Show A petition was circulated am among renters of oc slain alain property directed recited to tho the city council to w which ach were subscribed various sums from to 50 to assist in defraying the expenses of paving on main alain street we have since learned that the money thus subscribed has been offered to two or three parties who thereupon withdrew their names from the lintot list of protestants stants against paving who ever made these offers of assistance had no right to do it the fund was for defraying the the expense of paving and should be applied to the surn sum total reducing the amount of levy on all the property within the proposed district we believe that it if t this his t 1 course had boon been followed it would have had a better effect that a greater e C 15 i i ge raf r oatho t h ab e ri no 1 w i 6 orilie r i t I 1 i 4 a 1 i fa r s aels tants list would have withdrawn if it is desired by answell any well meaning person to assist certain widows in ia the district it would be perfectly perfect lj proper to ho do so but the object should be specified we should have no objection to contributing a little to such si it cause |