Pawtucket tribune. (Pawtucket, R.I.) 1890-189?, 1892-10-04
ALL OPPOSED TO IT.
Business Men And the
City Hall Question.
MANY VIGOROUS PROTESTS.
Proposed Patchwork Put Down as an
Outrage and a Shame.

II there was any lingering doubt in the
mind OF any persos as to how the busi-
ness men stood on the City Hall
question, last nights meeting should dis
pei 1t. George Il. Newell, who was To have
read paper before the association was
unable to be present and President Good
win invited the members to express
themselves on the question OF repairing
the City Hall.
Lucius B. Darling expressed disapproval
OF the present site and OF the general plan
of patching up an old building, and gave
il as his opinion that it would be much
better to appropriate a larger sum and
have building OF which the city would
not be ashamed.
Darling's views, and contrasted the vigor
and enterprise OF some Western cities he
had recently visited with the apathy and
dullness OF this city.
Henry b. Metcalf did not favor heavy
expenditures and light taxes. lie believed
in paying as you go, as it troubled him to
see the debt rolling up as il does. There
is no question but that the present man
ner OF having the city offices dist tributed
about shows he facilities to be inadequate
and very expensive. lie thought that one
building to contain all the offices could be
hired for less money than what is now be-
ing paid. 1t was an outrage to have the
valuable records OF property and OF wills
and OF other papers of equal value being
kept in building which is next to a
tinder box.
George l.. Littleheld said that before a
City Hall is erected a suitable site should
be selected, and that is where the High
street grammar school building now
stands. II is prepostorous to erect a City
Hall where the present building Is, and
can't see how the business men-men OF
thought and men OF experience-should
think that that is the place for il, and
hope IL will be knocked in the head IL the
Commission on enlarging and building
does what the papers say it intends to do.
Our tax is big enough, and the only way
to keep II down IL to cut down the APP
propriations. There IL hardly a meeting
of the City Council but there is new
Office created-there is some friend to be
rewarded, and the salary is not placed at
less than 81 800.
Henry ~. Sheldon said We will never
get new City Hall until we get someone
to take the responsibility. One wants one
place, and another wants another place.
One wants a cheap building, and another
wants a costly building.
Alfred II. Littlefeld said that by build
ing on to the present structure a good
building would be spoiled, and a good one
would not be obtained
!. Edward l.. Freeman thought it a shame
to build on the present location.
Lyman b. Goff said the great trouble in
city affairs was that men were put into
| office who had no qualifications no busi-
ness qualitications-wh whatever.
John c. Wyman said that when City
Hall is erected ii should be put in a fine
location and then the structure should be
fine building.
William III. Haskell said a new City Hall
should be good building and should be
put in good location. He thought the
city was able to have one and that the
citizens are able to be taxed to pay the
current expenses as they ought to be. He
was decidedly opposed TO the present
location.
Upon motion OF l.. b. Darling, a ballot
to obtain the sentiment of the meeting
in relation to building on the present
location was taken, and the IS members
present voted against enlarging the pres
ent building on the site now occupied.
The vote was ordered communicated to
the City Hall Commission.
President Goodwin said that at the next
meeting there would be an entertainment,
and at the meeting in December John c.
Wyman would read a paper on the
Worlds Fair.