Arizona weekly citizen., 1884-04-05
CITY AFFAIRS.
What Mayor strauss has to Say About
 Them


 Mayor Strauss arrived in the city yes terdRy afternoon from Boston, and wal the guest, en route. of Col. Esston, one of the directors of the Chicago, Mil waukee and St. Paul railroad.
 The CITIZEN man met hira this morn ing and although refused an interview prevailed upon him to make state, ment" as the saying is in police court.
 "There isa good deal of talk said the reporter, "regardirg tue financial condi ton of the city; what do you think about it?"
 "Tall;. my dear friend" said the Mayor and he stroke his gray mustache vigor- ously, "there is not city in the United States that has so small debt as Tue son and you may state right here that the debt of Tucson IS the smallest of any city of the same population in the United States. The city license here is low but the officers tell me this morn tug that the payments have been made this month with less grumbling than ever before and that cheerfulness brooded over each payment, something entirely new in Tucson"
 Do intend to remain Ill Tucson why most certainly my dear sir, you have no idea of the attention that Our City is attracting back east. It is not alto gether on account of the Ouiiotoa mines, but at the same tune that is one of the strong bows of influence. Bos, ton people, where I have been most of the time since 1 left here, now regard Arizona as one of the most important mining territories in the United States and dormant capital there will be direct. ed here. The new discoveries near thls city have not only attracted the stten- tlon of the mining world-men whose lives have been spout in mining specula- tlons-but business element that will stand close to strong force of none tary endvantsge. This city IS one of the most prosperous in the United States, and you are greatly mistaken in regard to its indebtedness: it owes as l said before, less than any other city of the same size and population Tn the United States"
 What do you think of the actions of the acting mayor since you left" asked the reporter glaucing at the smoke. stack on block of buildings upon which the rent bad been greatly reduced.
 "Wel, I can't say" said the Mayor and he gave his handsome moustache a twirl that convinced the reporter that he had dropped into earnest meditation. "See here told you that I would ot be interviewed. \ man Tn the usual avocatiaDs of life gets all the news paper nOtoriety that he ought to have and want you to understand that this conversation IS entirely prlvate and that no statements made by me this morning go into public print"
 The reporter vent over to the foun- tain in Court plaza, dipped his sym metrical index finger into the pond, chalked up nne points on tho front If his vest, winked @ know ing wink to the affable gentleman who presides over the des'inies of ihe most attractive city in the Union, and grace fully bowed himself into tue presence of Captain George Hand, who was do- ing some missionary work with barrel stave on a small dog that had undertook the task of ascertaining the true per pendicularity oi beautiful young tres that has just been planted on the north east corner of the la%n.
 The Mayor states that the old city oI Tucson is not lacking in friends in the baked beans community, aud that the recent new strikes in the Gu jotoa noun tains, near here, have hai the effect tC strengthen the opinion there that thls city IS tbe metropolis of this corn.r oi the Pacific coast.
 There was general rejoicing around the city hall when Mayor Strauss put II an appearance, and B most cordial re ception was rendered him.