The Seattle star. [volume] (Seattle, Wash.) 1899-1947, 1904-09-03

sufficient Ca erect three#atory
fire proof building ou the present
city hall site
The foundation could be made
heavy Then additional stories could
bee added 20 the building until lt
would Dee as high aa the Alaska
building. IN necessary. uut il &C.
should bo found that BY the time a
three story building on the present
site Asgumea inadequate a alte la
another section of the city would
bee desirable. the city hall could Doe
sold Tot every cent it would be
worth % would make a good az
flee building
1 am lu favor OF building the city
hall on the aky-scraper plan That
ls the method NOW Ia vogue In targe
Eastern cities. A city hall h for
the transaction OF business. aud Go
put parks and lawns around II is
iuuIIahueaa.
4 do not favor expeuding too
much money on e elty jail Put %
ou the eide flats ON property already
owned hy the city, or some cheap
property ON the margin Of the
strictly business district An ufdi-
nary brick building is all that o.
necessary Tor the purpose IL
should be little more than q deten-
tiou house. 4 regular prison owned
by the elty aud county Jointly could
Dee built on the county poor farm.
There che lous term criminals could
BE- kept
There are other objections being
made 20 the building ~ a city hall
at this time. Tho Third avenue re-
grade is not settled II new build
Ing eele 90 be built On the present
site. IL would b. impossible 20 know
at what grade 60 place t. Mullen e.
rsEHads plan. which viii 50 into
the courts a. suun as It Is passed by
the council provides for a eHt %
about four feet in front OF the city
hall This WIll ueeeaaltate a new
grade on The side streets. also.
Another objection Is that Il VII
absorb the Osborne estate legacy
for The construction - a ueW city
hall which il daily growing larger
because of the accommodating inter
est.
Many business men consider o.
NOT advisable az this time a load
che city and the county. which are
practically che same thiuE with
sueh a large debt for public build
InEa. which sauout produce anY rev
suus The bonded debt on The pre-
sut court house Is nov So 900
The debt against the AFalef block
purchased faF uee court house
site. u approximately $50 0ae ehen
the purchase price ~ t2loo 900 and
the accumulated interest ca the
warrant issue are taken together
II. as BE- proposed HY the county
commissioners a $500 80 court house
is baIIt CA this site. and a bead IS
sue q Ss0o.6Q4 Be- made Tor a new
city hall and Jail the total public
|trIIHInr debt u the city and county
Z viii almost amount o. the enormous
sum ~ 3 zoe 900
IT'S further claimed that n $50
{ GOO Il paid FOE che other half q the
present cts halI block. the city VII
. be Obliged 10 pay far more for the
additional property proportiguateiy
than asa the county commissioners
I Tor the Yeaiar block And yet o.
Z has always been Thought that the
commissioner. in paying $40 90
I for che YeaieF block paid AZ least
Z So aaa TOO much. The Yeslsf block
measures z56 hY 9i0 feet containing
/ 81 40 square feet. The county eum-
miaa#uurrH consequently paid close
90 s cents for every foot u the
land
Even az this rate per foot. how
ever. tho city should pay only 80 q
600 for the east half # the city hall
block. as it contains only about 25.-
O0d square feet. Yet the Yealsr
block ls probably worth more per
{ foot than the east hair 81 the city
hall block. Il lH n more solid
ground u II a larger piece Of In
tact property and % la square.
Although - this method u com
pufafion the east half % The block
. is worth bat $4,000 IL vlll prob
ably rust the city $4,000 70 Sc
cure it.
Fire Marshal Kellogg this after
noon filed with the council bis re-