Show InK WALK Vs cm HALL at present there ate aie three kinds of people in richfield those who think th tint it the city needs sidewalks alks and must have them without delay those thoe who think that the city needs loth both sidewalks and a town hall but who ho argle argie that the city hall should hould be built br foie tiny work nork I 1 is done on the sidewalks and those who think tint that no improvements ire necessary there are arc only one oi 01 two to of this latter cla class clas s and it kiy be dis ever since the sidewalk agitation began there have been faint mutter ings to the effect tint thit a city hill ought to stand alist on the cites list liet of future improvements it may be that it was merely a coincidence but it was noticeable noNer nevertheless theles thattie that the men who urged the building of a town hall to the exclusion of sidewalks citizens whose personal interests would mould be sub served by the erection of a city building their bias was easily accounted for and argument seemed unnecessary recently some ol of the councilmen hive come forward with nith the same argument and now since they have defined the issue no harm barm can be done byan by an attempt to learn which of the two to projects is the more important and as a means of beginning the discussion we ae will inquire which of these improvements will result in the greatest good to the greatest number of citizens citi rens the city hall ball will be used by perhaps a dozen city officers but the thought ot of having to wade through the mud in order to berch thi th doors of the building is 13 absurd sidewalks will increase the alue of the abutting proper tj 3 will bring a direct return to the owners dinners of main alain street property will stimulate and provide a better market for residence property and will be used daily by every citren of richfield Ri clifield the reaper favors both projects and thinks that it v will ill be possible to complete both without working great hardship on the public but there is a tendency on the bartot some of the citizens to draw dran the ahrie line on one of the propositions until tir other has been disposed of and with nith our customary magnanimity we will meet them on their own around if it if becomes necessary to bond the city in order to finance either of the propositions that will A ill not destroy the cites credit but if the advocates of the town hall proposition have the matter of the cites finances at heart they would confer a favor on anthe the public by explaining pla ining how they are going to save e money by building the hall we now have ave the use of the county jail and the leas than half the interest on the proposed loan bond issue or whatever other method of obtaining money for the ere erection tion of the hall it is understood moreover that the county appreciates its tenant and there is no immediate prospect of an action for wrongful Arong ful detainer dd ri finally nally it may be observed that the money which the advocates of the town hall ball proposition proportion pro propose to expend on the building would provide sidewalks for main street and would in addition give the city a complete equipment of some of the finest cul verts and foot bridges in the country but the gf gentlemen will notice that the entire argument is irrelevant inasmuch as the construction of sidewalks would not increase the general rate of taxation for the cost of these improvements prove ments would be assessed against the owners of the abutting property and would have no effect on the general public other than that of making it 1 t unnecessary for the people to walk in the mud when they go shopping |