CONSIDERS IT A MISTAKE.
Mayor Feels Council Should Have
Spent $25,000 For the Zoo.
It was a source of considerable disappointment to Mayor Thomas T. Crittenden, Jr., that the upper house turned down the ordinance to spend $25,000 of unappropriated funds for the building of a carnivoum for Swope Park zoo.
"Personally, I believe it was a mistake," said the mayor yesterday, "and the aldermen acted hastily. There is every likelihood that upon second thought they will undergo a change of heart, and willingly make this appropriation . I do not agree with the statements made, that the providing of a zoo is for the benefit of the rich, a luxury of the wealthy. Swope park is the home of the masses, and the poor and middle classes are the ones that will get the real enjoyment out of the beautiful grounds. I have repeatedly stated that it will be but a short time when the revenues will permit of raising the wages of the street sweepers."
