Something To Think About

Ed. Courier: In tiic proceedlngs of the common council published in the Courier of Fob. 3rd, I notdced that every Inember of the counciL voted few the ncw public building pesolution.s introduced for the benefit of Mr. (iorinau. lí yas a mystery to me how all the aldecmea) could have had the courage to vote for thnt reeoüiition. They cnulil not have gdven the subject any tJiouglit. Let is look at the matter in a ealm Ifelit. I mu a resident of the 3d ■ward. I not only own a residence in iliis ward, but I own some business property in the ward, aLso, so you s?e I ajn interested in this sniijoct of a ncw i)ublic building. I tafee it granted tlmt if Am An-bor geta a newpost office biiilding, the location will h;ive to bc changed. That is a lact beyomd dispute. WliM-e -w-ill tla neiv building be atea? "ttlhere can it be Located and íot iiijm-e every doUar'e worth ol ■property ín the ;d ward ? Tliink it ■over, and see if you can answer this ■queetion. The 3d ward Ís not a í-ich ward. It has a pretty g-ood sliee ol tases to pay as it is. What will the assessor Uo wit.h lis after the post office is taken away and given to the rich lst -vard, (or the lith wardi. With the posí ofnce moved from its present location there is not a business building In the 3d wai-d but will (JecMae at once, (rom 2." to r per ct'irt. And u-hen Uic business property goes down at that rate, it will of necesKity tak inuch of the residence properiy witli it. Tliiit resolution is a direct blow at my liitexests. If carried out it will nak( me at lenst. $800. It vill make eyery man poorer wlio owns a. doüar'a worth oí real estáte tn he íJd waa-d- and in a portion ot the Ist. 2d and 4th wards as well. or only wíll the ;íd ward cíected, bat in my opinión .the entire tength oí iiia.in gtreet and all of Hurón std'eet. II' post office is ohangpd :t 11 e Located Bonth of íluron street and ejvst of Fourth ave, without the least ahadow of tíoubt. At l?ast that is san! to be the scheme of its chief buylci-s and ■wtfre puliere. It fe aliso íar the interest oí the State street business houses to get ir neaa-er thir location. It is probably the interest of the nniversity aubhordties, though just why it should ' llttle-difïicuft. for a'.cold d-hetlm' thoe wfya ■ ' :' LVe: íim :';l apy ere shaU rtMMi to h tbr tti benefit oi a íew spcculatpra iú íí different part.' of the,lty. or nor. ' ''lic Tc.(.lin,:ous of. tóe èojincitifejjfiat ' aceoiamodiatine 5,000 ' '■ BU-Ma in tiio loifcy of thipóst offiie P'-Ik) are uur accommoda'tcd lj ia lïvc d;-livci-y syswill now. Wliat sil' I.Vtalk tliat is. -Ti:,.!-,. uor ;, ■„.,„ jTj;nmai or r-Iiild in íú-duy,. ;imt.iH aefeommodateS by thêfree de Livcry systcm, and ;is tot "5,000 tratf. wotSfe," they exist ooiy in .the mind 6i one who wTote thoee resolatlons. ■In ihe opinión oí tho writet erey iniSiiK'ss lii.uso on 'Kuron st-., from Fourtii hl. -.vest, w-ould lx: worth 4 less inoncy.lv. at.lfast 2o percent., simula a ehaage fom the presénlocation be made'. Tlnink it o.vim', and. Bee' if T mi not rfght. )-rf.,hiiioii..jaiscd by'thecbonv-n says. that rthe Mréenf 'iuilil- Ing LI "in such a (luartcr of said city ns to cdnpe] tlie tudent'opulatíon to ti-arW the whol,. of the business ■nart olthc city in o-rdér to reuch th post -difici',. tliri-i'ljy ofton blOCkingllf The bus4neSB streef iiu-i '!Ii.m' shows hè hand of Stat! xtnW, doeg t not? 0( eonrsó th (lo net want the students pnssin ab ' oves on .Main ut.,' hut the Mail. sSreet merehants do avant theru Slioj,L(l yon not i hink so, Mr'. Editor V . -.oí ít is a tempthg tlii'; oiiri-i.i i;:i_jis tr have tji" fíovoi'Paent expeni $60,000 in buying property. and ereíeting a liore. ïuul at fchfe, fii-s.t, l:ush_ ], 'xvould Tiíi hata aifd hurrah fa 9 lt. But .-,iicn a nwsoii tliinks .it ■ r -..- V) udoi-stan.l timi fo, flava this ,;, y i--i;i-u..m1 herc ü many péoplc v. i; fer serious financial losSes, and alniosi entiire business oí tlio oit ■will 3i;ive to be tiirned Loto new channeis, H is a different question. As !t la at paeént, nr one is ineommoded. Free dtíüvery gives al! the outlylng residemte their mail. niore ís ot anotlier location probably that could be procured, whici will holp as many and iniurc no one. as the present locatibn. . Befare the people rush peil mell iuto tiii-i scheane, I should likc in have thi'm stop and consider a moment. Perhape they may come tolook iion matter in a different