Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-03-15
AN EASTERN OPINION.
A Reporters Talk with Connecticut
 Insurance President.
HE FAvoRs TUCSON BUT FEARS FRoS-
 TIER OUTLAwRY.

HE FAvoRs TUCSON BUT FEARS FRON-
 TIER oUTLAwRY
 Among the people who have been obliged to undergo the unpleasant delay in Tucson. on account of q prevailing storms, is J. D. Brown, President ot the Connecticut Insurance Company of Hartford, c. B. Sessions being agent in this city. A CITIZEN reporter found Mir. Brown this morning. The news gather CTS object was to ascertain what a pres ident of an Eastern insurance company thinks of the risks incurred by issuing policies in Tucson.
 The reporter put the question direct.
 J. D. Brown answered substantially as follows: believe that Tucson should be as free from fires as any town in the United States. The buildings of adobe seem to be as strong and we'll built as any have seen. But one thing occurs winch prevents a positive conclusion. I his Is a frontier town. naturally more speculators appear here than in Eastern cities. What speculatOrs do l refer to? Why, people who come here to make money, tO eudeavor, SO soon as possible. to leave the West, and in getting money they are prepared to Use any measure winch, inside or outside or the law. will bring about the desired result.
 Then you think that Nesteruers are more liable tO burn houses down than Eastern people? asked the reporter.
 sr.N q r. IF from Eastern civilization are more apt to resort to financial emergencies than the conservative Eastern people.
 Any other reasons? inquired the CITI- zES man.
 Yes. We look at Tucson from q busi- ness point Cf view IL is solidy con strUcted; but before l can compare the insurance rates between Tucson and eastern cities, l must look into the strength of your fire department; must learn the exact character of your inhabitants; 1 must know, in fact, the history of the property owners here. Now, my yolng friend said the gen tleman, II am western man myself I went to Minnesota in lSj5, and for ten years experienced the career of a iron tiersman. l know that in new towns there IS more liability tO inceudiarism than m the old towns along the Atlantic This remark, you understand, must not be mistaken as reflection upon the character of the pioneers in your coun- try; hold them us the best in tbe land. But with them comes a herd of adven- turers, desperaGOes and Cutthroats, who would as leave cut throat or ignite a building, as to put one of your "bit" pieces on the counter for drink The latter clas- are the dread of the insur- ance companies, and these you find m the western towns, and do not find SO often m the municipalities of the eHst. Therefore the hazard Of an insurance company is greater ID the west than in the east.
 The reporter thinking this was about l enough on insurance companies. asked | Mir. Brown what he thought of Tucson 1 in general. His remarks were cOmpli- | mentary. He believed that any eastern ! man wlo had never been west would be | astOunded at finding such a growing | city and intelligent population here. As | western man himself, he was not much | surprised, as he expected to find a town | rising from tue de>ert lands of Arizona | that would be equal in every respect to | am! frontier center of civilization, in cul- | tuue, Neath and energy. The New Eng land people. however. believe Arizona n | great land of half-breeds, outlaws. and a | few mdefatigable prospectOrs.