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Show As to the voting of recent franchises, it is but just to the city council to say that its action is in accord with the overwhelming sentiment of this community." com-munity." The voting of the Rapid Transit Tran-sit franchise was in response to a resolution, reso-lution, adopted by a largo majority, at a mass meeting of tax-payers who favor fav-or publio improvements of till kinds. In this meeting neither politics nor religion re-ligion figured in any way, and the past was not considered. Tho present and the future were, the matters under consideration, con-sideration, and tho sentiment of the meeting was that the council should make immediate headway in the matter of public improvement and in everything every-thing else that would be of benefit to the city. |