The Owosso times. (Owosso, Mich.) 1897-1926, 1902-10-10

election and is as follows;
"The department is informed that an
election has been called to vote money
for the purchase of the site recently
selected by the department for the fed
eral building in your city, but that
there,is some opposition upon the theory
that if money is not voted for this site
another will be chosen. l DESIRE TO
STATE THAT 1T IS THE WISH OF
THE DEPARTMENT THAT THE
SITE SELECTED BY THE GOVERN
MENT AGENT BE THE ONLY ONE
CONSIDERED. IF YOU FAIL TO
SECURE FAVORABLE ACTION AT
THE ELECTION, AND THEREFORE
FAIL TO EXECUTE TITLE TO THE
SITE SELECTED, 1T WILL RESULT
IN DELAYING MATTERS INDEF-
INITELY.s
The letter was sent by Mr.. FL. A.
Taylor, the acting iecretary of the
treasury and is authoritative. Inas-
much however as the second election
has been called with so little delay there
is little delay to be expected from the
failure of the first election as noted
above provided the election next Thurs
day carries.
Then let every person in the city put
in good work between now and next
Thursday for the Federal building, Let
Owosso be redeemed from the necessity
of having it said that even after secur-
ing the appropriation for a Federal
building there was not enough public
spirit and enterprise within her limits
to furnish place upon which the gov
ernment might erect the $50, 900 builG-
ing given her. Let all the civic pride
in the city be aroused and kept aroused
until after the election and let the ma
jority for the purchase of the site this
time be as near unanimous as last time
it was near the two-thirds majority.
There are apparently good times
ahead for the city, times so good that
there is no excuse for the display of any
feeling which would deprive the whole
city Of such an ornament as this build
ing just because all We're not satisfied
with the location In the third ward
the Vigor-O company has already pur-
chased a site for what gives promise of
being one of the most prosperous fac
tories in the entire city, factory which
will increase the'value of every foot Of
land in the ward and in the entire city.
In the fourth ward the Woodard furni-
ture factory is even now nearing COM
pletion, while the fifth ward contains
the only available site for what today
gives promise of being the most i'm
portant factory of all, one requiring the
expenditure of more money than almost
all the rest Of the factories in the city
put together, the beet sugar factory.
And today it is the same men who have
been working the hardest to get the
Federal building for Owosso and to get
the voters of the city to show their pub
lie spiritedness by buying the site for
the same, who are and have been doing
the most to secure the sugar factory as
well for the city.
Times never before seemed so auspic-
ious for the entire city, and nowhere
should there be any disposition to allow
any of the good things projected for the
city to be lost because every one of them
cannot be in every part of the city at
the same time. Let us have the site
selected for the government building
purchased as soon as possible. Let that
be decided next Thursday. Then let us
all bend every possible energy for the
securing of the beet sugar factory.
That too will mean hard work and will
demand the united action of the whole
city. 1t will be far easier if all get to-
gether on the first proposition next
week. We must have both. Too much
work has already been expended on
both for months, and almost years, to
run any risks of losing eithernow. But
let us have the first duty well done first.
Typographical Union Officers.