The weekly tribune. [volume] (Great Falls, Mont.) 1891-1894, 1891-04-18
But yielding to that unwritten yet i'm
perative law which imposes certain sacri-

Pi'ii'ottIS vi Sl'u' 'I''' II
the company is willing to forego accrued
c advantages for the public good. 1t il
better for the people of the city; it is
: better for the people of the count that
every bridge in Cascade shall be free. II
is proposed to build a free bridge above
r. ana below the city. Common prudence
common justice and common sense de.
: mand that the bridge at the city should
! also be free. The Leader intimatcs that
the county may build one here. Say il
proposes to. The county will have to
treat with the TOWNSHIP company for the
lands contiguous to either end upon
which to construct the approaches,
Here is one already built which may be
acquired Immediately and at an actual
cost so far below that of "A new structure
that the people Of the county cannot
reasonably withhold their support of the
bridge proposition.
The grounds of the Leaders opposi.
tlon to the proposition to incur an in
debtcdncss Of S2o.GOO for the purpose of
P"i'l'"HiiiS Il Sit' loT Il court house for
the county are quite as untenablc as
those upon which it bases it's opposi
ton to the bridge purchase. II
advances two arguments if they NAV be
called such against the propositions:
First, if the necessity exists for the i'm
mediate purchase of the site there is no
need for one hall of S2O.ON. In the see /
ond place it holds that the county should
not raise the money now as it has n three
years lease upon Il building for court
house purposes.
Thcs" objections will not bear invcsti-
cation. The first one is prcdicatcd uuon
4 rumor or street talk that Judge IIuy
viii donate a whole block for court house
purposes in his addition to the townsitc.
his block of ground lies a mile and a
han from Tin" business center Of the city.
ia" Otter Is a very generous one upou
tn" part Of Judge Hay a very generous
II indeed. but if the court house site
is to be farmcd out to bidders the
TRIBUNE can name Il gentleman who
owns land somewhat farther out from
fine Lr,r, of tho i,, u.lu.;u -,
cral bonus to tn" county if it will locate
the court house ON his holding. But as
thr s;t,s far ,,,,r, ,
with rcforc,,.o =, i
rrrtors if i ,,, ,ihi, 4
probabilities that Cascade county will !
fine nfror of I,,1ro n. u h
ne gentleman rororrod 3, T., ,.nII, a
m unbrar,hIo im,osit., 81. n
n,trro NAL ,a,. rir u
,cnrIo nr C,sc,d, o,,.. II
r., ''''' ~ S'''I'i' ANA .
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nd - L,lr rr,,, r.. " "'"' !,
IF thoir L,,,i,o,. ,ri,L 49,, l.
mite rossihlo tI,, ~, tL.o, 81
my buiI, mao, I,1.. Ill.,. ,r al
nav i, ti,,n ~ ~ "a
hers Tho Tp,u,.wr Laa" "'n ia
,bn,i,, i, an ...I ~ '"' II .;
-. tho mart Of u;aa.m w., "'"" h,
ms. th,t di..o,mr. O'' ~.
,ch = nossihi,itr "p'" III
~, oh
taxpayers ID oth'r counties in the Il,
'"e'r court houses as Of
cch'ers "' lhelr county vl
p i|o"is ana clarke Sll- ,e,
u i'S' M'SSo"ia' 'aiiatin
''f ''ne' county IN the state fur -;
arn 'Nai'ples' n court IA,
~ Nv 'ou''i's named are within w
na TWO from 'h"lr man thorough III,
question o' 'he cost Of "A site CIR,
~ 'S"'c !" 'heir ioeati"h. Conven- Co.,
oo+io,n ''"'''S governed their he
lrctiohs' '"
a.. "''.''' pom, H" considered th.
'""'''i"n' 'hder the law Gre ha,
49, C.a". n'"'y PROVISION Is made III,
ans ei'dil De llS county seat. >