The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-10-01
PLANS AREI
BEING CONSIDERED
NEW CITY HALL PROJECT IS a PUzzLIR TO couHell-soMG
DESIRE TAKE ELEPHANT orr HANDS or GREAT
NORTHERN

The issuance of $4,000 Of bonds
Tor the cree ON OF jail on the
triangle az ftfih aud Yealer. known
a. the Keezef block. which Is Co
contain also municipal court
room. receiving hospital and TEN
porary quarters Tor the laW and
health departments and several 9th
er city offices
Tho issuance OF $500 GOO Of bonds
fOr the erection of city hall
The Issuance Of $4,000 nf bonds
for the purchase or condemnation o.
a city hali site.
The three fofeEoinE propositions
win be- submitted Co the voters lu
special election November - as
result Of q deelsion tea bed lass
niEht b. the council acting ~ "a
commiffe Of the whole.
Practically no opposition Il en-
pec,ed "a be made against the fret
proposition. the only objections that
win BE- put forward being that
fi15ooo Il too large an expenditure
for a jail building aud that an en-
tlrcly separate hospital should b.
built There wiil D. more opnosi
tion tn the efeetiuu 90 the fIfF hall
but not enough. d is believed. a. de-
feat the proposition The chief
nght Wlil Be made against the b.
suance Of tssoooo of bonds foF a
site
n the citizens vote Tor the cree
fiun ~ the hall but aeaiuat tho
purchase Of an additional site. d ir
the Intention - the council % erect
the building GA che present uite.
using the new Sail building and
rented offices while the urA hall De-
being made ready f1r occupancy.
n the ttaa n10 issue IL authorized
the selection 81 site viii be iefi Ia
che hands Il the council The lat
Ger can then bus the east half o.
the present city hail site from the
Great Northern. or u can pat ths
$1,000 along slth an equal amount
that can be derived from che sale %
the present site. % buy che Neaier
block ur other property
Politics IL liable 90 kill Of the
project % buy the Neslef block
which ia considered b. many o. b.
the best deal that could BE- made
This became very apparent during
the discussion ~ the meeting last
night nauifon said he NAs certain
the ground could hs purchased for
S22s o0o. even though the county
commissioners paid fz1s aao for Il
two years ago.
Tie thought u BY far the best
scheme. a. Il would. besides giving
The city a FAR better site than the
Great Northern block. gracefully
take a white elephant off the hands
81 the county commissioners A.
the county and city are about the
same. and the former Ia not able %
use the property be thought Il
would BE- GOOD policy for the city a.
get a. nnultnu and Cole uefe OF
the opinion that the council should
get an option on tho Yeaier block
and on the Dexter Horton and Mo
lntoah property. on Third avenue
between University and seneca
streets. 81 that tho purchase - q
site also could be submitted 20 the
voters
II was pointed ont by Murphy
and others that this method would
cause q useless wranRlo among the
voters AZ 10 which site should be-
secured and might result in the de-
feat Of the whole proposition The
idea Of securing an option 81 f225.-
600 Tor the Yealer block ~ this time
was thought by several % the conn
ciimen 10 be absurd but the com
mittee was az one time on the point
OF appointing Daulton n committee
of one 10 drive the bargain
n don't believe YOU will be sue
coasfui In such AN undertaking ~
this time. remarked Mullen Faily.
THAT might so any time except n
few months before election. but
DO not think IL would now. DO you
think TINT the county commission
ers would Acknowledge now that
they paid $685. 000 for property
which IL worth $4,000 less than
they paid for Il two years ago. I
don't They might after November
Is. but not before that time Per
ronaliy. though ! believe the block
rs worth t225 900 IL Il Is worth n
cent"
y don't see why they shouldn't"
replied uaulton II would. under
The circumstances. n would give
the commissioner q good chance 10
Eot rid OF something they wish
they had never got The three of
thcu ought to be removed from OF.
flee anyhow"
I'm afraid there T. too much pol
files being Injected into this discus