The Greeley tribune., 1911-03-02
e"iltlCuS CAN'T sEE THE
NEED OF NEW COURT HOUSE

NEED OF NEW COURT HOUSE
10 The Tribune:
notice that my friend Brass
FOUNDRY has broken out again in Ia
SPOT not in a new locality. but
unpef new name. His busi-
nesS habitat is still over oppo-
o'e mat new court house he
ma IN his minds eye to cost
F" quarter OF million dollars or
more. And now the poor old vault
'"'' mas Kept our records intact for
30 many years is sadly deficient and
soou heavens what If we should have
hre? II is wonder to me now
that he didn't tell us there was an
ehuFmous hole in the roof right
above II that couldn't be mended and
winch ran clear down to the lower
stoFy and into the vault and was
lettlng In huge quantities OF rain and
snow every time we had storm. In
MS other classic he was good enough
10 INFORM us that We were so pros
porous Just now that we could easily
49," " pay uOuDlt tHe ldHeS we
now complain OF without hardship
OF inconvenience and in this he finds
that even this trifling sacrifice would
be unnecessary because the commits
sioners are only raising about two
dollars per capita at time. But |
wonder II he reflects that it was the
one additional straw that finally
broke the camel's back. and that the
additional taxes we shall have to pay
neN year on the new school bonds
AM the two million state bonds we
voted above the former consttu-
tional limit, will add many more two
dollar straws to our packs. 1t is
strange indeed, now that when we
cleo n set of honest, well meaning
officials to transact our business for
us; having drawn them generally
from very humble conditions in life,
perhaps the majority Of them never
having lived in house of their own
possessing any OF the modern con-
veniences, that nevertheless the
moment they get seated In their new
Iu'Ah NAA9 bAlCN pNcih w >cihP PA"AAi'
The furniture is poor, the rooms too
small the offices cramped. and no
chambers for the judges; just think
Of It? And yet did we ever lack
candidates to fill every office no mat
ter how onerous the conditions?
But now If we are really suffering
for room why not, as has been sug-
guested, enlarge our present court
house, instead of foolishly tearing 1t
down to build at enormous expense
an entire new building. l stated In
. former communication that such
an enlargement could be made that
would accommodate us fully for
years in the future for not to exceed
a hundred thousand dollars. Others
| with good Judgment have estimated
the necessary expenditure for this
| purpose at much less. and William
Mayher. one of the most practical o
men. afYirms that We can put a wini
onSyhe south to extend to the allie.
and put an entire new style roo
over the new and old structure ant
properly enlarge the Jail beside. fol
less than seventy-five thousand dol
lars.
According to reports supposed tf
emanate from the county officials We
will have on hand. including the
taxes of the present levy. when col
lected, between seventy-tive ant
eighty thousand dollars with which
to accomplish all that, without the
expenditure of another dollar. VIII!
not be as sensible in managing oul
public affairs as every man or woman
of us Is compelled to be in our owl
business and in our domestic expen
ditures. Let us have little sense
of proportion between public luxur!
and private necessity; just little
common sense. and we can solve thu
problem without taxing ourselves be-
yond endurance for the future.
SATIRICUS.