ato iio ire eaid mid ill four our years ngo ago this spring I 1 proposed this scheme to major longsdorf who lie was struck with the advantages to be derived from it and entered into it with enthusiasm the plan then as now was to run a street through tho the block from cast to 0 west west and ono one from north to south thus making four blocks bloks out of ono one and utilizing tho the interior of the block which is at presen present t only ollya a dump dumping fiig round ground for refuse the cast and N w est street would occupy the space between een win drivers drug store and funger hardware iftode and would extend Bt rAight west ft acet the block the north and south street would como come out on ath street just west of james thompsons hardware booro and onith on ath street busl cast bast of lZie sels store street would bo be four rod rods wide m which liea would se bo plenty ni wide ide enough ae ns cry very few of the streets in eastern cities are arc over four rods iod 3 wide and many of thein arc are less each of th the four blocks would bo wide ide enough to allow beores to bo 14 built built on all lie the and still have plenty of room in tile rear atall of all beores for alleyways and other purposes as ibex alie the blocks would cacci be 18 rods square pythis ky this scheme thero would be added I 1 lian than rods of barce front which at t alio lie low ri f co of ll 11 1000 a rod ro N would be tl to bo be added to lie the taxable property of the city iian As I 1 said before mr lah esdor f wai was quick to sec see the advantages of tha the scheme and wo called a meeting of some of the principal property owners in ih these portions of the block wil ell would be raqul i elfo 0 r street purposes there were present at that meeting among others mayor beery jas L deco pee thomas D aco and mr langs dof tile plan was explained and all united in in saying it was a good scheme if it could bo be worked but they were of lie the opinion that it would take too much ducq I 1 money norcy the city i would not appropriate prop ato lie the money nece necessary Esary to buy out lie the sir street acet fronts on ath ath main and ind young and the owners of ho the land in ili tha interior were not able to t 0 do d o it I 1 tried to con conk vilice ico tile most owner owner that as lie ho would ou asu forty rods of new street arent front and hive have three corners one on oil main one on fourth and one in the centre of the tile block it would pay him to coghe give up his hit 30 feet front on main street tor for nothing but ho he could not it that way vay and nothing not liing further was done lone or attempted for some time my next plan was to get those who own lands in the interior of the tile mock to organize a astock moe k company put in their lands as a it part of tile capital stocks stock and get other men to put I 1 ii the money necessary to buy out tho the streets I 1 found them alam illing to 0 o put in their lands but as iwas all alone in git up was unable to raise the tile money feces eary sary but I 1 did lid not despair I 1 kept trying au and at fait found a man who has bas the money and arid IF is willing to in invest est it ile wants to buy all the interior of th eblock I 1 ock about 2 sa s1 12 acres acm and will wil I 1 buy the streets out to alain young fourth and filth if the lands can be bought bou at a reasonable figure and on that plan I 1 nhi AM working now I 1 dont i know liow as I 1 shall allan sue succeed aeed u I 1 find somo some property ajr owners cra who have io u 1 little foresight and no little lo p public bublic spirit that they aek idore tor for their lands than hey they oer ever thought of aik hig ing I 1 ien they should lower the arko to ald in lie the carry carrying icing out of no ho great a public enterprise they may block the gamo game for a time but they will only delay it temporarily for jor it is 1 a public necessity and is certain to bo be accomplished sooner or later but it can a never ne er lie done so to cheaply cac ip 0 as now |
