The Cheyenne daily leader. [volume] (Cheyenne, Wyo.) 1870-1884, 1877-09-11
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1 The Laramie Sentinel of last Satur-
day distinguished itself by the follow
ing effusion in relation to Cheyenne,
which article has never been excelled
by Hayford's most elaborate and studied
attempt at MISREPRESENTATION; / "A
The Cheyenne LEADER reminds us
of the Devil. Its liberality-;at some
body else's expense)Eis remarkable,
not to say commendable. 1t advises
Union Pacific Railroad Company one
cure the location of the shops there.
AS they have already given, or promis-
ed to give something over two-thirds of
all they are worth for real or imagina-
ry railroads, their generosity begins to
excite the admiration Tor sympathy of
all their neighbors. To such an ex-
tent have they carried their public
spirit that Cheyenne is getting to be
the best place in the west to emigrate
from, and every citizen of that county
who has a dollars worth of taxable
property is getting uneasy and wants
to leave. .is.|4.H.. L,.
The only thing the shrewdest ones
see to help them out is reputation,
and they already have that dernter re-
sort in contemplation, and even in the
late election one of the parties deemed
it necessary to insert a plank in their
platform that they were in favor of
living up to their agreement with the
Union Pacific Railroad Company by is
suing the promised bonds; it is worthy
Of remark that this platform resulted
in its defeat. su.. II
The representatives Of Cheyenne and
Laramie county have promised to ex-
tend aid amounting to $3.50, 900 to the
Colorado Central Railroad, which is
now building, and to the Black Hills
extension an amount of $3.50, 900, ii the
road is to be built and If Cheyenne shall
be made the starting point. The ut
most limit, under any circumstances,
of the amount which Laramie county
taxpayers may have to pay, Within
tirenty years, as aid in constructing
these railroads, will be 100000. The
assessable property of this county this
year is valued at $4,000, 600, its real
value is "a, SOC, 900; in ten years it will
amount to so, 600, 900, in twenty years
to S15, 900, 900. But we do not pro-
pose to make up this $780, 900 which is
to be expended for these railroads, out
of our increase in taxable property; we
shall mot anticipate this certain in
crease, but commence at once by re-
trenchment and reform, tocreate some
thing like q sinking fund TO meet all
this Indebtedness, without adding a
dollar to the taxation of our people.
And we will tell our envious and lying
neighbor how we are going to do it.
In the first place, the legislature this
winter will provide for a consolidation
of county offices and for a reduction Of
the fees of all county and precinct Off
GERS, including sheriff, treasurer, clerk,
justice of the peace, etc. This will
save about twenty-five thousand dollars
per annum. In the second place, the
Legislature will be asked by a vast
majority of our people to do away with
the city government of Cheyenne, and
to re-enact the ''town Incorporation"
law of 1871, with slight additions and
amendments. This will Il us from
thirty to forty thousand dollars a year.
Thus we shall have q total saving of
about $4,000 per annum, to meet the
obligations we have assumed; and in
five or six years we shall have liquidated
this debt of $500, 600 incurred for the
purpose of making Cheyenne the rail-
road centre of the Rocky Mountain
country; we shall have q town of as
many thousand inhabitants as Laramie
City will have hundreds; shall be on the
high road of prosperity; and all this
without paying n cent more of taxes
than We have paid during the last five
years. ''i t'''.' 4h"t ID"
The ghosts of wholesale emigration
and reputation conjured up by the
| Sentinel will only trouble the Idenizens
of our neighboring village in the hills;
and ere many years a vast majority of
her people will follow the example of
those who have come from Laramie to
Cheyenne before them. But as gener-
osity has ever been the leading quality
of our people, they will extend to all
our fellow citizens of Laramie who may
desire to share in our good fortune, a
most hearty: welcome to the 'sMagic
City," where the taxpayers are wont to
expend a few dollars, knowing that
eventually the money will return to
them tenfold. Httn lE SD yt'aH.