Marietta daily leader. (Marietta, Ohio) 1895-1906, 1899-06-02

good citizens sweretointerpose objection
in the courts to the granting OF this
authority It would become necessary
for the Commissioners to condemn
sufficient ground for thcir purposes,
just as 1t might be for the railroads,
IL some one should ask them now to
yield possession.
Mr. Ellenwood, lawyer of excellent
standing, while arguing for Campus
Martius as the place where he would
put the Court House, also said that
# Quadranaou Square should be chos-
en-, II was one of public grounds set
aside for public buildings. He did not
deem II necessary, nor have others, to
inform the public that this was in the
cession for city purposes and implied
only city buildings. Whether a coun-
ty or state building could be located
on 1t without condemnation or addl-
tlonal legislation is open to question.
But we take 1t that the difficulties
would be no greater on the river front
than on that square.
Referring 10 franchises granted to
different railroads which, by the way,
called for about as much ground as the
Court House proper would require, we
think the Colonel is lame in his law,
He says, "the railroad companies and
tne City Council may come to an
agreement" How could the City Coun-
Gil come to an agreement touching
territory over which it has no control?
The Register certainly has not inti-
mated, nor have We heard 1t intimated,
that Col. Nye was the hired attorney
for any particular location, and If the
Colonel had been present during a
brief talk made before the Commits
sioners he would have recognized that
we do not look upon the river front as
the only place. Our argument has been
from the beginning for ample room
within the proximity of business.
Looking forward 100 years, or 200 for
tnat matter, it occurs to us that the
Court House on the river front will
still remain apart from the crowded
streets and close to the lines of com
municatlon. This, with the financial
advantages and the limited appropria-
tion for the Court House, are all the
arguments for the river front We be-
lieve 1t would be misfortune to place
the buildings on so limited ground
as the Jail lot, added to as it may be
by so feet, and surrounded as 1t will be
forever by busy streets on two sides
land the ceaseless activity of freight
and passenger business on one other
and we have argued that if the Other
Side should be chosen, the least tina
should be secured is 80 feet additiona
on both Putnam and Second streets.
lie difficulties of filing the rlvei
front to level, say with the railroad
fill, 100 feet east of the bridge have
never seemed great to us. Once done
and beautified, the location would BIZ
In all respects as delightful as il
would be above the bridge The
squares advocated by Col Nye ant
others, up town, are ideal spots, and i
the Court House should go that fa
from business, could not be surpassed
We do not intimate, nor are we will
ing to believe, that any considerable
number of good citizens advocate an!
location from purely selfish reasons
The diversity of opinion would almos
sustain this conclusion.
The fairness with which Col Ny
presented the claims of all sites with
out expressing preference for an!
one, though objecting to the title o
the river front, relieved him of tn
suspicion OF bias or of selfish motive
We do not admit that there was any
thing personal in the Register not fair
ly to be de6uced from the argument
barring the possible choice of lang
auge. Those who read the Colonel
article may discover that he has elab
GRATED in the very fault of personality
OF which he complains, and which doe
not seem necessary to the argumen
he is making. We wrote before, an,
write now, as il debating with gen
tleman OF high professional honor an,
warm personal friend.
There is no more delicate way t
wound friend than to mourn publicl
over his real or supposed failings. .
'Fisn't safe to be dav without DR.
Thomas Eclectric Oil in the house
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