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Show HELP OH THE CITY'S PROGRESSl It Is to be regretted that a protest strong enough to defeat tho proposed paving of First Htreet between Stato and A streets should have been filed. If! the people locally Interested as property owners persistently object to every proposed pro-posed public improvement, how is the city ever to bo Improved? It cannot be that the residents wish the city forever to present the appearance of a mere overgrown village, but If every proposed pro-posed Improvement Is to be defeated, how can It ever be anything else? It is to be hoped that the property owners along that portion of the street may think better of their act, and Join with good will In the improvement. That la one of tho show parts of tho city; visitors are generally taken there, and the opinion of tourists and travelers travel-ers on the advantages of the city will undoubtedly be more favorable than otherwise it would be, If the places where they are taken and the routes over which they travel are made modern and up to date. The same reasons should modify tho opposition of ,the people along west Third South and First West street between be-tween Second and Third South. These are protesting against proposed paving. It is true that the reasons for this paving pav-ing are not specialized as on First street, but the same general reasons apply in both cases: the paving should be done In the general Interest of tho city, for the ease of traffic and travel, and to add to the city's metronolltan character. In all these general Interests, the paving pav-ing ought to be done, and thbse who protest against It are standing In their own light and apposing the advancement advance-ment of Salt Lake. Tho west Third South street paving will presently be quite as important as that of west First South or west Second South, and It is not fair to the city at largo to oppose it. We' speak for a more liberal and enterprising en-terprising view In all thcBe matters. It will cost money to do the work, to bo sure; but It always costs money to make and Improve a city. And no more favorable time could be chosen for the prosecution of this work than now, when the wool sales have brought three million dollars Into this Immediate region, re-gion, when the mines are producing half a million a week, and when railway rail-way traffic Is on the gain In such fashion as put to both railroads to work in earnest to increase their facilities fa-cilities here with new depots, yards, and shops. Wo ask the people interested to look the matter over calmly, not only in the interest of their own Immediate pocket, but In the Interest of progress and their own ultimate gain, as well as with a view to the Interests of the city as a whole, and allow the spirit of enterprise its proper sway, to the extent of agreeing agree-ing that this paving be done. |