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Senator Fox was writing a bill that he would submit soon that would let the Capitol park be expanded. This would cost about two million dollars.

The picture was used to argue that the Eighth Ward subtracted from the beauty of the Capitol building and should be destroyed.

Two advertisements detailed the public sale of buildings and plants in the area that was to be destroyed. The purchaser would be responsible for both the demolition of the building and removing the plants. They would then get to keep the building…

More houses were sold so that the state could get money from the materials, and have someone to do the demolition.