The Progress. (Shreveport, La.) 1892-1900, 1893-03-18
THE FAIR GROUNDS QUESTION.

LET US % SOMcTHiHC TODAY
by references to- \ Public CdI'
published elise who're It Will be- seen
that Mayor N,u-nu ha- r,gur,toI the
Attendance of every citizen ut"rr-t,d
40 y",potua'iug th" hodiug Of fans
ru Shreveport. t. meet ~ TIA" court
hons" at Z o'clock tins evening and
arrarg" som" plan Of paying of the
mort gagc- AMI Indebtedness now
hanging over our fair grounds, and
place them m position removed from
temptation ON th" part Of q few, 10
gain the ownership Of them for spec
uIa;ivc purposes.
TUr PEpGUFse does not propose To-
g into "A lauIatury dissertation of it's
own greatness and enterprise about
having been the first to take such
and such a position or early in the
action having suggested this or that
method of arranging for the solution
Of a problem. because that would not
add ,ur "jot or little TO the strength
o. tn" argument For that reason
We vii say that we rcittoralo our in
I.rr'mrut IF The plan for the city of
Shreveport tu Tulcha @ ii,"-e grounds
Md lcFy "a tax tJ poy for th"m
Ihis can he done without p'ac.2g
much Of u burden ou ,hr tay payers.
We understand that the amJurt of
stock taken amounts toSlS.CD This
will doubtless be- reduced 10 5000 or
lbwcr, as Il number have often greed
to sell their sock for
/ - ccu;s ou ths dOller
while others have consented to- do
nate theirs If the city will become the
owner of the grounds. The out
sanding indebtedness is about $1,000.
tins will make the total amount Tor
the city to pay IN the neighbOrhood
OF SlSOOO Now tins will most prob
ably bc reduced by contributions
from nOn.taX payers who hre too
generous, and unsellsh t. ALLOW the
property owners to pay all Of THIS
amount, which will he "a beneficial
to one as another. The assessed
value OF city property ~ S2,5WOOO.
4 levy Of ] Ills tax on this will re
aliZc $3.50 per aDnum, which would
quidate this indebtedness in less
han four years Now, surely the
beneficial results which occur 10
; Shreveport will certainly make one
and all willing 10 vote this tax. 1t
m ut not. ..be lO't ight Of th, he pur-
chase Of these grounds by the city
practically insnres the holding Of u
fair here annually.
II has been computed that these
fairs draw 10000 visit )rs
here during the holding
} of each. Ii is certainly low est
mate to say that each Of those 10000
people will spend SO while her. max
ing total expenditure Of S3OO. OO
certainly worth striving for assuredly
worth exertlng ourselves to save.
We may as well look matters
: squarely IN the face and realize the
truth. The holder Of the mortgage
has made one threat Of foreclosure
and he will not only do SO finally.
but rs long rs be holds it no one will
contribute anything else for the pur
pose Of holding fair. but the mer.
chants aud business men generally
will take no interest in IT with sncb n
- g, nj hang ing over A.
Our mayor has worked z.al Juslv
nd a,sIduou-ly 10 bring about this
) meeting and save our fair grounds.
He has been bu-Ily engaged on this
, work for more than week. and 4
b tins valuable piece Of property is lost
to the city 1t will certainly be no
, fault Of his. HIS actions in this ma,
, ter have been lauda DE aud praise
worthy. aud the enterprising. unset
fish citizens Of Shreveport certainly
appreciate this service IN the pubhc's
interest