The Worcester spy. [volume] (Worcester, Mass.) 1898-1904, 1901-12-01

standing all this, he, the purchaser, be-
ing an optimist and not a pessimist,
and knowing a good thing when he
sees it, and when he has it, quietly
holds on.
Another man, a capitalist, careful
man, conservative in the extreme,
knowing that a certain estate is to be
sold at auction, looks 1t over, examines
1t thoroughly, and although having
large holdings in real estate, decides to
bid a certain low figure; and when the
day of the auction comes goes to the
sale and buys it for about $4,000 less
than his lowest estimate. Another OPP
timist, who like his brother optimist
first mentioned, has cleared about $780,
900 in one day.
Have these incidental sales fixed the
value of land in that location? In no
sense. Real estate is real. Banks may
| break, stocks may depreciate but real
estate has an intrinsic value. Land in
the heart of the city which was worth
short time since SIS a foot is today
worth S22. Land which was worth $25
a foot is now worth S32, and although
1t may be in the active business days
of our great grandchildren, the day
VIII come when such property will be
valued at 500 a foot
Our magnificent city has but one
centre, irrevocably fixed by the loca-
| ting and the building of the new city
hall, exactly where it should be-the
location Of the federal building and
now the centralizlng of all the electric
roads about Central Park"
Low, poor, cheap, old buildings will
disappear and in their places will be
erected modern fire proof elegant
| buildings, ornaments to our city. In
many locations land now worth SIS
root will be worth $50 a foot Streets
will he widened and the sooner the
better electric cars will be running
in from the Holden line. including JEFF
ferson, Rutland, Princeton and Mount
Wachusett; from West Boylston via
Greendale: from Paxton and Barre
and beyond, and from many other
towns via the lines already es-
tablished, and our city, which to
us who live here, is the city of
cities, will be the metropolis of our
immense population; the hub of an
enormous wheel; the centre of a great
wholesale commerce. Worcester will
be the city of inventors, with a greater
diversity of manufactures than any
city Of its size in the world We are
already and shall be more, a musical
centre
We are city of schools, and as far
as can see, need only one addition to
make us an educational centre A sup
ply for that need which will complete
the educational chain seems to be
close at hand; and when the men high
In authority and having full power in
their hands, shall decide a question,
which / am told by good authority is
at present under consideration, and
shall make the college department of
CLARK University cO-educational so
that our young ladies as well as young
men may complete their education in
Worcester, there will go up a shout
from hundreds of mothers and daugh-
tiers which will be heard to the reno
test corner of Worcester county.
One Of the warmest friends of Clark
University said to me recently: THE
admission of young ladies to the col
lege department would be one of the
most popular things ever done for the
city of Worcester. Let us down with
pessimism."
We are in the eve of a wonderful
development. Let us put optimism on
the drivers seat and give him the
reins. Let us put our best men into
office of whatever party they may be-
Let every man, woman and child, all
together give a shout for the Heart
of the Commonwealth"
Pro Bono Publico
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