The Valley Virginian. [volume] (Staunton, Va.) 1865-1895, 1888-06-28
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Placed?

The ST ouis nominees and the Danuana
handkerchief have had their booms and
now the Chicago nominees come III lor
share of public attention. DuI lnefe - no
question III which there is more general IN
terest than the location OF the Town CLOCK
Everybody IS interested aDout Inc CLOCK.
Men and women. bows and girls, rich and
moor. nigh and low. all look as they pass by
at the dismantled tower where Tor so
MANY wears. The old town clock marked the
time. The clock is a necessity, The gen
eral welfare demands it, tile common
safety calls loudly for it. Things geneially
are ont of time and tune without the CLOCK.
Every man. w oman and child IN stanton
will sign petition to the city fatheIs TO
have irst class Illuminated raced CLOCK
nut mn i'm some convenient and suitable
place. and we believe that place iias al
ready been decided IN the pubic MIRO. TO
be the corner of Beverly and water stleets,
in tower 10 be erected Oh the new L M.
q. A building.
Mir. S. w. Foulk. architect OF New Gas
tie, Penn, has prepared the plahs ana
specifications OF building to De erected
by the Y. M. G.. A. The building will
have a front on Beverly street, OF four
stories, with clock tower rising 81 feet
above The comb of the roof, and placing
the clock l02 # et above the pavement. In
this position il can be seen from All The
most public places in the city. Neither
the tower nor the clock is necessity to
the Y. M. q. A. building, ald therefore
Mr., Foulk has prepared plan Without
tower. But the clock IS necessary 10 Che
town, and the question now TO be decided
is where should the City Council locate II.
Ii the City Council had suitable puDllc
building. properly constructed, ana con
yenlently located, all would say the ciock
should be placed on it. But the Main
street school building was not constructed
| with that view and is too far up town.
The new school building now in course of
construction, corner Frederick and Water
streets, is TOO far away from business cen
tres, and the building (onlY two stories)
Will not be high enough to put the CLOCK
above the surrounding houses. and its
| walls are not constructed for the purpose.
The Opera House building, the only 9th
er building owned by the city, is on the
| Main street, but it is not located in the di
rection the business Of the town is going
lis not and never can be III the centre OF
business. Its walls are not constructed
with a view to sustaining more weight
than they have to bear now, and any effort
to build on them lofty tower, in which
to PLACE great weight such as must at
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the building, but render the adjacent pri-
vate residences very insecure and unGesi
rable. There can be no objection to the
| Y. M. G. A. Building. The location is the
Qne where the clock has always been, IN
the heart of the business Of the town, apd
the most commanding place to be had
The tower would be specially built for the
purpose, solidly built. and tied with iron
bolts and bars from the foundation to the
capstone rendering it safe, secure beyond
the shadow of a doubt, and removing every
apprehension on the part of adjacent prop
artg owners.
1t will not cost any more to build the
tower and place the clock on the ! M. G..
a. building than it will cost at any other
point in the city. For such public ne
cessity the City Council should not hest
tate to make the necessary appropriation.
The Opera House was fitted up by the city
at an expense Of several thousand collars
as an Investment. s town clock should
be put up at public expense as a public
necessity. II it be necessary let petition
be circulated. and we are satisfied that for
the reasons stated. everybody will sign the
petition fixing the y. M. G. A. building
as the place. The work must soon be be
gun, and whatever is to be done should be
done quicKly: 4 CITIZEN.