Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1896-03-02
InE rUsr OFFICE SIig.


making Of new arrangements by the
u. 4. post tfllcc department Tor a To-
cation TOT the local Office The govern
ment having no suitable bulldog Of i's
own, the fule which has been obi,rvsi
from the beginning will have
10 10 again followed o. that
l., quarters will have 10 be-
leased VI rented. Nsutally property
owners having buildings OF sites which
they deem eligible arc busily engaged
In advocating their particular claims
and the business community hns had
and will have It, full snare Of per-
suaslon a. to the slgning u petitions
aud the use Of Influence In favor oi
this. that, or the other location.
10 far ascAn be learned, the conlea'
NJ regards the local ciiico Il three
oorntred one. one silc oi the triangle
ssss tina, the post office be- established
In the II. Y. Trust company building
Commercial street, the argument be-
ing that that location IL tho most
central Of any offered, anu
one that wouli consequently he
most convenient TO tue largest
number Of business people who person.
ally obtain their mail from anu carry
their mail to the post 'fiice. Another
aide Of the triangle iavofs a State street
location, between Second ana Ihlfu
South, the argument being thai In 'h's
cnse a building can be- quickly erected
for the special purpose OF post omoe'
and Consequently eau be made To ourt
greater convenienoes aud iaoililies ihah
cana building already constructed with
no such special purpose In view inc
third slide Of the triangle 10 Representa-
live Of the desire 10 retain the ONCE
I'm its present location In tue Doo'y
block; the argument being not ohly
that the qusTters now used are aue'
uuate and satisfactory, but also that
there Ia objection TO frequent moving,
sspe,iAlly In view Of the fact 'hA' u
will probably not bo long before the
Government will have building
of i,sown. Probably the nc,ual con
te.t Ia between the locations nrsi anu
last named - the COMMERCIAL street
building AMI the Dooly blooE-lhore
being little apparent reason TO believe
the State street proposition has as goou
n chance Just now Ms either Of tbs
other two.
This much by way Of Information
As to tho question itsrli. We
should bs pleased to leave 1t
there for tho people them
selves to consider, and for such action
on their part, ifEay,as they felt to take
II IL only proper, however, to sound
waning against the use OF unfair ana
unworthy arguments again'1 any OF
the locations named; for such methods
are not only likely to arouse active aud
Influential sympathy Tor the property
attacked, but are also likely 10 react To
tho disadvantage Of the property Ia
whose behalf they are employed. II
10 poor argument, for Instance, 10
assert that the request for removal IL
n real estate scheme OF speculation
Isit any more ~ than II tho request
for retention OF present quarIers' II
IL also unfair TO charge against the
petition fota removal TO Commercial
street that the granting OF the request
would be to put the poet 0iilce where
young girls aud children could not
properly 20, by reason Of
past evil associations connected
with the street, Chiuese, otc. II Il n
matter OF public knowledge that the
owners OF the property In question
have expended about a hundred
thousand dollars In trying to rii that
valuable street Of oil that could cause
the Remembrance Of its once bad name
"a considerable part % this being
used to buy out losseos who were sus'
pected Of using their property tor im-
proper purposes. II isal,o well known
that the owners referred 10 sIout
their own money In prosecuting
and breaking ny the operations
Of offenders Rgniust public morality
when certain city officials were un.
defstood to DO extraordinarily luke.
warm Ia tue mstter. These facts, no
far from initiating against the Tepu-
tation Of the oVntrs aud the property
In question, are Of 90 recent aud we'll.
remembered character inst they are
almost to be regarded asa point IN their
favor; Tor every rlgnt,ieelng citizsu
should rejoice In all attempts made
~ restore no good street 10
= oteIi,sbIs name, anu should
feel to encourage all legitimate on
deAvoTb to make the restoration por-
mauout by locating ofioiM anu other
reputable quarters there. Even grant.
Ing that theTe may have been former
lll.t dor associated with the street, Il
will he remembered that prrsuut repute
need not be uniav'rably affected there.
by, for there never was a place IN town
Of moTs unssvOry name AM calling
than the present site Of ono VI our
incest and best hotels.
We have dwet upon this matter
al some length because Of the unfair
HpptRlH 10 sentiment and prejudice uu