The weekly Arizona miner., 1872-12-07
TOWN SITE AFFAIRS.
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On Monday last, December ad., the Probate Judge, acting under the Territorial and Congress. iopai laws as trustee for the inhabitants and occu pants Of the Town Site of Prescott, bcId sake Q, unocebpied town lots.
 The sale began on Block No. f. north of tbc Plaza, and continued Jill ? o'clock F. NJ, and was adjourned till next day, Tuesday. the ith inst. The whole plumber Of lots sold was Isa for ,be sum of s2,:ia an average of about SIG 90 per lot Some Of the corner lots brought very good prices. varying from s5o to ss5 per lot, and the average wa. quite high, so high, in fact, that many have expressed surprise that men were willing 10 pay such amounts. Those who have been here for years past have still got faith in the future of this country, and show il by their investments.
 Certainly, one thing deserves considera- ton, viz: that persons who buy town lots now, are buyin. real estate. The U. s. Patent for the Prescott Town Site has been issucd and is in ibc possession of the Hon. II. w. Fleury, Probate Judge of Yavapai County, under whose authority these sales were made.
 The purchaser gets decd for tho lots he buys, based on the L. S. Patent and the title Is perfect. il will not be necessary 10 make any improve ments on the lots in order 10 hold possession and the town of PrcsL Lott is too old settlement now, 10 suppose that it is to fzzic out hereafter
 The past eight years have witnessed slow hut steady growth of the place and l prophecy that eight years from now. the worth Of town lots will justify tho judgment of those who now invest ia thein. 1t Is confidently asserted by some that the coming of the Atlantic and Pacific Railroad will ruin Prescott but little reelection will con- vince sAy reasonable man that the prediction i- absurd. No surrey of the Railroad has been made nearer than 5e miles to the Northward of Prescott, and, if baiit the road is not likely to eoac nearer than that. Prescott is ihe only suit able location for q town sR the north side of the Sierra Priets range oi mountains and its location relative to tke mncs and the prospective railroad Is such that its l,craaacncy is guaranteed.
 Men who, twenty years ago, bought town lots in s.,n Francisco, were called foolish, and today the same lots are fortunes te the Owncrs- Pres colt is not sea port town like San Francisco or San Diego, but jt is bound to increase in size aad prosperity and the 20 in it's limits will all be valuable property in "thc good time coming V when the Apachcs are cl.tn,t out. Moreover, an application bas been made to the Board ei Su- pervisors for the incorporation of tte town, which will doubtless receive favorable cofsideration. Tue incorporation of the town will at once olve additional security to town property, and of cors additional value. The money accumulated from the sale of lots would go into the hands of the town treasurer. 10 bc expended under the order of the Mayor and COuneilmen for the benefit of the town under ,hc restriction Of the Territorial law. A second sale of town lots will be made on Tuesday next December To- and those who desire 10 secure one of the pleasantly located building lots between Prescott and Woodside, should not fail 10 attend the sale II. A E.