Show alir AIM IOU IU TAI kano the greiper has always aldays sought to alnoid leing led from i discussion of principles to the consideration ot individuals divi duals and enill ft ill cling to its police in the present instance oen exen though the discussion deals with so ocal called led principles by our honorable aiau ma or in the hist pance vie desire to caress cp ress our 53 mp dlhy for a man inan who holds hold the highest office in the gift of the city who will for i single instance in so luse his equanimity as to offer an affront to his constituents by that they dont know whit thea the are talking about to ax old being misunderstood we nc will explain that this is taken fron fro n the tha mayors rna speech at the list meeting of the city council doubtless some of the men who are talking ro 10 much are arc the men who helped to elect the mayor and in corsi considering dering his remark it might appropriately be asked if in casting their votes they reached a higher plane of intelligence than they are now accredited with and knew what they were nere voting for and right here it might not be amiss to ask another pertinent question bearing on the mayors remark that the people who are talking so much in favor of side sidewalks are people who dont own main alain street property when did the mayor issue an edict abrogating the right of free speech has not the general public an interest in the general condition of the city if a citizen does not own property on main alain street that is his misfortune and does not present him from suggesting improvements in the bus business inest district of the city does the right of regis ering 1 a I protest against muddy paths depend even remotely on oil property ownership ownerships 9 As we e have already remarked wo we sympathize with the mayor and if as he remarked at the council meeting he has been wrongfully ic cued of standing in the way of improve ments he certainly deserves s sm path to bring this mccustion ace against a public lic officer who ought to take lead in ever movement for the benefit of the community is indeed a serious affair and the ch charge irge ought not to be made unless it is supported absolute abbo absolutely lute I 1 y ba b facts aiau maor or christensen says he has interviewed at least one hundred citizens z ns on the subject of sidewalks and if lie he assumed the proper attitude while making the canvas it is safe to say that these citizens made a correct inference and th thit that at there are at liast on one hundred property oNri owners ers who do net accuse him wrongfully rong fully mr air Christen sens assertion that there is not one of these one citizens an who he fax fabors ors the construction of sidewalks alks rn mikes akes the prospect about as gloomy as it could lie for in thinking the mitter we arrive at the conclusion that there are only about oni hundred citizens who nho own M mim tin street property Hox however ever with due respect to the mayor we will venture tile the assertion that there are at least a few main alain street property prop crt 3 owners N ho aie clamoring for sidewalks and we will attempt to learn something about their conversation with mr christen en another feature of the mayors speech to which we ne wish to call attention is the remark that he had bad been investigating the sidewalk proposition during during the the preceding two weeks and had learned that the cost of construction will be at least 2 25 per lineal foot oot S H crittenden rit a member of the firm that had charge of the work A ork on the sidewalks at new windsor colo says that he will accept a contract to construct all 12 foot sidewalks on main alain strict at a rate of 2 per lineal foot he isa is 4 now preparing r some e estimates the work and it is ob p probable r able thit he will submit a lower bid before the end of the week EB before afore a L sing this phase of the subject we in ty y remark that new winder colo ins i a population of 1500 and its town board his h is passed an ordinance providing for the construction of a certain number of feet of cement sidewalks sidewalk 5 before august 1 of each car iti 12 foot ivalis ire are being put doan down at a cost of 1 50 per lineal foot although richfield is no longer an infant and doea not need a guardian we will take up an overworked line of argument and cite pie precedent there ire other towns in the state besides ogden salt lake city and provo that are putting in cement walks nephi is now installing cement sidewalks at ephraim five or six blocks of cement sidewalks are to be installed in the business district just as soon as spring opens the question is also being agitated at mt alt FI pleasant Plia Lasant sant this might be a weighty argument exert even though every good business man in richfield will admit that it does not pay to be an imitator |