Before the recent discussion of playgrounds for children of the western district fades into the realm of counsels of perfection, of things considered unattainable because, while everyone approves, desire for children's playgrounds is one of absolute necessity, and entirely practicable. But' one Hart and Avenue Roads; and his objections would seem to have been directed mainly against the possibility of enabling the owners of that land to get.more from the Council than the land is worth, under threat of selling it for other purposes. That objection is not really sound because there must always be a limit to the amount that the owners would venture lo ask, namely, about the price at which it could be sold elsewhere with any prospect of profit to the paid that price, or even more, for the keeping open of such a site. On the other hand, many quisition -of several small: sites, of four to six mow, as being both cheaper and better suited to the needs of the case. For children do not require a vast playground, but they do require it within easy reach of their homes.
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