Deseret evening news. [volume] (Great Salt Lake City [Utah]) 1867-1920, 1900-09-25
Correspondent Names Washington
Square as the Place.
REASONS FOR SUGGESTION.
CITY aud county Bulldn Maguiii-
cent station, RE says o. Objections
10 Omer place DO Not FIT There.
So - - So. 25. 10.

salt Lake CITY sept, 70, leVJ'
To the EdItor
am 10 favor Of railroads 1 am
emphaucally ia favor Of another rail-
road corporation having a right OF way
and depot grounds In Salt Lake City
And while in favor OF the new railway
do not feel to be classed among those
people who now shout TO give anything
We have to get the railway and when
we have It win be swearing at that
same enterprise as a soulless corpora
tlon.
RAILROADS a GOOD THING.
It is said that the railways dominate
everything to their own interests That
IN Utah the experience is that they IA
vor the consumer aud Cypress the local
producer. That all their freight rates
are 70 encourage importations here, ana
for the encouragement Of expectations.
and consequently Of home manufaC-
lures. That they lay a discriminating
and oppressive tariff on coal and other
frelght-9gainst which the people here
have protested loud and long And
these sayings are true. Why shouldn't
they be- a railroad is built for maxi
ing money wherever and however it
can. The railway that Is a charitable
enterprise to SALT Lake or anywhere
else doaent exist. Yet the railroad IS
a good thing for Itself and some others
SHOULD HAVE A GOOD PLACE,
The goodness OF a railroad being adj
mitted, for IL cannot be denied. 1t fol-
lows that nothing that would help the
new line is too good FOR IL. That Is
why / object 60 giving IL Pioneer
square. Ten acres. worth a paltry
100000. as listed on the citys inyen-
tory, Is altogether too little Ii Is good.
as donation. but 81. 00O, 900 Is ten times
as good as 100000. Besides, as said by
the promoters, the railways want "a
union depot Then give It to them, and
don't be nggardly about II. Give them
something really valuable aud decent
Give them Washington square.on which
the city and county building stands.
WOULD TAKE WASHINGTON
SQUARE.
Don't be alarmed. They won't refuse.
Railroads are not ayerse to generosity
to themselves Besides, IL would be
a good thing for the public The officers
there would be fired into more humble 1
quarters, and none OF them would be |
found soraInblug to give away more /
city property I'LL they got more pala- !
tial surroundings
Then what a magnificent station the /
city and county building would make |
All the room that would be necessary |
Tor railway offices, waiting rooms, news 1
stands, and even fine hotel upstairs /
The railways would not have 20 pay /
rent for offices and halls. They would |
only have 70 put a glass roof over the /
trains that ran up In front Of the doors .
To the magnificent building, and the /
public that had sense enough could get |
IN out Of the rain BY an means !
give the railways the city and county /
building and grounds for a union de- /
pot. That would be ten times better 1
than Pioneer square, which some people |
want for a park.
II Is clear that the promoters who are |
30 eager TO get Pioneer park want 10 |
present those Inducements 70 Mr. ". |
A. Clark as an argument when |
they meet him IN Chicago 1
next week. But how much
better Il would for them to be able 10
offer the inducement OF Washington /
Square, with IFS magnificent public
building as depot That would fetch |
him sure. The enhanced value" might |
give us another municipal buiIdlngand |
we would have both. Besides the |
county Is interested In getting "a new
enterprise, and IL ought 10 meet some VI
the burdens as well as reap the bene-
iits. So fix It with the city and County
building az o railway depot
ENHANCED VALUE OF PROPERTY. |
Then there Is the increased value. for
business purposes. that would helm The
property near the new depot Take
the other railway stations. for instance.
The only increase IN value OF property
has been for about 20xiO rods across
the street, for q hotel lodging houses.
saloons, warehouses and half hundred
shacks. on the east side. The property
In all other directions has been depro-
ciated for the only use 10 which 90 can
be put-that OF residence. Where five
property owners have been benefited
hundred within the area Of a third of "A
mile have seen their property deprecl-
ate. The same would follow at Pioneer
Park
Blu; It would be different at Washing
ton Square. The enhanced property
there wouiu be on the west side NJ The |
street and vice versa. Besides. Il the
track should 80 up Fourth South. how
greatly improved would be the Walker
houses ana others for residence with
fifteen or twenty trains rushing by
daily, and moving about all night Then |
how the guests at the Knutsford would |
enjoy the shuntIng putting, WhIstIug |
mat brings chronic Insomnia, Surely |
the people IN the vicinity Of Washing |
ton Square ought not 20 be left out OF
the great advantages Of a depot there.
ATTITUDE OF THE PEOPLE
The Second municipal ward contains
only une-fourth Of the city's popula- !
ton, and OF course they want breath
Ing space Tor their children. But they
are all 10 be crowded out with ware
houses and foundrios. An that area
thus taken up? What nonsensel The
people VIII reside there just 90 enjoy |
ne smoke aud The noise and because |
They cannot sell out Tor sufficient 90
buy them q decent place elsewhere. Be
sides, % ~ said Pioneer Park was given |
away twice for O. railway depot, with.
uut protest, The city records show
uiHerently The protest was go strong
mat The Formal dedication ~ the Park |
was merely ME elimination OF the son.
ument against having a lanway depot
mere Ana since the people In the |
second municipal ward do not want it.
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