CITY COUNCIL AND RECREATION GROUNDS.

Dominion, Volume 2, Issue 492, 27 April 1909, Page 4

CITY COUNCIL AND RECREATION GROUNDS.

: ELECTION;. OF CITY COUNCILLORS. i- ■ Sir,—-On .reading the addresses—some.most ; reeagrW-of'the [ candidates, for .the-City.Ooiln-. ' ■ sili.',the, ideas of, thosewho 'have published " fuller, addresses are worthy of consideration the- electors. Those who have''thouglit ,it. "vorth while .to, ,in{orm 'the -electors more fully,: are Jiallinger, -Casey, Cohen (his suggestion as-, to markets' is a reasonable on.e),': Devine, Dykes, Fitzgerald (iyith the exception as to'marlietsj, Fletcher (ex- ■ copt as to markets), Frost,- M'Kenzic (except as to .Town,- Belt), Seiiton, aid' Shirtclift'e. Without in any,.way,urging, the .various lath'letic . bodies vto'/support l any''special candidates,.- it would be to their, advantage to . support those who, in their. addresses, have referred to the recreation;-grounds. None of .those candidates have in any' way hinted, at an ir.ctfiaso of rates'for the formation ?[. , s ueh, grounds. .• 1 .feel quite sure - that if the recreation grounds were properly" managed, the city would: derivo considerable .benefit-, "and the : money' received should bo set apart solely for the improvement of other portions-of ; the ■ belt. . Athletic as a - ? > ,- al '® , : !' wa y® .willing -to/'assist in any ;laudable objpet by giving displays, according to the' particular form in which'they take an interest; and I am' certain that if asked they would willingly do so in, aid of funds to:purchase additions to the am, etc., : . : iiNTEKESTED IN THE ZOO. '