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Show PAVING WAR NOW RAGES Opponents ' of Brigham Street Improvements Make Bitter Attack. '. . Last night's . Council meeting looked for a time as though It were a war of the masses against the classes. - - The question under consideration was the paving of Brigham street from State to Thirteenth East street. A number of property owners were present to speak. John Dern. O. ,W. Powers, J. D. Wood and Joseph Lippman favored paving, while Bishop Empey, Robert J. Deighton, P. H. Schettler and Charles Crane opposed op-posed it. . - Mr. Crane made a sensational speech In which he compared the wealth of, the , opposition, with Belshazzar's feast. He J did not approve of' the city taxing the 1 poor so the rich could drive their bob-tailed bob-tailed horses without getting a speck of dust on them. He called attention to the fact that one of the wealthy ones had been a guard at the penitentiary and another had been a sheepherder In Idaho. While he did not envy them their good fortune, he did object to the taxation of the poor to add to their pleasures. Councilman Da veler accused Mr. Crane of attempting to array class against class and declared the rich to deserve great credit for increasing real estate values and giving employment to the laborers. -Judge Powers said that all improvement improve-ment propositions had to be fought inch by Inch. Paving would bring people here to live, and would increase tax valuations. . After some further discussion the matter mat-ter was laid on the table until Wednesday Wednes-day night. It was estimated that It would cost $102,000 to put in the improvements im-provements contemplated. ... |