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Show That progressive corps of statesmen, the M Eight Immaculates of the city council, are again M in the foreground with some municipal pyrotech- M nics, this time with the usual solid front in op- M position to the paving of Brigham street. The M objection raised by Cottrell and his Seven Co- M horts is as usual maudlin and puerile. They con- M tend that Brigham street should not be paved ui- M til a reservoir is constructed in Parley's Canyon, M and weightily maintain that the reservoir project M would be indefinitely postponed if the city had lo M pay for the paving of the intersections. M In the first place, the reservoir should be pro- M vided for by the issuance of waterworks bonds, H if at all, and that matter should, be decided by a H vote of the people. H A majority of the property holders abutting H on Brigham street desire this improvement "and 'H as they are willing to bear the expense they are H entitled to have the street paved. The men fa- H voring the scheme appeared at the council at thou' ;H last meeting to present their side of the case, and fl were treated with a notable poverty of courtesy. H The Eight Relics of the Stone Ago refused them a hearing, a violation of municipal ethics and tho H rights of a citizen and tax payer. Is it possible H that President Joseph F. Smith no longer favors H the paving of the streets upon which the presi- dential offices abutts? That must be so: other- jl wise the Eight Slaves would be brandishing their ifl puny hands and enacting oratorical spasms in fa- H vor of the project. S |