To our Way of thinking, ments are being rushed Yetard "progress stead "of elevating it Better to take one thing ata "time, and make some: thing worth-while of it. Ie would necessitate a larger initial invests ment on the Government's part, bat! In the long yun the Government well ax the populace would gain by: the adoption "of. this more farsighted policy. There. should be. fund" Iahd aside for the "acgulre: ment of property directly back that which faces the street which isto be made wider. The vight of eminent doniain shoutd be exercise, and sale to the Government. mads obligatory, and at" a. reasonable price. "AN the same price the Gov frment should then Fsel this land the realty owners whose structures have been reduced in size by the consttuetion of the maloo, and it'should be sold to. them on' easy' terms, When it comes to the p cipal business. streets, if an. owner thas not the money, or is not in-|be clined to improve his property as he should, moneyed men should be encouraged to buy him out. So that when all is done, along this avenue there will be real emporiums for the Yisplay of merchandise with large and well-selected stocks, and plenty Of buildings filled with well-lighted, be
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