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Show URGES SIGNATURE OF IMPROHI BILL Commissioner Morris Gives Governor Spry Eight Reasons Rea-sons for Approval. The fate of senate bill N"o. 92, known as the public Improvement bill, Is still in the balance. Passed hy the senate unanimously and by" the house by an overwhelming vote, the measure has become be-come the subject of a bitter controversy before Gov. William Spry. Advocates and opponents of the bill havo petitioned the governor for hearings hear-ings before he acts, and tho chief executive. execu-tive. It Is understood, Is far from certain as to what attitude he will assume. Eight reasons why the governor should sign the bill were presented to him yesterday yes-terday In a letter from Richard P. Morris, Mor-ris, commissioner of streets and public Improvements. Mayor Samuel C. Park and a delegation from the Commercial club called on tho governor yosterdayi but upon learning that the opponents o' the bill had asked for an audience na well. It was decided to be tho better part of wisdom to appear before the governor after ho has heard the enemies of the measure. Jater the mayor and the Commercial Com-mercial club delegation met in the mayor's may-or's office to marshal their forces. Commissioner Morris's eight reasons follow: First Under the old system It Is Impossible for public Improvements to keep pace with the growth and needs of the city. Second We have petitions on fllo asking for paving- of 1 9.-1 miles of streets, many of tho petitioners declaring de-claring their willingness to pave Intersections In order to get the work don c. ThirdUnder the old law it required re-quired two-thirds of the frontage to defeat Improvements petitioned for, while 51 per cent may decide either' way under tho new law. Fourth The majority of the city commission favors the bill as It passed the legislature. Xo member of the commission Is opposed to it. Fifth My experience In the street department has demonstrated that the plan proposed Is the only one by which necessary work of paving can bo carried on. Sixth The fact that tho bill passed the senate unanimously and tho house by a vole of SO to 11 Indicates tho sentiment of the people, since all sides were accorded ample hearings. Seventh It will bo an advantage to small towns where paving Is desired de-sired by citizens on certain streets, and no general fund exists to pavo Intersections. Eighth While at present warrants run for five years, under the proposed plan they will run for ton years, thus reducing the slight burden apparently caused by paving tho Intersections. |