Daily Kennebec journal. [microfilm reel] (Augusta, Me.) 1870-1975, 1909-05-18

here let us not let our differences lose
the building altogether. The letter Of
Mr.. Hildreth in Your issue of Friday
was to the point Time is passing and
unless we bestir ourselves the bird will
he neither IN the hand or the bush.
The argument that if the postofficc
is built on the Bowman site the city
will lose d lot of taxable property, is
not sound in my opinion. The valua-
ton of property on upper Water street
has not changed for 20 years. Why ?
I Becafise there has been nothing to
cause it to change. But if the gov
! eminent puts a hundred thousand do;-
lar building in that vicinity every
piece of property in that locality will
increase in value more than enough to
Offset the loss of the property on the
proposed site. One does not have to
go back many years to mark the Condi-
lions on lower Water street before the
Savings Bank block was built, as re-
CARDS taxable property to be con-
WINGED, if one is not too selfish, that
the city will not lose anything in tax
able property if the pOstoffice is built
at the corner of Water and Brunswick
streets.
| am told by those who know, that
the inspector sent here by the govern
ment sometime ago, has reported to
his supcriors that the Bowman block
site is .he only place in the city that
is suitable for a postoftice, Such being
the case. we are wasting time in con-
sidaring any other place We should
sink all orr differences and endcavor
10, I,r b,,; VII hp
ment wants it. As Mr. Hildrcth has
well said. it means (: good deal To Gar
diner We have been wishing for
years that we might have a public
building here. Congressman Burleigh
has opened the door for us to enter
upon the realization of our hopes.
, That door will not remain open muc'
longer. 1t is up to the citizens OF Gar
diner to take action at once, or tn
door will be shut aud then We will h'
asking ourselves what we could haV
been thinking of to allow the oppOr
tnnity to pass. If the right men Woul'
move in the matter at once it could b.
settled in week, and no one Woulc
| have To go down into his pocket t.
| help TIE government to buy the prop
| erty it wants. The government does
| not want our financial assistance, il
wants us to get together and say what
| we want as a community, and say i!
! so that we can be heard as the people
| of Waterville did in a similar in
stance j. f.. CUNNINGHAM.
| Dr.. w F. Giddings also submits his
views on the subject. which will be
poruscd with interest by readers of the
Journal:
| Until recently some of our citizens
| have given little thought to the advan
tages of a new government built post
office 1t is a matter of such vital i'm
portance to the life and welfare of oul
CITY that everyone who has its good a
heart ought to become interested.
There are so many things to be con
| sidered and SO much at stake that W.
should strive first to secure the appro
1 priation which unless accepted soo1
! will lapse and years may. and very
likely will. intervene before we arr
tayain able to obtain another grant.
| The site selected by the government
asent-that at the corner of Waite
street and Brunswick avenues thu
only logical place for it.
1t is central in location and would
| preserve the symmetry and add great.
! to the beauty of the town.
! 1t would remove unsightly building