The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-11-21

and water rent that a city hall
must accommodate
There is room In the university
grounds for all the public buiidinEg
now needed by the city Eiyiur them
T a proper setting IN lawns and
Ishrubbary Tho city after eeeur-
I Ing the lease. could suitcase Ia the
county 80 that the new county
court house could be erected on the
grounds.
There would also Be room on the
grounds for the erection OF a large
auditorium which u already al
most an imperative necessity. All
these buildluE could be- grouped
around n large public square. suit
able Tor open-air meetings and
other purposes II necessary. the
city could also purchase the Mack
infosh property on Third avenue
and University street which Is ad-
iaesnt "a the university grounds.
comprising a half block
St Louis and other cities have
recently gone % great expense 60
bring about a grouping OF their
public buildings
George + Cotterlll. who took
pains on his recent trip through
eastern states 90 study the public
balldlng matter. Says that be D.
convinced that the chief thing That
Seattle should look cut for Ia get
fuag a public building is 20 give Il
plenty ~ room 10 that the building
could be enlarged and the grounds
around it be property parked For
this reason he faTara the securing
I Of the university grounds. although
be thinks that the fesler block
would BE- a pretty good substitute
+ II tht other location could not BE-
secured lie thinks that Seattle
could wisely follov the footsteps OF
Salt Lake which has probably the
finest public building tn the United
States.
The bailaing. in dimension $50
I By 250 feet. Is situated In the center
OF a block 600 feet square. being
surrounded BY a beautiful border %
lawn aud shrubhery. it cost only
$50 600 but u ia five stories hlEh
F Yet q contains plenty ~ room for
all the federal offices and those OF
the county and state the city rent
iug room 70 the other branches OF
+ government
As against the acknowledged wis
dom and popularity % erecting the
public building on the university
grounds Is the uufrieudiiness with
= hiCh ttz proposed Eond issues In
their present form are looked upon
Many ri the councilman and other
T city officials openly declare that
they VIII vote against them. some
Of them are even opposed 90 such o.
large expenditure fI75 600 fuf the
erection Of new city Jail on the
bee1er block although this bond
issue BE- not generally objected To.
There % much opposition. how
f ever 20 paying uHf $500 900 for the
f erection OF cts hall al this time
f Taxpayers object 20 IL. Olherr
+ believe that the eIty.s limit OF
bonded Indebtedness should be kept
+ sufficiently loW 10 allow Of room
+ for Issuing required bonds for the
T future extension Of the lInhfInv
plant or other public utilities some
+ persons favor the sale of property
now owned by the city 10 secure
funds for the erection OF the hall
f Some are willing 10 expend sfaa. 600
on q city hall. huf they want a.
f see u either erected on the Yrsfef
block or the university grounds
T They object 1renu8uHiy % pureh a.
Ing the remainder Of the present
+ city hall site However. N they
I vote down the proposed issue oi
+ $4,000 for n site and carry the
T 100000 issue Tor the erection Of a
hall. u means that the hall must
be built on the ground already oc-
eHpied By the city hall and jail To
ezpend such a sum for % building
+ for this site would be ridiculous a
building taller than che Alaska
building could be built for that
cum on the present ground No
body wants that Kind Of city hall
sut many persons are afraid o.
trust the city fathers with spending
less tnau that sum II they arc given
+ the chance
/ Tho $4,000 bond issue for an
additional site. n carried. means
that the other hair of the block IN
der which the Great Northern tun.
mel runs. will be- purchased. II la
c0nTIdered b. many persons o pig
in a poke The money will not BE-
voted for the express purposes Of
/ buying the property. which the
Great Northern had 10 take Off the
hands OF the former owners on &C
count Of the presence Of the tunnel
/ but the sum ia so small that the
chances are that no other suitable
site could be bought with n
Most citizens do not want 10 see
/ the Great Northern obtain rake
off In this manner They do not
/ want 70 see n city hall built on q
triangular block over q tunnel
through which trains will be rum
[ bling. and which Is comprised
chiefly Of made" ground.
II Is even believed by some per-
sons that the influence Of the
Great Northern was paramount en-
getting the council only q few days
ago 10 suddenly submit the propo-
sition Of issuing f250.000 Of bonds
for increasing the size and con
lstructiuR a distributing system for
the municipal lighting plant The
same proposition was ruthleasly
turned down by the council when
proposed BY Councilman Daultnn
less Than two months ago. Tho
sudden change Of heart Of the city
fathers is iucomprehen8ible 20 some
persons. They believe that the new
bond issue was proposed that ita
popularity would carry the $3.50 600
Issue for the purchase Of the Great
Northern property.
Sir MDure's proposition how
ever, will alaggor ans proposition Of
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