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Show 1 PAVING THE STREETS. H A petition is being circulated among the holders of property H shutting Twenty-fourth and Twenty-fifth streets on the bench, re- 1 questing them to sign in favor of having asphalt placed on the M street." A second petition' is injavor of a bituminous street. B Both these petitions are unauthorized by the city and those B circulating them are doing so purely in the interest of private com- H panics with the different kinds of paving material for sale. B Before any action can be taken by the city, there must be a notice of intention to pave and all property owners must be given H time to protest. There will be no deviation from this rule, in fact H hoth sides will be given a hearing by the city authorities and there H Avfll be no attempt to force on the people that which they do not H Jinny havq gained a false idea of the meaning of the petitions H being offered for their signatures and have become alarmed. They H can rest content with the assurance that the city will not overrule. H the wishes of the great body of the property holders. |