Evening journal., 1913-06-10
OBJECT TO
TEARING DOWN
COURTHOUSE
Some Ninth Ward association
Members Would Preserve
Building
SUBJECT TO BE TALKED
OVER AT NEXT MEETING

Whether the present Court House
should be torn down or left standing
and put to some use, was the subject
OF a lively discussion at the meeting
OF the Ninth Ward Civic Association
last night, in Hanover Presbyterian
Church. The members were found
to be more or less against the plan
of tearing down the building, and
it was decided to bring the question
up at the next meeting for a gen
eral discussion.
The argument came up over a mo-
ton that the association go on rec
ord as being against the tearing down
of the present Court House, and to
circulate petitions against such
course.
c. ID. Garrettson said that he did
not favor such action. He said that
the building and the arrangements
for IL are now in the hands of a
commission who have studied the
matter and he did not think the mem
bers of the association or the tax
payers ought to interfere.
John Paris, Jr., said that the tax
payers pay the bills, and they were
the ones to have the say. II they did
not want the old building torn down
and wanted to use IL for the thous-
and and one uses that IL might be
put to, the commission should have
to respect their wishes, he contended.
He said that he had heard that the
only reason that the building was to
be torn down was to benefit the du-
Pont Company.
Mr. Garrettson replied that It could
be of no possible benefit to the du
Pont Company, and that he did not
see why this company which had
done more for the benefit of Whining
ton than anything else, should be ac-
cused of selfish designs.
w. 4. Morris said that he did not
care who was benefited by the build
ing SO long as 1t was Of benefit to the
city. Mr. Paris said that all he
knew about the dupont Company was
that It was not assessed In the same
way that other property in the city
Is assessed.
Mr.. Garrettson said that II true
this was the fault of the city govern
ment and only demonstrated the fact
that the citizens should get new
form OF government He said that he
did not approve Of the kind OF coun-
ellis that the city has had and that
as far as the DUPONT company ie con-
lcerned Il pays 10 per cent. of tht total
assessed value of property in the city.
Charles Topkis agreed with Mr..
Garrettson and said that as long as
the city has doctors for mayors that
Il can hardly expect TO get along as
lWell as If it we're -un by experts like
a corporation.
Fred X Felt who represents the
Concord Heights Realty Company In
the proposed Improvements at Boule'
ward and Concord avenue was pre-
sent and stated that he hoped TO con-
yey the land cut from the points al
concord avenue and Boulevard 10 the
city some time this week. He also
reported that the Wilmington and
/ Philadelphia Traction company Off
cials had expressed 8 willingness TO
give the residents of Washington
Heights better service. He said that
he had been to see the officials OF
the Peoples Railway and that they
were also considering running a line
to the district
The Rev. r. L. Jackson made an
interesting address or Social Cen
ters" in which he said that the child's
education for citizenship is not had in
schools but comes in actual exper-
ience. He said that the time had
come for American citizens to stoT
looking up to government but to finc
lout that the government was his and
not something that could not be
touched
James D. Stroud, president Of the