Yorkville enquirer. [volume] (Yorkville, S.C.) 1855-2006, 1913-11-11

to believe that the commission woulc
pay any attention to us. no mattel
what we said; butsstill we are not dis
posed to dismiss the subject without
making one last protest.
The idea of destroying that old build.
ing, literally wasting 1t, in the way II
is proposed to do, impresses US as in
volving one Of those costly mistakes
men so often make in their haste tt
repent at their leisure, and the great
pity about this particular mistake Is
that the whole of York county will
have to join in the repenting.
AS simply as it is possible to put the
matter, here Is York county preparing
to sacrifice some fifteen or twenty
thousand dollars worth Of property
preparatory to spending seventy five
thousand dollars for the erection Of
new court house. There Is no way tc
get around this proposition. '.
The present building is a good one
1t is not very suitable for other thar
court house purposes, 1t Is true; butt
represents construction that could not
be reproduced for less than fifteen
thousand dollars, and to undertake tt
use 1t for any other purpose, contrac-
tors say it would hardly pay for the
tearing of itself down, yet 1t Is propos-
ed to go ahead with this destruction
for the sake Of the lot, when there is
another lot, equally as good possess
ing actual advantage in the way of 10.
cation within $50 or 800 yards on the
same street and to be had as a free
gift. "" @'.
The gift lot is a part of large open
space suitable for building lots Of what
ever nature, business or residence, and
free from noise or other objection OF
any kind. ~ 70" '"' .'. ."'..s'
Several more or less specious objec-
tions haye been urged against the pro-
posed free lot. One is that ut is toe
close to the jail" 1t will be about q
hundred yards from the Jail, and that
will be an advantage. Another objec-
ton is that the lot is under hill" In
spite of this, 1t is within reasonably
plain view Of the present court house
gate. Another objection is the trough
character Of the opposite side Of the
street" The lot itself Is comparative
ly level. One Of the most potent OBJ
jections is that the giver Of the lot
will make money by the sale Of other
lots" This particular lot, however, is
offered absolutely free, and each other
lot that may be sold on account Of the
location of the new building on this lot
will supplement the taxable values OF
the county. .'.o---------
By the use of the free gift lot for the
court house, the present lot will re-
main the property Of the county. The
old building will continue in service
until the new building is completed
and after that the property may be
held or sold as may seem most desir-
able, and eventually the proceeds from
it's sale may be turned into ordinary
county funds, or used for some specific
purpose like helping to build and equip
a modern county home.
Now these are the facts. In giving
them we feel that we have discharged
our full duty before 1t is too late. II
the public is willing to allow this thing
to go on as it has been planned. then
we will assume that this Is what the
public wants and we will have nothing
more to say by way of criticism. We
will merely try to make the. most Of It.
as all good citizens should, and let il
go at that.