The Dallas daily herald. [volume] (Dallas, Tex.) 1873-1887, 1881-02-27
A MATTER OF POLICY.

A MATTER OF PUblUY.
That Dallas is prosperous, growing, dc
veloping, young city, we all know. Within
\ the past year IL has besn one continual serie
of improvements New business houses o
the most substantial and imposing character
have gone up on every hand and new resi-
denoes, too, handsome, stylish finished or
nate ani Indicative of the thrift Of the city,
and their owners hsya bo3n built. Nor IL
there yet turning to this tide, for new build
ings are still going up and others are
contracted for to be common2e1 in the course
of the spring and summer. Of courae, this
material prosperity ia gratifying to Every
citizen of the city, and it must bo especially
so to every member OF tho city council
This being tho case, it Is reasonable infer
ence that }very citizan and every city father
will d. all in his power 10 countenance and
encourage and give speed to the era Of i'm
provements. I'VE know of building
to 60 up on the corner of Main
and Murphy streets. The architect
has already completed the plans, and
material for the construction of the hand
soonest building in North Texas is being
negotiated for. 1t Is proposed that this
building shall b, thre, stories high with n
basement basilo. Tho choicest material in
the shape of sloao brick and iron that can
BIO possibly obtained Is desired 70: the build
ing, and i.' flash will b. in tho highest per-
lection OF arcltacturs art and mechanical
skill. II Is desired anil int9nd9d ID make this
building an honor, a cr'tN to the
city of Dallas, but there is
one s,riOus drawback il tho
way. Right though the heart Of the prop
city on which this building il proposed to DO
erected, running diNyonal'y through it from
Elm stree. to and through Main street,
enjoying into the biz sewer, is
small oval sewer, only about
three feet under tho ground With that
sewer situated there, it il impossible to con
slruc. basement story to the bnilding and
furthermore, i will be unsafe to erect a
building on the los with that sewer
underneath it. This city engineer him.
self, says the owners of the properly
would not be justillsd in erecting building
with this sewer in its present location
What ought 10 DO done tben' This is a
question that addresses itself to the sound
discretion and justice of every citizen of
Dallas as we'll as to the city council. Must
this sewer be permitted to remain where il il,
and the city lose tho handsomest busine s.
building that has ever beon erected within
its limits or at u cost of not exceeding two
hundred and fifty or three hundred
dollar, thu city engineer puts tho
figures ut two hundred and fifty
dollar remove, tho sawer building it along
side of the 10. through EN- and Murphy
streets to MAN, AMI thus secure u new, hand
some, three.story building, that by It's pres.
ence will increase the value Of property il
that neighborhood, and swell tho gross
amount of tho city's taxable values to The
amount of this increase, aud to the further
amount of thu worth of the building' Thi;
is simply plain business proposition. With
tho sewer traversiag these lots they MO value
less for builling purposes, but if it il
removed, handsome, elegant tbreo.story o.
four-s,ory you may say, counting the base
ment building will 90 up, worth many thou
sand dollars, which will increase the city,
taxes and DO credit and an honor to it. |
it not better for the city to incur this OK
pense of two hundred and fifty dollars an,
secure this buildingH The lots will have t,
lie vacant and idle unless the sewer ID
moved for it will be dangerous to erect
large structure over it, SO the city euginee
says, AMI he certainly knows.