Volcano weekly ledger., 1855-11-03
Should Volcano be Incorporated :

1NtN'NANAA FN~fA t'NfHNN'
late in business and social circles Indeed 1t
is a subject that commends itself to the can
did and earnest attention of all classes of cit
iZens. We have a population, in the basin,
Of between four and five thousand souls
sufficient, it is stoutly and very reasonably
contended to warrant the Incorporation of
the town. In the older states, no unincorpora-
ted town of equal size can be found, and
probably not in California These facts
alone, not mentioning that our population is
rapidly increasing, renders the asking of the
question propounded at the head of this ar
ticle by no means matter of surprise. Many
think more proper inquiry would be, "why
has not Volcano been incorporated before to-
day ?"
1t is not our purpose in this article to dis
cuss at length the propriety or impropriety of
incorporation but merely to throw out a
few suggestions for the consideration OF the
public. As before stated, it is matter that
commends itself to the attention of our citi-
zens and it is discussion that will enable the
sovereign people to arrive at correct con-
clusion in the premises.
The first object of incorporation is system
system in the building up of town, and in
the management of affairs (which the whole
people are interested There is no truer adj
age than that eyerybodys business is no.
body's.' In an unincorporated town, it is
nobodys business, and nobody possesses the
power, for instance, to preserve any regulari-
ty in the width aud direction cf streets. The
consequences of this want of system are la
mentally observable in Volcano 1t may al
most be said that We have no streets our
thorougbfares might perhaps, be more prop
ery termed lanes and alleys, without any
starting point, any given direction of uncer-
tain and variable width, and without any ter
mination. Now it viii certainly suggest it.
self to the mind of each individual citizen,
that such would not be the fact if the town
should be incorporated. There would then
be officers who would possess the power, and
whose duty it would be to ''lay OUT the town
with as much regularity as possible. The
irregularity of that portion of the town al |
ready built up (and Volcano is as yet only in
its infancy might by judicious management,
be very much bettered The property Of in
would not be injured thereby, but on |
the contrary an increased value would be con-
erred upon their premises. The part of the
town yet to be built up would of course be
with strict regard to regularity
the whole resulting in convenience, increased
value of property, and generally improved !
appearance. In a town numbering as many |
families as we can truly and proudly boast of
in Volcano, some regard for taste should GER
tainly be observed
Numerous other reasons are urged by the |
friends ofincorporation, to which we shall refer
hereafter, Not only have we a population in
creasing so rapidly that we may shortly (if not |
now Jay claim to the title of city, but there
are other evidences Of city elements in our
midst Look at our costly and elegant brick
and granite fre-proof buildings; stores stock
ed with goods in such quantity that stranger
might suppose that nothing bnt a wholesale
business was transacted at Volcano splendid |
water-works being rapidly constructed &c,
DC. Not much wonder, is it, that people ask
the question earnestly and seriously, should
Volcano be incorporated ?"