Daily Iowa State Democrat. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1859, 1857-07-07

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We have undssstasl alaes he appearances
o. cur articls ysaeB4sy SslAsive TO Main
street and the COllsos Rrosnds, that the
peepsrty -holders on Main Street below thess
grounds have no disposition TO run the street
throsgh the. Cslaa0s paapsrty. An they
want v that the nsSee should be graded.
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authority for IN assertion Il would have
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have understood and thea spi.s out
ID talse conclusions. ave hare an.
dentood" and We L~os that the Gazette
u in ersor in reference 10 the views d
property ownen below College Square
on Main street. in extending that
street through. The opinion is almos,
unanimous and We have yet to learn
that it il not entirely unanimous
among the property owners on Main
Street, that this important thorough
fore should be Immediately opened
Property owners both above and below
College Square are anxious for the i'm
provement. But this alone is not the
true basis Cf the action of the City
Council. 1t is strong inducement,
but the higher interests Of the general
public arc TO be committed in all i'm
provcments like the one in question.
The publicdemands the opening Of
Main Street. The farmers, laborers,
tcamsters, and business public are
deeply interested in every improve
ment that shortens travel renders
localities more accessible, and multi
plies avenues of travel over the
bluff.
As we'll might Second Street be
fenced across by private individuals, as
Main Street be stopped by the Trus-
toes Of Iowa College. 1t is private
property, and like all private property
it can be taken for public use after just
compensation paid. All talk about
its being a public park is simply ridic'
ulous. Ali talk about the Vandalism
Of cutting highway through "sea o.
green" are simply the raphsodies Of 70.
mantle youth. The question arises a.
to what the public good requires. In
settling this question regard should bt
bad to the interests Of property hold
crs on the street to be improved, no,
inconsistent with the public convent
ence. We hope the City Council will
anainchingly perform its duty in this
conflict with Iowa College. We know
that vast majority Of citizens of all
parties earnestly desire the opening OF
Main Street. Even the Attornevs OF
the College Trustees admit the propr;-
city Of opening it, but they contend that
the compensation offered by the City
was not adequate, to the value Of the
land taken. We are distinctly and
unquivocally in favor Of opening thi,
street, although that myth, the Gazette.
distinguished gentleman from q
ncigbboring city," may liken us; a,
we'll ~ the property owners on Main
street to ''Hottentots" or something
verse. The Gazette run the corner o.
Brady and Sixth Streets into the
ground SO far - the corner for site
for City Hall is concerned; and il
will probably be the occasion Of rum
ing Main Street through the College
grounds fit persist in the course pur-
sued by it tie past week. But We
suppose our ne;gbors are unconscious
Of the help they are lending those in
favor Of the opening of Main Street.