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Show (iKOHiA AHOITT CltlUftti. Wiule the iMVing of siJewalks is I aiubiicimroemeutaiid eouvmi-l eiiee, tliu bulk of U16 beuelit is pre-1 sumed to go to the owners cf property proper-ty abutting upon the pathway treated to a smooth finish. Uiu this theory the property holders are suljecttd to special taxation; other-win) other-win) the levy would Its unlawful, Iierause u ujusL Some of tlie ou uers of proerr protest against the treabneiil the are receiving at the haudsof tiie City Council n this oonnettion. They complain, and proieriy too, that iu grading for Ivcmeut purpose?, no attention is being paid tu the coutojr of the hits with whose frontage the sidewalks run parallel. Tiii-is uotabij tac ca'e with regard re-gard to some portion of the eastern section of the cement sidctralk laid along Poulh Temjile Street. In some instances thegrad iug is of such a chanuter mat some of the projier-ty projier-ty owners claim that they would have Ien better off had the side-aralk side-aralk never been laid, and that thej have lwjn taxed for wlmf tliei diem to be an injury in place of a benefit to their property. proper-ty. If this course continues to be isirsued sgalust thu well-grounded well-grounded 1 rote&U of interested citizens, citi-zens, tlie Council will undoubtedly rearh a hitching plaic Similar oanplaiutsare made iu refsreuce to oruinary street grading. It is perhaps fortunate for other classes of (iuzens who have strong li o4aeced to the method pursued In the matter of nuking sidewalks and street-, that simo con-plcuous 'Literals"' are indulging In sonorous sonor-ous gnu. ling on the same sulject. |
