Payette enterprise. (Payette, Canyon Co., Idaho) 1909-1935, 1911-12-07
CITY COUNCIL
LOCATES HALL
At Lively Session City Council Def
initeIy Accepts Brown Site for
New City Hall.

for the purpose of considering the
location of the new City Hall.
Mayor Brannock called the meeting
to rTder and all members OF the
cou4sn responded to the roll call
The clerk then read a petition sign
ed by some $50 or 300 citizens OF
Payette, who requested the city
council to locate the new city hall
somewhere within one block of the
corner of sth st. and Center Ave.
Judge Riebeling made a speech and
stated as his personal opinion that
the city hall should be located as
near the business center as possible
and that he did not think that the
Brown location was a good one as
it was situated at the extreme end
of the present business street and
faced the side tracks of the railroad.
Mr.. d. c. Chase then talked at
some length on the desirability OF
the Brown location, stating that
the warehouses and packing houses
could be removed from the end OF
Sth St. at any time by the city coun-
Gil ordering Sth st. to be opened
across the railroad tracks, and CIV
ing it as his opinion that the Brown
location was the finest one in the
city for the location of a city build
ing of any kind. He also stated that
rShe believed the city had voted too
sanuch money for city hall and that
he would not have voted for the
bonds had he thought the building
would have been built in any other
location.
Mr.. Chase's remarks brought up
the question as to whether the pack
ing houses were located on the
strees or on the railroad right OF way.
1t was decided that they were on
the right Of way.
Mr.. Chase and Mr.. S. E. Chap
man claimed they were both ex-
railroad men and that they knew
that the city could cause the re-
moval of the packing houses from
the present location at any time.
Mr.. w. F. Sherwood and others pres
ent expressed their doubts in re-
gard to this statement.
Mr.. Peter Pence took exception
to a remark that no fine buildings
we're located in the Brown site
block, as he had built one of the |
finest residences in the city in that
block. He also stated his prefer
ence for that location for the hall
Mr.. Chase also called attention to
his office building.
A petition from a number OF busl-
ness men and tax payers was pre-
sented and read, requesting the To-
cation of the city hall to be made on |
the Creighton corner, at 1st. So. and
Main st.
DR.. ]. C. Woodward made NUM-
Der of remarks and gave it as his
opinion that a city always grew
away from the railroad and ware
house district and not toward it. He
complimented Mr. Brown on his pub
lie spirit in donating a site for the
hall but believed that the building
should be situated nearer the cen
ter of town and further away from
the raSroad side tracks than the
Brow location.
At this point a general discussion
took place and after considerable
difficulty the city halls in Washing
ton, d. c., Chicago, Nampa, Cald-
.Sell. Omaha and Boise were definite
ly located and it was decided to al
low them to remain in their pres
ent locations.
Gen. L. v. Patch expressed his
opinion that the best location for
the hall would be on the Creighton
corner, and that this corner could
be procured for the city, and that the
next most desirable location was
the Gilmore location which could al
SO be procured for the purpose. His
experience was that cities and city
buildings usually grew away from
the railroads rather than toward
them.
Mr.. F. NJ. Satoris stated that be
had voted for the bonds only on ac-
count of his understanding that the
hall was 10 built on the Brown loca-
ton and also that at mass meeting
of 30 or 40 held at the Commercial
Club rooms the majority favored that
site.
Mr.. N. A. Jacobsen thought that
good things ought to be passed
around; that the business center had
the postoffice and park and that the
ether side should have the city hall.
Councilman Compton placed him