The Davenport daily gazette. [volume] (Davenport, Iowa) 1856-1869, 1857-07-15

EDS. aAzrrfr: In pcrt,ing the varied
articles on the sxten-ion III Main stree,
ihruch the College grounds, IL struck me
that was somewhat interested i'm the mat
ter, and the question arisc----arc the College
rounds more sacred or valuable Ia them
than iny grounds are to me ? DO the inter
est ~ this community require that they
bonld he protected, any more than the
Iunlilcsi lot holden in our midst, or that
the wishcs al citizens a Ia the opening of n
,irrci should be made secondary Co that al
an individual or a corporation
You are aware that own n Zinc lot on the
tluir; that | have trees and shrul,bcry and
intend a. have more; that like plenty I'll
rpin, AMI seine &c these days hope To build
lnr good ii",,sc on IL, and would not like
/" have my lot ,l,o,lcd a. my house injured
ny street running through. Now, whether
| like IL ~ not, the Council will order two
treets cut through my lot, spoil my house,
lc-troy my tree, aud rci.dcr me unepmfort-
bile.
] would ash, not my ease equal Ia that
e Iowa Coll.gel Are nut my rights lust o
acred and ms Wise and intentions n much
- be re- .iH't-'.d aat &c The College ~ any
.Aing else situated I
! should lib" very mitch 4" know neither
the C"u'rl ha,. right to spare me and de
.troy another. az II the decision IL that Main
trrct cannat d. opened, will that decision
save me iours, u.
Of course tie right 81 every individual
citizen are I. be, ~ should he, ~ much re-
| ,lccicd A. those II a r"r q ati,n. hut there
!, very cousi.le ,le III similarity between
the case of our friend and that III the Iowa
'ollcgc. lie doc. not pretend to doubt u G
ya1 right ii ih. cat, H. run streets through
as property There are certain eircum-
iahe. which IA IL. ca-c IL the Iowa Collcg,
Giaa. tii> fi'.ii - doubtful, that II i, now
suiacct IT lni,,lal investigation Again. nc.
sncaledsinv The city La- The same siglt "a
extend street. through the College ground,
winch she has to run them through our
friends pI,pefty--in the latter case the in
tcre>i. al the city are ga lat one side, and
the subject Is matter of almost perfect in
difference IA every body hut our freud. Hut |
IA the .th.r ease. We claim that tic city il |
an hundred -t,ld more interested in Keeping |
the College grounds uadisturlc.l, and thus,
in fostering the cducai, onal interests center
ell there, than IN extending street through
the gr.uuds--and the great mass 81 our eiti- |
1ens are undoubtedly opposed To the project
la this view III the suhjcct, We arr not con
sidering The actual rights Involved and there
fore arr not deciding that the indi. iduals |
right should bc les respected than the cor
Poration's In answer Ia "D.'," last queries.
we would simply say, the Council have the
,ich Ia 10 rs they please in the premises.
They have the right TO extend . street
through "p.'sn property, and let the College
grounds alone, or just rice rsrsa---ifit Is de-
cidcd that Main-si. can Ia cxtcndcd--and IL a
decision i. given that Main street can,.ot IL.
gally be opened, we do not see how il can
affect our friends rights one wa, or the
other. In tie one case the right Is \ sub
lect Of legal di-pute. In the other, IL is un-
que STONED.