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Show STREETS FUND ROW BECOMES ELECTION ISSUE Question Listed for Democratic League Debate Monday City Commissioner John B. Mathe-aon'a Mathe-aon'a controverted plan ta spend Immediately H&.OO0 si a etreet tea. provement fund not expected to be available until next year apparently was an open political issue Wednesday. Wednes-day. The Progressiva Demaeratls League of Utah entered the picture, after both aides In the controversy had claimed politics wars not concerned. con-cerned. Commissioner Matheaon, a Republican Repub-lican appointed to the commission last winter, la expected to seek election elec-tion to the post this fall Maaa Meeting Set J. Waldo Parry, secretary of tha Democratic league, said the atrset improvement question would be discussed dis-cussed at a mass meeting1 at the Hotel Utah at 1:30 p. m. Monday and that city finances would be givsn a "thorough airing." Commissioner Matheaon was silent on whether he sees politics creeping In, but defended hia program, pro-gram, Ha said a group of state legislators legisla-tors who have protested hia plan would appear before the commission commis-sion at a public bearing at 10 a. m. Thursday, when their formal protest pro-test will be presented. Faction Protests The protesting lawmakers Include a Dumber in the Progressiva Democratic Demo-cratic faction, which is expected to enter tha supposedly nonpartisan campaign thia fall Theee protestanta argue that the state law giving municipalities part of tha automobile registration revenue reve-nue for street improvements waa enacted In the belief the homestead exemption bill also would become law and, consequently, reduce prop-arty prop-arty tax revenues. Veto by Governor Henry R Blood of the exemption bill Implied veto of the street fund measure, tha protestanta pro-testanta argue. Commissioner Matheaon, however, said be had been Informed by former for-mer State Senator Ward C Hoi-brook, Hoi-brook, author of tha homestead exemption ex-emption bill, that the act giving street funds to munlclpalitlea had nothing to do with homestead exemption. ex-emption. Program Defended He argued that Interest on $43.-000 $43.-000 loan now will be only $290 nntil the loan la retired when the fund becomes available next March. Commissioner Matheaon further defended hia program In a tentative tenta-tive schedule of improvements, submitted sub-mitted to the chamber of commerce. ' Commissioner Matheeoa listed tha following contemplated improvements: improve-ments: , Seventh West street from Fourth to Ninth South streets, replacement; Sixth East street from Ninth to Thirteenth South streets (under supervision su-pervision of tha park department), general repairs; Eleventh avenue, known as Wasatch boulevard, from M street to B street, reduction of crown by two feet; drive from Eleventh Elev-enth avenue and B street through City Creek canyon and up ta state capitol, widening of curves to U feet, cutting back of projecting hills. Fourth North on north side of Capitol and East Capitol streets, replacement re-placement with hard oil surface; Second East street from Fourth to Fifth South streets (on east aide of city and county building), paved, curbed and guttered; Second East street from Fourth to Ninth South streets, hard oil surface. |