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thought. could be purchased for from
$4,000 to $4,000 and the furniture
for the building about 100000, bas-
ing his figures on what the furniture
IN the Hotel DUPONT cost which was
100000
Suggests Another Site.
Councilman Edward A. Higgins. OF
the Third ward. asked Mr. Raskob /
why the site was confined TO the par
ss5-isii5s7 ssss;;s>s.s.ssea mentioned The lat
TER explained the many advantages /
to be derived from having the build
ing located there He considered the
price Of the land which is unusually /
cheap. as ono factor to be considered, /
calling attention by way OF COMPARE !
son to the probable cost of the block |
opposite the nostoiiice along Ninth
street which he estimated would be
about S350oO0 He also said the
grades on Tenth and Eleventh streets
would be materially lessened. which
would be big advantage in itself as
teams have considerable trouble in
negotiating the grades. north OF
Fourth street He said the selection
Of the site was not original with him
and thought that John G. Gray when
he was a member of the Street and
Sewer Department and Councilman
James Kane first mentioned IT, He
referred to the fact OF the Levy Court,
talking OF building an annex to the
present Court House which had inter-
ested him in the present movement
Former City Councilman Daniel w.
Lynch thought by locating the joint
county and city building at Tenth and
King streets. All the large buildings
I'm the city will be located in that To-
cality. and he was OF the opinion that
better results would be obtained by
distributing the large buildings and
not detract from the lower end of the
city He said that If the selection
of ground was left to him he would
purchase the block Of ground in which
the City Hall is now located.
William r. Kurtz, i'm answering
Mr. Lynch's criticism OF the Tenth and
King streets site. said that IN a num-
Der of the cities millions Of dollars
are being spent to group their public
buildings. He considered the lot at
Tenth and King streets as the cheap
est to be had for the purpose. He
said the block OF ground in which the
City Hall is located would cost as
much as the entire proposed building.
He suggests the sale of the lond oc-
cupied by the present city buildings.
There Is no real historical value, he
said, to the present City Hall in his
opinion
Mr.. Richards Fayors Project.
Robert H. Richards said he thought
the time has come for the county and
city TO get at the head of the pro-
cession. He said the present group
of city buildings are a disgrace to the
city. The Court House he also said
has outlived it's usefulness He urged
that the needs should be met under
present day conditions. He said ne
thought that there would be no trou.
Bile in the Levy Court and Council
reaching an agreement He said that
81 900 600 is little enough TO spend for
such a building Ike said New Castle
county is comparatively rich county
and the city Is not poor, and called
attention to many cities the size OF
Wilmington, and smaller, that haze
million dollar public buildings.
Mr. Richards said he could moi
understand Mr. Lynch's belief That th'
removal OF the City Hall 10 Tentl
and KING would decrease the Naiuc o
propcrty in the lower part Of the city
w c6nsi0trcd mat ,ne propert,
yalBes would increase rather thar
diminish.
Mr. Lynch had said that business
would soon leave Market street and
that thoroughfare be nothing more
than a side street, French street be.
coming the business street In reply
to this Mr. Richards expressed the
opinion that the replacing of the pre-.
sent City Hall with business inter
prises would increase business in
Market street He favored the looa-
ton at Tenth and King streets site
and the adoption of some such plan
as advocated by Mr. Raskoh
A. o. H. Grier said that the City OF
Richmond erected three years ago a